Rare Earth Metals Demand Is Unstoppable: Jeb Handwerger
Source: Sally Lowder of The Critical Metals Report  (2/14/12)
Not long after the New Year dawned, Gold Stock Trades Editor Jeb Handwerger noted certain rare earths emerging from their 2011 slumber to produce impressive gains. It's not yet March, but the good news keeps coming. Despite dire predictions that demand is drying up, Handwerger tells The Critical Metals Report in this exclusive interview that the world remains at risk of supply shortfalls. It's not strictly a rare earths story, either. Read on to see what he has to say about the nascent niobium space. More >

Gold's Demise!
Source: Guiseppi Borelli, The Unpunctured Cycle  (2/14/12)
"I view gold not as some smoky fantasy involving riches beyond my wildest dreams, but as a way to protect myself and my family from a future fraught with peril." More >

Why I'm Taking Gold Double Eagles on My Next Trip to Utah
Source: Martin Hutchinson, Money Morning  (2/14/12)
"Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may think he has everything under control, but the truth is the monetary ground is literally shifting beneath our feet. That's why his loose monetary policy has some U.S. states looking to get into the gold coin business." More >

2012: A Political Year for Gold
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (2/13/12)
"Physical gold and silver will be the outright winners in this era of currency debasement." More >

Where a Nation's Gold and Your Gold Should Be Held
Source: Julian Phillips, The Gold Forecaster  (2/13/12)
"There are reputable vault companies in Switzerland that are entirely Swiss-based and so can offer the sort of security that their clients want. This is where foreign gold investors are the most secure." More >

Dollar Weakness Creating Gold Demand after Greek Deal
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (2/13/12)
"Spot market gold prices touched $1,733/oz as stock markets, commodities and the euro all rallied following Greece's vote in favor of new austerity measures." More >

Stock Market Repeating Itself: Michael Ballanger
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (2/13/12)
The resource markets have weathered some death defying ups and downs lately. But Michael Ballanger, senior investment advisor with Toronto-based Union Securities, is looking for a renewed period of growth in the TSX Venture Composite Index. Is it too soon to see such a heady rebound? In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Ballanger makes his case for history repeating itself. More >

Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest: Trading Gold for Oil
Source: Mickey Fulp, Mercenary Geologist  (2/13/12)
"Buying oil with gold is not a viable economic, monetary or political strategy for China or India." More >

Sideways Trading for Gold and the HUI Index
Source: Vin Maru, TVD Gold Trader  (2/13/12)
"Unlike gold, the HUI index has not broken above the negative trend line just yet, so for the moment mining shares are still underperforming the gold price." More >

Of Jobs, Debts and Budgets
Source: Rick Mills, Ahead of the Herd  (2/12/12)
"November 2011 was a bad month for consumers: Revolving debt went up more than 8% and this dubious accomplishment was accompanied by the biggest month-to-month growth in overall consumer debt since 2001." More >

Gold Seasonality: Can We Profit From It?
Source: Sam Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (2/11/12)
"Investing or trading based on seasonal patterns alone is a little unwise, considering the fragile state of the global economy and the variation that can occur within the model." More >

The Gospel of Gold According to Peter: Peter Grandich
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (2/10/12)
Peter Grandich believes that we're in the midst of a stealth gold bull market. Grandich, editor and publisher of The Grandich Letter, recently penned the book Confessions of a Wall Street Whiz Kid, the moniker "Good Morning America" gave to him after he predicted the Black Monday stock market crash in 1987. He's now predicting gold to top $2,350/oz in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. More >

Profit in the Investment Ecosystem: Catherine Austin Fitts
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (2/10/12)
When money managers refer to total return funds, they're generally talking about investments that promise to deliver returns that beat the prevailing rate of interest while preserving capital. Investment advisor and Solari Report Publisher Catherine Austin Fitts takes the totality concept to a whole new level by focusing on net positive total returns. As she explains in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, she hunts for companies that offer value not only to stockholders but for society. More >

How Bull Markets Evolve into Bubbles
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold   (2/10/12)
"Gold stocks have made little net progress in the last four years while gold has nearly doubled." More >

Profit from Volatility in Gold and Silver Prices
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (2/10/12)
"One must not be discouraged or give up during volatile selloffs like 2008, 2010 or 2011, and run to cash. One must use short-term volatility to one’s advantage and go against the latest fad." More >

Critical Rare Earths Face Looming Shortage
Source: Philip Burgert, Resource Investor  (2/10/12)
"The most optimistic of projections suggests a shortage of 20,000 tons of critical rare earth metals is likely to develop by 2015, a review of the sector's status concluded at the Investing in African Mining Indaba conference." More >

China's Rebalancing Should Be Good for Gold Demand
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (2/9/12)
"The rapid growth of Chinese gold demand suggests that many of those who can afford it choose to use some of their savings to buy gold; indeed, many have chosen to store some savings as gold." More >

In the Bullring with Gold
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (2/8/12)
"To goldbugs, two more years of near-zero short-term interest rates means negative real interest rates are here to stay, and this has historically been a strong driver for higher gold prices." More >

Gold Prices Driven Higher by Europe and China: Greg Weldon and Grant Williams
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report   (2/8/12)
Preserving wealth in a volatile political and financial world is a job for gold. Greg Weldon, publisher of Weldon's Money Monitor newsletter and Grant Williams, a portfolio advisor at Vulpes Investment Management in Singapore, will share their insights at the Cambridge House California Investment Conference Feb. 11–12. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, they answer the question: How low and high can gold go? More >

Where a Nation's Gold—and Your Gold—Should Be Held
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (2/8/12)
"Governments feel free to impose restraints on other people's assets within their jurisdiction." More >

Gold Steady as Dollar Hits Two-Month Low
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (2/8/12)
"Wholesale market prices for gold bullion held steady just below $1,750/oz Wednesday morning in London, a 2.2% gain on yesterday's low, after rallying Tuesday following comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke." More >

Gold Stars in Greek Drama
Source: Ira Epstein, The Linn Group  (2/8/12)
"Currently, gold is trading off events created by the ongoing Greece financial drama. Behind the scenes, there's the possibility of quantitative easing programs coming back into play, not only here in the U.S., but abroad as well." More >

A New Reason Gold Stocks Will Soar
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research  (2/8/12)
"An increasingly desperate clamor for exposure to gold could light a short fuse for our market sector. It's not here yet, but when the rush starts, it will be both breathtaking and life-changing." More >

Graphite and Rare Earth Metals for the 21st Century: Jack Lifton
Source: The Critical Metals Report Editors  (2/7/12)
The list of once-obscure metals and minerals that are becoming "strategic" seems to be growing daily. However, population growth and rising living standards in developing countries are driving demand for most raw materials. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security Senior Fellow Jack Lifton explains how increasing demand and harder-to-mine deposits are raising prices on these essential materials. More >

The Fed Resumes Printing
Source: Bud Conrad, Casey Research  (2/7/12)
"The gold price is driven by Fed policies and its bias toward printing money rather than defending the dollar's purchasing power." More >