Silver Price Forecast 2012: I Stand by $140/oz Silver
Source: Hubert Moolman  (1/26/12)
"Market conditions often cause silver to fall behind gold for quite some time, whereafter silver normally catches up in a big way." More >

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 >

Economic and Gold Stock 2012 Outlook
Source: Neil Charnock, GoldOz  (1/13/12)
"As upheaval increases, the environment for gold improves. Then you have negative real interest rates. Inflation for energy and food combines with deflation to create stagflation. Negative real interest rates are great for gold." More >

Why Silver For A Monetary Collapse?
Source: Hubert Moolman  (1/11/12)
"The debt-based monetary system has created a 'mirror-effect,' whereby, silver (and gold) is pushed down in value and paper assets such as general stocks are pushed up in value." More >

Platinum: Fire Sale on the Rich Man's Gold
Source: John Lee  (12/28/11)
"Historically, the price of platinum runs in tandem with the precious metals group (gold, silver, platinum and palladium). However, as platinum is less liquid and has a smaller investor set, it is much more volatile both on the upside and downside compared to gold." More >

Top 10 Commentaries of 2011
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (12/28/11)
"This week I thought we'd take a moment to reflect on the eventful year it's been for natural resources." More >

Why We Remain Bullish on Small Mining Shares
Source: Gene Arensberg, Resource Investor  (12/22/11)
"'The little guys' have had little to be joyous about in 2011. That, of course, is definitely a reason for vulture speculators like me to be filled with jollity." More >

Sprott's Call for Silver Producers to Hold Back Metal Strikes Chord
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report   (12/21/11)
On November 30, Eric Sprott, chairman of Sprott Inc. and one of the largest holders of physical silver and silver equities globally, issued a call to action to 17 of the world's largest silver producers to limit the sale of the metal until prices increase. In this Gold Report exclusive, we asked the activist investor and insiders what impact such a declaration could make in one of the most volatile subsets of the resource sector. More >

Investing vs. Speculating in Gold and Silver Stocks
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (12/21/11)
"You cannot just sit in your juniors and think that they will be up 50-fold by the end of this bull market. After all, you should know by now that most juniors will fall and even fail in this historic bull market." More >

Sprott's Call for Silver Reinvestment Could Lead to 70% Dividends
Source: Peter Krauth, Money Morning  (12/19/11)
"If you ever see a silver or gold miner innovative enough to introduce a 'dividend in kind,' make sure you pay close attention. That company could well be worth its weight in gold. . .or silver." More >

Bargain Time in Gold and Silver
Source: Jeb Handwerger  (12/15/11)
"Precious metals and the miners are underperforming the U.S. dollar and long term treasuries and have made a bearish technical turn momentarily. However, our gold and silver selections are pulling back in a volatile correction and may soon be reaching support levels as silver and the miners test their 2011 low and gold pulls back to its July 2011 breakout after making record gains in both 2009 and 2010." More >

Balancing Small Silver with Big Payoffs: David Morgan
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (12/14/11)
David Morgan, publisher of Silver Investor, likes the balanced risk and growth that midtier companies provide, but even he can't resist the pull of having a speculative pick pay off. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Morgan talks about the tenets he lives by when investing in mining companies, be they small-cap or midtier or billion dollar companies. More >

Gold Could Correct Under $1,600/oz
Source: Nu Yu, Resource Investor  (12/13/11)
"The time has come to re-reevaluate the fundamentals, reality and risks for gold and silver." More >

Silver Investors: On the Horns of a Dilemma
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (12/2/11)
"Is silver in a surplus or a deficit? It depends on who you talk to as to what kind of answer you get and whether, in fact, a surplus is really a surplus or a deficit in disguise!" More >

Peter Schiff's Urgent Update To Gold and Silver Investors
Source: Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul, ETF Daily News  (12/2/11)
"'There's an old expression that nobody rings a bell when it's time to buy or sell. . .well, the world's central banks just rang a pretty loud bell to buy precious metals.'" More >

Where is Support for Gold and Silver Stocks?
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT, The Daily Gold  (11/29/11)
"Mining stocks are sitting pretty for savvy investors. . .we could be looking at a massive springboard into the next phase of the precious metals bull market." More >

China Changing the Global Gold Market
Source: Larry Spears, Money Morning  (11/23/11)
"There's another effect of this push for gold ownership: it's dislodging the dollar as the world's main reserve currency." More >

Gold Slides in Choppy Conditions
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (11/23/11)
"Negative sentiment surrounding the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis and concerns that some economies are heading for a 'double-dip' recession continues to lift market uncertainty and consequent choppy conditions." More >

Gold Down Along with Stocks
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (11/21/11)
"The U.S. dollar rallied, despite the congressional super committee's failure to agree on how to tackle the U.S. deficit." More >

Rethinking Silver in Light of Deflationary Forces
Source: Clive Maund  (11/21/11)
"If we do not see dramatic large scale intervention by the European Central Bank (ECB) involving a massive blast of QE, Europe will be finished shortly as a united economic entity, and after a possible temporary party to celebrate the demise of Europe, the U.S. Treasury market will collapse." More >

Will Dividends Make Mining Shares Glitter More than Gold?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (11/21/11)
"A trend is growing among precious metal miners—there is a solid commitment to pay a defined percentage of their cash flow by way of dividends." More >

Too Much Money, Not Enough Gold
Source: Andrew Mickey, Wealth Daily  (11/18/11)
"Gold prices are on the verge of a significant breakout." More >

Euro Crisis "Gets Worse Every Day", Britain May Get "A Lot More QE", Gold Jewelry Preferred to Platinum in China
Source: Ben Traynor, Bullion Vault  (11/16/11)
"'Gold jewelry has been in great demand due to the rising price of gold and the perception of gold as a store of value.'" More >

Gold and Silver Miners Lead Market Rebound
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (11/14/11)
"Investors are beginning to look at the gold miners as leaders in a market, which is desperately looking for strength." More >

The Final Market Rally Up Before the Big Leg Down Is Near an End
Source: David Banister, MarketTrendForecast  (11/14/11)
"The current S&P 500 rally is part of a normal retracement of the 1370 highs to 1074 lows that similarly occurred in the 2008 rally off the first major market drop. More >