Shanghai's Gold Exchange to Start Trading Palladium
Source: Mineweb  (12/3/09)
"Palladium XPD= is already traded globally and its value has doubled this year" More >

Silver Could Rise Even if Gold Falls
Source: Seeking Alpha, David Fessler  (12/3/09)
". . .silver's run is yet to get started." More >

Five Reasons Gold Will Move Higher
Source: Seeking Alpha, Przemyslaw Radomski  (12/3/09)
". . .while it may feel like a bubble to some, I believe we are just warming up." More >

Gold Extends Record Above $1,226
Source: MarketWatch, Moming Zhou & Polya Lesova  (12/3/09)
"Gold continues to defy gravity and for good reasons. . ." More >

Chile Sees Copper Prices Staying High
Source: Reuters  (12/2/09)
". . .investors bet big on metals" More >

Buy Gold, Be Smart, Diversify
Source: David Galland, Casey Research  (12/2/09)
After a relaxing Thanksgiving break, I anticipated returning to work in a lighter frame of mind. However, the following item from FOX News crushed that hope right away. . . More >

Dollar Implications of Dubai Jitters
Source: Axel Merk  (12/2/09)
Thanksgiving eve, Dubai World, Dubai's state-owned development company, rattled the world by releasing a statement that it seeks a moratorium on its debt and interest payments until May 2010. The credit crisis is not last year's nightmare—it has merely entered a new phase. We look at the implications for the U.S. dollar. More >

Mirage in the Desert
Source: Euro Pacific Capital, John Browne  (12/2/09)
". . .Dubai was constructing the perfect metaphor of the 21st century economy" More >

Peter Grandich: Silver's Turn to Shine
Source: The Gold Report; interviewed by Karen Roche, Publisher  (12/1/09)
Legendary commentator Peter Grandich (The Grandich Letter) tells The Gold Report in this exclusive interview that having been left behind in the big run-up in gold, silver's time has come to steal the limelight for a while. Peter also considers the current stock market rally as a gift delivered in the eye of the storm. More >

Copper Outlook Is Strong Through 2011–BMO
Source: Seeking Alpha, Doug Hadfield  (12/1/09)
"unlike. . .gold, rare earths and coal, China doesn't produce much copper relative to its consumption." More >

Gold May Test $1,300; Copper Strong - Scotiabank
Source: Mineweb, Dorothy Kosich  (12/1/09)
"Scotiabank's Metal & Mineral Index showed 'broad-based strength in base metals, a surge in gold & silver prices'" More >

Have Violin Must Fiddle
Source: Neil Charnock, GoldOz  (12/1/09)
Interest rates are up again here in Australia as the RBA hikes our prime rate by 0.25% to 3.75%. One bank has already come out with a 0.45% hit on mortgage borrowers of nearly double that figure. The Federal Treasurer stated that the banks have no justification to take this policy course however I beg to differ. . . More >

Annual Predictions for 2010—Good News and Bad
Source: Roger Wiegand  (12/1/09)
Will 2010 be a 1930 or, comparable to 1937? Is it different this time? More >

The Dow, Dollar & Gold – What Goes Down Must Come Up
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (11/30/09)
This year has been a very exciting time for traders and investors. We have seen a steady climb in prices with controlled pullbacks in the broad market and gold. . . More >

Gold Market Update
Source: Clive Maund  (11/30/09)
Last week gold continued to rise to become super-extremely overbought. . .then ran into heavy turbulence late in the week as the Dubai debt problems surfaced. This purpose of this update is to try to figure whether the action last week marks the start of a significant corrective phase. More >

Silver Market Update
Source: Clive Maund  (11/30/09)
While gold has soared in recent weeks silver has put in a plodding performance unable, thus far at least, to break above the zone of major resistance and the return line of the uptrend channel in force from late last year. . . More >

Exit Equities for Cash, Bonds or Gold?
Source: GoldSeek, Peter Cooper  (11/30/09)
". . .investors cashing out of equities might be well advised to follow this new trend" More >

"60 Minutes" Reports on DRC Conflict, Gold
Source: Mineweb, Dorothy Kosich  (11/30/09)
"The people are destitute. But the Congo is the Saudi Arabia of minerals." More >

Gold Is Up Because BRIC Countries Are Buying
Source: Seeking Alpha, Brandon Clay  (11/30/09)
"This year's gold rush is a result of buying pressure from emerging market banks, not worried retirees buying coins." More >

If the U.S. Weakens Again, What Happens to Metals?
Source: David Coffin & Eric Coffin, HRA Advisories  (11/30/09)
A surprisingly large U.S. trade deficit for September had some assuming the U.S. consumer is back in a buying mood. Alas, the much watched Michigan consumer confidence index for November quickly followed, and it is off a large 4.6 points, from 70.6 in October to 66.0 now. More >

Gold Rises as Dollar Falls, Closes Up 13% in November
Source: MarketWatch, Moming Zhou  (11/30/09)
"The gold price rally in November was driven by a perfect storm of cyclical and structural factors." More >

China 2009 Gold Demand, Output May Hit Records
Source: Bloomberg  (11/30/09)
"China is likely to become the number-one supplier and consumer of gold this year." More >

Roger Wiegand: $2,960 Gold on the Horizon?
Source: The Gold Report, interviewed by Karen Roche, Publisher  (11/27/09)
Manipulation and money that's been on the sidelines are driving the market, according to TraderTracks editor Roger Wiegand in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. He see the makings of some "pretty exciting" action in precious metals front, forecasting that gold could go beyond $2,960. More >

Gold Buyer's Checklist
Source: Paul Tustain, BullionVault  (11/27/09)
LOOKING TO buy gold today? Here's a nine-point check-list for secure gold investment presented to this week's Investor's Chronicle Gold Conference, hosted at the London Stock Exchange... More >

U.S. Mint Puts Bullion Coin Sales on Hold
Source: Reuters  (11/26/09)
"The U.S. Mint has depleted its current inventory of 2009 American Eagle 1-ounce gold bullion coins. . ." More >