When Will Silver Reach a New High?
Source: Andrey Dashkov, Big Gold  (1/24/12)
"Silver is more volatile than gold. Already in this decade, silver has risen by a factor of 12 from its 10-year low ($48.70/oz vs. $4.07/oz), while gold has seen about a sevenfold climb ($255.95/oz vs. $1,895/oz)." More >

Super Mario
Source: David Coffin and Eric Coffin, HRA Journal  (1/24/12)
"The euro discount is helping German exporters but didn't do the gold price any favors. Gold has seen a nice bounce in the past two weeks, aided by Iranian saber rattling." More >

Gold Traders Welcome Chinese New Year Celebrations
Source: Shivom Seth, Mineweb  (1/24/12)
"The week-long celebrations in China to usher in the Year of the Dragon are set to boost demand for gold, and traders say 2012 looks to be another good year for the metal." More >

Another Chance to Sell Common Stocks and Buy Precious Metals
Source: Jordan Roy Byrne, The Daily Gold  (1/24/12)
"Recently, we noted a potential major bottom in both the metals and the mining stocks. With common stocks nearing major resistance, it is no surprise that we are nearing a point where the secular bull trend is ripe for reemergence." More >

India to Buy Iranian Oil with Gold
Source: Jason Hamlin, GoldStockBull Investment Strategies  (1/24/12)
"This is only going to accelerate the decline of the dollar and its role as world reserve currency. It should also help boost the price of gold and further legitimize the movement to return to a gold standard." More >

Look for Gold Juniors with Theme-Changing Catalysts: Annie Zhang
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (1/23/12)
Annie Zhang, an analyst with Toronto-based investment bank Octagon Capital, is expecting some good stories to come out of Argentina and Canada this year. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, she targets several exploration and near-term producing companies with burgeoning results on the horizon. More >

What Does a Flattening Yield Curve Mean for Gold?
Source: Sam Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (1/23/12)
"The yield curve is an immensely useful economic indicator and hence can be used as one of the determinants of the gold price." More >

Gold Touches Six-Week High as Technicals Turning More Bullish
Source: Ben Traynor, Bullion Vault  (1/23/12)
"The U.S. dollar cost to buy gold hit a six-week high of $1,677/oz Monday morning in London, as stock markets, commodities and the euro all pushed higher and U.S. Treasury bond prices dipped." More >

It May Take a Dragon to Breathe Fire into Markets
Source: Frank Holmes, US Global Investors  (1/23/12)
"China's rapid growth has made a powerful case for commodities over the past several years. Once the country shifted from exporting to importing a commodity, there was no looking back." More >

Gold Confiscation: A Reality? (Part III)
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (1/21/12)
"We would go so far as to say that all the world's central banks are very aware of the need to continue to use gold in the monetary system and, more pertinently, that that role is growing, much as they hate that prospect." More >

A Path to Gold and Copper Production: Kwong-Mun Achong Low
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (1/20/12)
Kwong-Mun Achong Low, an analyst with Northern Securities in Canada, thinks that copper and gold juniors are in for a better run this year. He's ferreted out the juniors with the most promising management and assets that are on a path to production—not to mention rising stock prices. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Achong Low discusses why copper may have a slight edge on gold in 2012 and what companies are the crown jewels of his coverage list. More >

Gold for the Week Down in Euros, Up in Dollars
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (1/20/12)
"'With physical demand providing little support, the dollar continues to largely dictate movements in gold.'" More >

Gold-Stock Upleg Cycles
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Intelligence  (1/20/12)
"Traders aren't very enthusiastic about the gold mining sector at the moment. But they sure would be if they understood the gold-stock upleg cycles." More >

Inflation Concerns Remain as Gold and Silver Climb Higher
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (1/20/12)
"A growing consensus of economists predicts that the Federal Reserve is likely to inject another $1T worth of easing to stimulate the economy. Such a move will provide yet another blow to the U.S. dollar and another catalyst for higher gold and silver prices." More >

QE3, $2,200 Gold, and the Trillion-Dollar Bazooka
Source: Peter Krauth, Money Morning  (1/20/12)
"According to SocGen, QE3 is headed our way this coming March, focused on mortgage-backed securities purchases on the order of $600B over six to eight months. They see U.S. equities, European equities, oil and especially gold benefiting from this new round of fiat money printing." More >

Safe Havens
Source: Guiseppe Borelli, The Unpunctured Cycle  (1/20/12)
"I believe the gold price bottom we saw in late December is of extreme importance as it represents the transition from the second phase of the bull market on into the third phase." More >

Derisking Gold Juniors, Step by Step: Rick Mills
Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report   (1/18/12)
If you're among the many who consider investing in the junior resource sector nothing more than a crapshoot, look into Ahead of the Herd Publisher Rick Mills' steps to derisk the inherently risky business of investing in junior resource companies. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Mills not only spells out the steps involved in the derisking process, but also cites specific examples of juniors he especially likes and discusses the features that put them ahead of the herd. More >

Gold Seeing Resistance at $1,667/oz
Source: Ben Traynor, Bullion Vault  (1/18/12)
"The spot market price to buy gold climbed to $1,658/oz during Wednesday morning's London trade, following reports that the International Monetary Fund is seeking to boost its lending capacity by $1T." More >

Silver's 2011 Big Move: Was It The End Or The Beginning?
Source: Hubert Moolman  (1/18/12)
"I see no evidence to suggest that anything we've seen so far was the end of the silver bull market, so I am expecting a very powerful upleg yet to unfold." More >

Gold ETFs May Continue to Shine in 2012
Source: Neena Mishra, Zacks Investment Research  (1/18/12)
"Some of the factors that will likely support gold's upward trend in 2012 are rising inflationary expectations and heightened macroeconomic uncertainty in many countries." More >

Resource Stocks Breaking Out of Bases and Forming New Uptrends
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (1/18/12)
"We noticed positive signals on our indicators suggesting that an impressive rally was in the offing, especially in our deeply oversold industrial metal miners." More >

When Will Gold Reach a New High?
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research  (1/18/12)
"We're confident that a new high in the gold price will come at some point, because many major currencies are unsound and overburdened with debt. Indeed, the ultimate high could be frighteningly higher than current levels." More >

Chinese Dragon to Unshackle Renminbi?
Source: Axel Merk, Merk Funds  (1/18/12)
"Chinese consumer spending is likely to have been underreported for some time; we don’t think a housing bust in China will stifle consumer spending as much as some fear." More >

Will China Unleash More Stimulus and Boost Gold Prices?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (1/18/12)
"Although China may not provide more monetary easing through rate cuts, the nation avoiding a hard landing is bullish for precious metals and commodities." More >

Real Risks to the Gold Price
Source: Adrian Ash, Bullion Vault  (1/18/12)
"It's the real rate of interest that really matters to the ebb and flow of gold demand in the end." More >