Natural Resource-Related Stocks Show Promise: Frank Barbera
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report   (5/21/12)
From gold and silver to energy and oil services, Frank Barbera, editor of The Gold Stock Technician Newsletter, sees a bright future for commodities and their equities. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Barbera cites large blue-chip and midtier mining companies, especially those now paying dividends, as favorites and suggests that investors looking to protect retirement savings invest in bond funds outside the U.S. More >

This Is the Bottom for Gold: John Hathaway
Source: Louis James, Casey Research  (5/21/12)
"In an interview with Louis James, John Hathaway discusses the U.S. economic outlook and why he's delighted by the current bearish sentiment toward gold." More >

If You Want to Be a Winner, Follow These Four Rules
Source: William Patalon III, Money Morning  (5/21/12)
"Rick Rule capped off predictions for gold, energy and other commodities with four rules successful resource investors must follow." More >

Euro Crisis Gives Gold Significant Upside
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (5/21/12)
"The potential for a secession in Europe and/or a U.S. fiscal crisis represent significant upside risks to gold prices." More >

Sprott Sees Great Things for Gold and Silver
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (5/21/12)
"In an expectedly upbeat presentation in New York, Eric Sprott pointed to a large number of factors supporting his premise that gold and silver will revert back to their rising paths." More >

No Major Changes in Chinese REE Export Update
Source: Mining Weekly, Matthew Hill  (5/21/12)
"The updated 2012 rare earths export quotas China published on Thursday implied a total of 31.438 tons for the year, a slight increase on last year's figure." More >

Gold: The World's Friend for 5,000 Years
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (5/21/12)
"Beware of the herd mentality that accompanies tech stocks. Groupon has lost more money than all precious metals funds' losses combined. Yet investors have 'defriended' gold recently in favor of the dollar." More >

What Is Volume Telling Us About Gold Stocks?
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research  (5/21/12)
"If buyers become the dominant player in the market, which could easily occur once gold heads north again, stock prices could push dramatically higher." More >

How Strong Is Global Gold Demand?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (5/21/12)
"According to the latest 'Gold Demand Trends' report by the World Gold Council, the world continues to have a strong appetite for the precious metal, despite higher prices in the first quarter of 2012 when compared to a year earlier." More >

An Extraordinary Time to Be in the Driver's Seat: Aaron Kennon
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (5/18/12)
Aaron Kennon, co-founder and CEO of Clear Harbor Asset Management, shares some of his company's trade secrets in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. Educating yourself is critical before investing, and Kennon suggests questions to ask, what specialized knowledge your adviser should know and why small-cap and junior resource equities are offering surprisingly thrilling returns. More >

The Recovery Is an Illusion: John Williams
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (5/18/12)
John Williams, author of the ShadowStats.com newsletter, shines light on his interpretations of the GDP, CPI, unemployment and other government statistics in this exclusive Gold Report interview from the recent Recovery Reality Check conference. Highlights include what the money supply measures tell him and why QE3 will be a hard sell. More >

Counterattack by Bulls Sets Up Gold for Weekly Gain
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (5/18/12)
"Heading into the weekend, gold prices looked set for a slight weekly gain by Friday lunchtime in London, having risen 4% from Wednesday's low." More >

Dramatic Turnaround for Silver?
Source: Hubert Moolman  (5/18/12)
"Patterns indicate a dramatic turnaround in the price of silver is coming—it might have started already." More >

Big Majority of Survey Participants See Higher Gold Prices Next Week
Source: Kitco   (5/18/12)
"A solid majority of survey participants expect prices to rally next week, especially since June gold futures on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange held the low set on Wednesday of $1,526.70/oz. Many said the selloff was overdone so the rebound was in due course." More >

Gold Rises 1%, Eyes Weekly Gain as Euro Recovers
Source: Reuters, Jan Harvey  (5/18/12)
"Gold bucked the trend in the wider markets, with European shares falling 0.6% and oil prices slipping to their lowest this year." More >

Bottom Is In, But Is It September 2008 or October 2008?
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (5/18/12)
"Judging from the technicals and recent sentiment data, it is clear that the gold stocks are currently more oversold and much closer to a major bottom relative to the failed recovery in the summer of 2008." More >

Gold Stock Capitulation
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Intelligence  (5/18/12)
"Capitulation, the wholesale abandonment of a sector by traders pushed to their emotional limits, is one of the greatest buy signals. And the intense technical weakness and extreme sentimental distress in gold stocks sure looks like one." More >

2012 Chinese Rare Earth Export Quotas Updated
Source: Gareth Hatch, Resource Investor  (5/18/12)
"On Thursday, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced an update to the 2012 allocations of rare-earth export quotas that were first issued in December 2011. This follows a number of other recent announcements from China." More >

National Strategic and Critical Minerals Act Wins US House Committee Approval
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (5/17/12)
"The U.S. Department of Energy identified the 7–10 year period to obtain mining permits in the U.S. as compared to the average 1–2 years in Australia as one of the principal barriers to new U.S. mining ventures." More >

Precious Metals Market Manipulation?
Source: Doug Casey, Casey Research  (5/17/12)
"I'm not at all disinclined to believe tales of manipulation of markets by the state; I expect it, and as a speculator I relish it. But I like to see evidence for everything. And extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." More >

How Gold Demand Remains Resilient
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (5/17/12)
"Demand for gold was relatively resilient in the first quarter of 2012, with global demand falling 5% on a year-over-year basis, says the World Gold Council." More >

Major Long-Term Bottoms Forming in Gold and Commodities
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents  (5/17/12)
"I think the 30-point rally in gold Thursday is signaling that gold has put in its yearly cycle bottom." More >

Finding Opportunity in Silver, the Devil's Metal: Chris Thompson
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (5/16/12)
Silver has been called the most volatile of metals. But volatility produces opportunity, according to Chris Thompson, a top-ranked StarMine analyst with Haywood Securities. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Thompson forecasts a strong year-end for the devil's metal, despite price weakness so far in Q2/12, and shares the names of a select group of companies that stand to profit. More >

Recovery Via Shared Sacrifice: Lacy Hunt
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (5/16/12)
If the people and politicians of the U.S. can't muster the will to reform Social Security and Medicare, the country will slide on down toward what internationally renowned economist Lacy Hunt calls the "bang point." What we'd face on the other side would be bad news indeed. But in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Hunt goes on to list a few steps to turn the tide on economic growth. The route won't be an easy one but it would address the debt and begin to improve living standards. More >

Liquidation of 'Crowded' Gold Trade Pauses
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (5/16/12)
"'Market participants have given up waiting for a bounce,' says a Singapore dealer. 'The market will do what it needs to do to clean out the weakly margined before it becomes healthy once again.'" More >