Streetwise Articles
Gold Coins: The Mystery of the Double Eagle
Source: Bloomberg, Susan Berfield (8/29/11)
"How did a Philadelphia family get hold of $40M in gold coins, and why has the Secret Service been chasing them for 70 years?"
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Rare Earth Market Trends
Source: Rare Earth Investing News, Michael Montgomery (8/29/11)
"Very little has changed in the REE market this year. Tight export quotas have only prolonged the supply-side tightness for the elements, pushing prices higher still."
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The Perils of Moving from Oil to Synthetic Fuel for Vehicles
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning (8/29/11)
"What's happening in Uzbekistan right now has great relevance for the rest of usespecially when it comes to how we power our vehicles."
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Unleashing Energy and Jobs
Source: Houston Chronicle, Barry Russell (8/29/11)
"Forget what you thought you knew about the oil and gas industry. In the U.S., it's the independents that are doing the heavy lifting."
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Alberta Makes Concessions to Oil-Sand Producers in Parks Plan
Source: Dow Jones, Edward Welsch (8/29/11)
"Final version of the conservation plan for the oil-sands region achieves 'balance between the environment, development and the community aspect of living and working in Alberta.'"
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Fillon Says France Wants Nuclear Crisis Management Center
Source: Bloomberg, Tara Patel (8/29/11)
"France's nuclear authority is overseeing safety audits of the country's reactors and uranium treatment facilities to determine whether they can withstand floods, earthquakes and loss of power and cooling.â€
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Solar May Produce Most of World's Power by 2060, IEA Says
Source: Bloomberg, Ben Stills (8/29/11)
"The scenario suggests investors able to pick the industry's winners may reap significant returns as the global economy shifts away from fossil fuels."
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Offshore Wind Power Shows Solid Growth
Source: reve (8/29/11)
"In Europe, 11 offshore wind farms worth some €8.5B and with a total capacity of 2,844 MW are currently under construction in European waters."
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The Bear Market Rally Has Begun
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents (8/29/11)
"The further you stretch the stock market the more violent and persistent the snap back tends to be once the turn occurs."
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Car Bodies and Windows As Solar Energy Panels to Recharge Lithium Batteries?
Source: Green Prophet, Maurice Picow (8/29/11)
"Using the sun to recharge electric car batteries appears to be an excellent idea, but the technology involved in making this idea become reality is still in the works."
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AVC's "Purple Gold" Attractive Prospect
Source: John Seelmeyer, Northern Nevada Business Weekly (8/29/11)
"AVC to receive up to $1 million in fresh capital."
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Deep Correction Due? Part II
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster (8/28/11)
"The rise of gold and silver prices is about the fall of paper money."
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The Silver Tide Is About to Rise
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading (8/26/11)
"Silver has now been through a correction and consolidation phase and is all set for the next leg up."
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Chen Lin: Betting on Gold and Silver Stocks
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report (8/26/11)
Chen Lin stumbled into investing. While working on a doctorate at Princeton, he turned $5,411 in his wife's retirement account into $1.5 million. In his newsletter, What is Chen Buying? What is Chen Selling?, Lin shares the fruits of his analytical aptitude. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Lin reveals his latest finds in undervalued gold miners, and why he has high hopes for silver, too.
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Roman-Age Gold Mines Revived with Crisis-Era Prices
Source: Bloomberg, Manuel Baigorri (8/26/11)
"As gold futures more than doubled in the past three years, Spain's Asturias region has drawn projects for fields first developed for the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago."
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QE3 or Not, Gold Supported by Dire Outlook
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault (8/26/11)
"Bernanke used the Jackson Hole speech last year to signal the start of QE2, buying $600B of U.S. treasuries in a bid to reflate risk assets."
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Buy the Miners: It's Like Getting Gold for $1,100/oz.
Source: Breakout, Matt Nesto (8/26/11)
"The value discrepancy between physical gold and mining stocks is not a new problem, but one that fund managers expect will soon change."
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Copper Rallies to Two-Month High
Source: Copper Investing News, Leia Toovey (8/26/11)
"Copper was boosted by a 'better than expected' jobless report and is approximately 13% off of its record high."
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Carlos Andres: Uranium and Potash Stocks on the "Frontier"
Source: Zig Lambo of The Energy Report (8/25/11)
Operating out of Uruguay, Carlos Andres' Frontier Research Report provides a vastly different perspective. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, he gives us some insights on global mineral exploration and production in areas that are more "out of the way" than what we usually consider. He tells us about two very exciting companies with huge investment potential in projects located in Namibia and Ethiopia.
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Crude Gains as Market Hopes for Fed Action
Source: Dow Jones, Jerry DiColo (8/25/11)
"Stock and commodity markets hope that the Federal Reserve will signal a new round of stimulus measures Friday."
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Potash Continues to Have Promise
Source: Mineweb (8/25/11)
"Scotiabank Group's Patricia Mohr predicted potash prices will tighten next year 'with onward growth in world consumption in the face of only limited new mine and mill capacity expansion.'"
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Risk-On Trades Are Back
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy (8/25/11)
"The overall market seems to be entering a pivot point. It's likely that another big move is brewing."
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Fear Mania Hits Gold
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research (8/25/11)
"It isn't greed driving our runaway gold price, it's fear. Just pick your headline. . ."
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Gold and Silver Aren't the Only Precious Metals Making a Killing
Source: Peter Krauth, MOney Morning (8/25/11)
"Even while gold and silver steal most of the headlines, there are stealth bull markets advancing in other precious metals."
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Will Gold Become Collateral for an EU Bailout?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet (8/25/11)
"Although Ben Bernanke says gold is not money, countries around the world sure are treating it as such."
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