Stealth Bottom Coming in Gold Stocks
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (3/26/12)
"The miners are not only extremely oversold but recent price action suggests a bottoming process is beginning." More >

The Supreme Court, the Affordable Care Act, and the Economy
Source: Tara Clarke, Money Morning  (3/26/12)
"The biggest issue is whether or not Congress has the constitutional power to require nearly every American to obtain health insurance or risk paying a penalty." More >

How Utilities Are Boosting Natural Gas Prospects
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning  (3/26/12)
"Low current prices are allowing electricity managers to plan multiyear cost projections. That, in turn, is propelling the intensified replacement of aging capacity with new gas-fueled plants." More >

Nuclear Back on Track After Fukushima 'Speed Bump'
Source: Bloomberg, Yuriy Humber, Sangim Han and Shinhye Kang   (3/26/12)
"Twelve months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, industry players say it is almost back to business as usual." More >

Oil ETFs with a Twist
Source: ETF Daily News, Daniela Pylypczak  (3/26/12)
"There are a number of other lesser known options that deliver unique ways to bet on energy prices." More >

Big Returns Come from Small-Cap Medical Technology
Source: George S. Mack, The Life Sciences Report  (3/26/12)
A decade ago medtech was in its heyday. Baby boomers were already feeling the discomforts of osteoarthritis and other age-related diseases, and they wanted to be active longer. Device and instrument developers could innovate and get products through the FDA and market them in the U.S. where dynamic pricing power would expand margins and bottom lines. Newer technologies such as minimally invasive surgical procedures were fueling more orthopedic surgeries, because smaller wounds mean lower rates of infection, less discomfort and quicker rehab. The winds of recovery following the dot-com bust were about to carry smaller health-related stocks higher. . . More >

Poll: Americans Support Hydraulic Fracturing by More than 2-1 Margin
Source: JD Krohn, Energy In Depth  (3/25/12)
"Nationwide, Americans strongly support more energy development and believe consumers will ultimately benefit." More >

Can Bernanke Break the Dollar Rally?
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents  (3/24/12)
"Bernanke has steered the Titanic straight into the iceberg and there's no turning back." More >

Early-Stage Investing Opportunities: James West and Tobias Tretter
Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report   (3/23/12)
The Midas Letter Opportunity Fund, a new niche fund, focuses on early-stage micro-cap miners in the junior resource sector. This sector has been an underperformer in recent months despite high gold prices. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, the fund's founders, Tobias Tretter, the managing director of Commodity Capital AG, and James West, publisher of The Midas Letter, explain why they are bullish on micro-cap miners even in the face of improving economic numbers that may stall gold's rise and name some juniors they expect to shine. More >

What Does Mali's Coup Mean for Miners?
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (3/23/12)
Investors are holding their breath after a military mutiny and coup March 22 in Mali, one of West Africa's most established democracies. This Gold Report exclusive delves behind the headlines to analyze the coup's impact on miners.

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The Curse
Source: Eric Coffin, HRA Hard Rock Analyst  (3/23/12)
"Pullbacks in resource stocks seem to follow on the heels of the PDAC convention. So far, this month is looking like this annual scourge is alive and well and making life miserable for resource stock traders yet again. Precious metals have to stabilize after their recent fall but there will be room for gains once that happens." More >

Inter-Citic CEO on Gold, China and Stocks
Source: Thom Calandra, Baby Bulls Twits   (3/23/12)
"A China-centric gold developer says China's consumer price inflation is understated and real estate developers will melt down if the nation's banks step away from largely vacant offices, subdivisions and warehouses. The informed warning is good for gold." More >

Gold Stock Panic Levels
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Intelligence  (3/23/12)
"As long as fat profit streams continue for gold miners, the immutable law of long-term stock pricing guarantees gold stocks will eventually be bid up to reflect their earnings." More >

