World's Top Miners Worry Most About Greater Government Control
Source: Mining, Frik Els  (8/7/11)
"Resource nationalism is the top business risk for global miners." More >

U.S. Debt: Has Its Past Become Its Future?
Source: EverBank Direct, Frank Totter  (8/7/11)
"I tend to go straight to the numbers: A trip over to the Congressional Budget Office reveals the pearl within the plan." More >

Resource Nationalism Is Biggest Risk to Miners: Report
Source: Reuters  (8/7/11)
"Governments seek to benefit from higher commodity prices to try to restore fragile finances, Ernst & Young said on Sunday." More >

G-7 Vows to Take "All Necessary Measures" to Stabilize Economies
Source: Bloomberg, Toru Fujioka  (8/7/11)
"Officials will inject liquidity and act against disorderly currency moves as needed, G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors said." More >

Vishy Karamadam: Top of the 50 Index
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (8/5/11)
It seems to defy logic: even though gold prices are at historic highs, the stock in many junior gold companies has been languishing. Now is the time to give those shares a second look, says Vishy Karamadam, managing director of Ubika Research in Toronto, which runs the Ubika Gold 50 Index. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Karamadam reveals which companies are poised to announce big news this fall. More >

Gold Bugs Rejoice
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (8/5/11)
"Are we due for a correction? Possibly. Gold could easily correct 5%–10%, but given today's current environment, I don't think that's what the crystal ball reflects."
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U.S. Yield Curve Flattening to Prompt Fed Easing
Source: Sam Kirtley, SKOptionsTrading   (8/5/11)
"The flattening of this curve is a symptom of economic weakness and will be the catalyst for another round of monetary easing, which will send gold prices past $1800."
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Is the FED about to Make the Mistake of the Decade?
Source: Toby Connor, GoldScents  (8/5/11)
"The market has been in trouble since May, when it started to price in the next recession." More >

Gold Market Report
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (8/5/11)
"Stock markets bounced after non-farm payrolls data showed the U.S. economy added 117,000 jobs last month." More >

Gold Prices Spike as Equities See an Exodus
Source: The Street, Alix Steel  (8/5/11)
"Gold prices were rising Friday as stocks continue their dramatic selloff despite a better-than-expected read on the labor market." More >

ANC Approach to Nationalization Is "Open Ended"
Source: Mining Weekly, SAPA  (8/5/11)
"'It is not a foregone conclusion that there will be nationalization, but we are not opposed,' says ANC Spokesman Keith Khoza." More >

Currency Intervention Revived as Fed May Ease
Source: Bloomberg, Shamim Adam  (8/5/11)
"Japanese and Swiss moves to weaken the yen and the franc show reviving tension in foreign-exchange markets as the deteriorating U.S. economy weighs on the dollar." More >

China's Robotics May Boost Rare Earths, Precious Metals
Source: Commodity Online, Sreekumar Raghavan  (8/5/11)
"As miners re-opening closed rare earth facilities around the world, technological developments point to a revolution in the sector." More >

Emerging World Buys Billions in Gold as West Wobbles
Source: The Namibian, Amanda Cooper  (8/5/11)
"Emerging market central banks have bought 180 tons of gold in 2011, more than double the 73 tons purchased by central banks globally in the whole of 2010." More >

Morgan Stanley Raises Gold and Silver Forecasts
Source: Professional Advisor, Heidi Lee  (8/5/11)
"Morgan Stanley has revised up its 2011 forecast for gold and silver prices by 8% and 15%, respectively." More >

Compromise, D.C.-Style
Source: Vedran Vuk, Casey Research  (8/5/11)
"Washington compromises have been and will continue to be the death knell of the U.S. economy, and particularly the free market." More >

Nebraskan Village Hides World's Largest REE Mineral Deposits
Source: geek.com, Matthew Humphries  (8/5/11)
"Initial discovery drilling has returned positive results for a rich vein of niobium, used in steel production, superalloys, and superconducting magnets to name a few uses." More >

REE Discoveries Show Promise for Brain Cancer Treatment
Source: InvestorSport, T. Goodman  (8/5/11)
"Natural metals are proving very effective identifiers of diseased tissue and are even used as treatment carriers in nanotherapies." More >

China's REE Industry Coming under Greater Environmental Scrutiny
Source: EcoSeed  (8/5/11)
"Local environmental departments will not approve evaluation reports for new projects by companies that cheat or do not pass the checks." More >

Rare Earths 2.0: Rise of the Heavies
Source: Resource Investor, Terence van der Hout  (8/5/11)
"The export prices of three HREEs have exploded since China's July quota announcement, whilst the LREEs have remained relatively static." More >

Gold, Medicare and Foreigners' Money
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (8/4/11)
"Forty years ago this month the dollar lost its link to gold. The result was a growth in entitlement spending." More >

XGD Update: Very Promising
Source: Neil Charnock, GoldOz  (8/3/11)
"When long consolidations finally break to the upside, the move is usually explosive."
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James West: Time to Buy Battered Juniors
Source: The Gold Report  (8/3/11)
Move into gold and silver was the advice James West, founder of the Midas Letter Opportunity Fund, gave Midas Letter subscribers in June. He recommended moving from the junior stock market to 100% gold, silver and precious metals funds backed by bullion. For a while it looked like a bad call. But as markets tanked, gold and silver soared, and it turned out to be a smart strategy. Now might be a good time to sell the metals and get back into the juniors, he says. More >

Gold and the QE3 Ship: Are Both About to Sail?
Source: David Banister, Market Trend Forecast   (8/3/11)
"With the ISM manufacturing index turning down and the GDP report rolling over, a QE3 ship horn is likely to sound soon." More >

The 2011 Gold Season Is Just Around the Corner
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (8/3/11)
"While the Fear Trade governed gold's activity this week, the Love Trade should keep the market buoyant as festival season approaches." More >