Why I am Currently More Bullish Than Ever on Gold
Source: Jason Hamlin, Gold Stock Bull  (6/5/12)
"It can be incredibly difficult to go against the herd. The most successful investors muster the courage to buy when everyone else is selling and sell when everyone else is buying." More >

Royalty Firms Could Spur Junior Miner Deal Bonanza
Source: Reuters, Euan Rocha  (6/4/12)
"With the recent pullback in precious metal prices and slumping stock markets, royalty firms could be the saviors for small and mid-tier miners who are eager to grow but strapped for capital." More >

What's Next for Silver Prices
Source: Deborah Baratz, Money Morning  (5/31/12)
"A solid statement from the FOMC meeting announcing new easing, instead of its more recent waffling statements, will get a silver bull market going." More >

Bulls Misjudged the Dollar
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (5/30/12)
"Trading volume in U.S. gold futures yesterday hit a new 2012 record according to Reuters data, leaping to 484,000 contracts and breaching both the previous high of late January and the current level of open interest outstanding." More >

Will Gold and Silver Fall All the Way with the Euro?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (5/28/12)
"What we've seen lately is gold and silver prices moving with (and often faster, both ways) than the euro, but the link remains solid." More >

Gold and Silver Stocks Are in Deep Value Territory: Alka Singh
Source: George S. Mack of The Gold Report  (5/25/12)
Gold and silver began a correction nine months ago, but shares of the mines that produce these valuable metals have suffered in a much more exaggerated fashion. Mine2Capital Co-Founder and Partner Alka Singh has prospected for ideas that she believes will maximize shareholder value when the markets turn upward in the relatively near future. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Singh delivers her best junior ideas, and she also sweetens the story with a handful of more liquid names that she recommends in a fear-driven and uncertain environment. More >

Silver Prices: An Option Trading Strategy That Tells You When to Buy
Source: Larry Spears, Money Morning  (5/24/12)
"In today's volatile market, picking the right time to buy silver is something of a guessing game. But if you are familiar with options, you can let them be your guide in learning precisely when to buy." More >

Gold Tests $1,550/oz as Stocks Sink
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (5/23/12)
"Gold is acting more as a risky asset and everything is tumbling ahead of the Eurozone finance ministers meeting, where nothing good is really expected." More >

Mining Stocks: Will the Downturn Last?
Source: Martin Hutchinson, Money Morning  (5/22/12)
"For gold and silver miners, the outlook is bright. Their output prices should increase, while their inputs of energy and mining engineer talent will become cheaper as supply increases and energy prices remain at around current levels." More >

Yukon Juniors with Cash to Burn
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (5/22/12)
"Despite a rocky junior market, exploration continues apace in the Yukon, which is set to have near-record exploration expenditures this year." More >

Gold and Silver Long-Term Signal
Source: Chris Vermuelen and J.W. Jones, Traders' Video Playbook  (5/22/12)
"The reasons why I believe gold and silver will perform well in the longer term are a bit different than what many economists and pundits are expecting." More >

The People Have Spoken and Precious Metals Will Soar: Leonard Melman
Source: Zig Lambo and JT Long of The Gold Report  (5/21/12)
The elections in Greece and France have shown that in democratic societies the people are the ultimate deciders of how well the best-laid economic plans will work out in the long run. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Leonard Melman, veteran precious metals analyst and publisher of The Melman Report, talks about the implications of the recent European elections on the prospects for the gold and silver markets. He also discusses some of his favorite stock picks for taking advantage of the huge rebound he sees in the metals markets later this year. 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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

The Bear Facts of the Bullion Market
Source: John Nadler, Resource Investor  (5/16/12)
"This time around, despite all the denials of the fact and protestations to the contrary, the gold market entered the cave of the bear." More >

Australia's Mining Sector Grows at Staggering 12% a Year
Source: IB Times, Vittorio Hernandez  (5/16/12)
"Australia's mining sector continues to gallop, while the rest of the economy trails behind." More >

Have Silver Prices Bottomed Yet?
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (5/15/12)
"The drop below $30.00/oz that we have alluded to has now happened. We see this as being at or close to a possible buying opportunity." More >

Bull Market in Gold 'Not Over' But Speculators Turn Bearish
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (5/14/12)
"The price of gold and gold futures dropped yet again Monday morning, recording the seventh drop in nine trading days in May so far as industrial commodities, global stock markets and the euro currency all sank amid Athens' failure to negotiate a new coalition government." More >

Have Silver Prices Bottomed Yet?
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (5/14/12)
"The fallout from European economic uncertainty is taking its toll on gold and silver prices, along with the associated producers. For those who have yet to enter this tiny market sector or who wish to increase their exposure to it, it appears that a fabulous buying opportunity lies ahead." More >

Major Bottom in Precious Metals Could Occur This Week
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (5/14/12)
"We anticipate a bottom this month to be followed by a higher low in July or August. The fundamentals should become more clear by the end of the summer and would drive the precious metals complex much higher during the seasonally strong period." More >