Shiny New Tool for Imaging Biomolecules
Source: ScienceDaily   (3/23/12)
"The ability to observe signaling spatial patterns in the immune and other cellular systems would be a critical tool in the fight against immunological and other disorders that lead to a broad range of health problems, including cancer. Such a tool is now at hand." More >

Next-Generation Nuclear Power: Thomas Drolet
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report  (3/22/12)
Can the nuclear industry sustain itself with a once-every-ten-years accident frequency? Absolutely not, says Tom Drolet, principal of energy consulting firm Drolet & Associates Energy Services Inc. However, with new reactor technology underway, the industry has an opportunity to show the public it can safely generate reliable, affordable low-emissions energy. In this exclusive interview for The Energy Report, Drolet outlines his vision for U.S. energy policy and how next-generation nuclear energy figures into it. More >

Looking for Innovative Small-Cap Biotech Companies: George Zavoico
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (3/22/12)
High-quality science underlies successful drug development companies, even those that turn one company's discarded junk into biotech treasure. That's an example of one compelling investment strategy being employed by Senior Analyst and Managing Director George Zavoico of MLV & Co. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, Zavoico lays out a number of solid ideas predicated on good science that growth seekers can leverage for real gains. More >

Gold Swerves to Avoid the Cross of Death
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (3/22/12)
"As investors, maybe we need to consider the possibility of an extended period of consolidation with not much more to look forward to than range-trading and sideways movement." More >

Why Gold Can Go the Distance
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (3/22/12)
"Historically, negative real interest rates (where the inflationary rate is greater than the current interest rate) combined with global stimulative money supply efforts have been an especially powerful combination for gold prices." More >

Mining and Metals Outlook
Source: Zacks Equity Research  (3/22/12)
"Armed with healthy balance sheets, reduced economic uncertainty and a pent-up demand for new projects, we expect companies in the industry to accelerate deal activity with a re-focus on consolidation." More >

Chinese Potash Contracts Give Market Hope
Source: Resource Investing News, James Wellstead  (3/22/12)
"China's activity in the potash sector has brought mixed reactions to the potash market in early 2012. But with the first week of spring upon the Northern Hemisphere, the promise of record grain prices has kept sentiments high as farmers begin entering the market." More >

A Scientist Finds Treasure Researching Oncology Drugs
Source: George S. Mack, The Life Sciences Report  (3/22/12)
I love finding out how people move from point A to point B in their careers. It was an incremental process for George Zavoico, who is today a senior equity analyst at New York City-based MLV & Co., a boutique investment bank focusing on the small cap space. Armed with his doctorate in physiology, Zavoico loves the research model, in both science and finance, and he wants to get as close as possible to the drugs and their targets inside the companies he covers. His current small company niche seems to suit his trained curiosity just perfectly. "I find that I can approach the science, the investigators and the academic researchers developing innovative drugs mainly through smaller-cap companies," he told me in a telephone conversation. . . More >

Uranium Stocks Bounce Back on Nuclear Renaissance
Source: Jason Simpkins, Money Morning  (3/21/12)
"Already up as much as 30% from 2011 lows, rising demand for nuclear energy and a dearth of uranium supplies will soon conspire to push companies back to their pre-Fukushima levels." More >

The Gold Sector Is On Sale: Michael Fowler
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report Interviewed on 3/14/12   (3/21/12)
Michael Fowler, senior mining analyst with Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon sees small- and mid-cap junior producers and developers as the "sweet spot" in the gold equities space, and provides a basket of names to consider in each space. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, he also shares his views on the irresponsibility of the "new paradigm" of large-scale financings now in vogue. More >

Have Gold and Silver Entered a Bear Market?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (3/21/12)
"Traders are trying to translate the short-term strength of the dollar to a weakness in gold. Their influence is short term." More >

How to Profit from the Energy Efficiency Boom
Source: Eric Dutram, Zacks Investment Research  (3/21/12)
"Companies in this segment could be key components in a time of high energy prices, helping to stretch supplies in all forms of energy." More >