Continued Deterioration in Metals Demand 'All Too Clear'—Barclays
Source: Mineweb, Dorothy Kosich  (1/20/09)
"Barclays Capital Commodities Research analysts forecast a 'dire near-term outlook for the global economy and metals demand.'" More >

John Lee’s Calls on Gold and Various Markets for 2009
Source: John Lee, www.goldmau.com  (1/20/09)
In 2008 we saw some of the most dramatic financial events in a century, including trillions dollars of subprime mortgage implosion, which bankrupted the entire US banking system; Lehman's fallout, the magnitude dwarfed LTCM; biggest squeeze on the dollar; largest de-leveraging process and unprecedented intervention with multi-trillion dollars of financial bailouts and record-low interest rates of near 0%. Here are my predictions for '09... More >

Obama, Keynes, and Pragmatism
Source: David Galland, The Casey Report  (1/19/09)
. . .adopting the optimistic spirit of America’s new era, we’ll credit the incoming president and all those who surround him as pragmatics, in the sense that they are the best sort of men and women who can be counted on to make intelligent and, well, pragmatic choices in the face of a rapidly eroding global economy. Unfortunately, no sooner do we hand Team Obama a laurel than we have to point out a rather large and ugly fly in the otherwise nicely scented ointment. More >

Russian Tycoons Plan State-Backed Metals Giant
Source: Reuters  (1/19/09)
"The state, in exchange for a stake in the company, could write off the debts of each company's owners and contribute its 60% stake in the world's largest titanium maker. . ." More >

Gold Cannot Be Inflationary, but the Dollar Sure Can
Source: Seeking Alpha, Paco Ahlgren  (1/19/09)
"If you can't meaningfully create gold, it cannot be inflationary." More >

Beodica's Gold Unearthed
Source: AHN  (1/19/09)
"A hoard of prehistoric gold coins—believed to be the biggest yet—was discovered by a treasure hunter in Britain." More >

Obama Inauguration—Hope Amidst Geopolitical, Macroeconomic Challenges
Source: GoldSeek  (1/19/09)
"The new President faces monumental challenges, the poisoned chalice of a very uncertain global geopolitical situation and the worst financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression." More >

U.K. Toxic Bank Plan: More Gains for Gold
Source: Seeking Alpha, Peter Cooper  (1/18/09)
"British savers are surely bound to turn to gold and silver in 2009 to protect them as they did in 2008, only in even greater numbers." More >

How an Honest Money System Can Help America
Source: Seeking Alpha, David Morgan  (1/18/09)
". . .gold and/or silver. . .are both very important components in an honest money system—they instill trust." More >

Gold's "Doubling Effect"
Source: Mining Speculator  (1/17/09)
"When the [stimulus] bill passes. . .the U.S. dollar will experience its largest drop in decades. This will, in turn, crank the price of gold to historic new levels." More >

James Turk: The Fed's Blueprint for Market Intervention
Source: GATA  (1/17/09)
"As this document makes clear, the government realized that the monetary course it was pursuing could not be sustained." More >

David Mason, Augen Capital: Gold Producers Pioneer Commodities 1Q09
Source: The Gold Report  (1/16/09)
Mix one part mining analysis with one part corporate finance, then add 25 years of investing experience to get executive chairman and founder of Augen Capital Corp., David Mason. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Mason discusses market fears, a weakening U.S. dollar and "the most important factor" that will drive gold ahead of the commodities pack in 1Q09. More >

The "Truth" About the Gold Market Today
Source: Adrian Ash, Bullion Vault  (1/16/09)
Just what is the link between retail gold coin prices and the apparent manipulation of gold futures & options...? More >

Silver and the Minimum Wage
Source: David Morgan, Silver Investor  (1/16/09)
Although the words gold and/or silver are not even mentioned in my mission statement, they are both very important components in an honest money system—they instill trust. And the lack of trust is the core issue of today’s economic problems. More >

Confidence is the Problem, Not Simply Deflation or Inflation!
Source: Julian Phillips, www.GoldForecaster.com  (1/16/09)
. . .look forward to a future where huge social costs will be paid as the collateral damage to the path the monetary authorities are following impact each and every one of us. In such an environment how can gold and silver not rise in price. The temptation before governments will be to turn to gold. More >

Precious Metals Likely to Outperform for Commodity Investors
Source: Mineweb, Pratima Desai  (1/16/09)
"We like precious metals because we have ongoing concerns about paper assets and inflation further out." More >

Foundations of Crisis
Source: Doug Casey, Casey Research Chairman  (1/15/09)
Everybody wants predictions. The following article does a little better than that, in that I wrote it back in November of 1997, outlining several theories of history, and pointing to a logical way of anticipating what will likely happen to the world at large over the next generation. As you will read, the methodology I relied upon for anticipating the events that are now unfolding – 11 years later –were actually quite accurate, confirming, in my mind at least, that now is a time to be very cautious in your personal and financial affairs. More >

Depressed Resource Stocks Among Best Buys
Source: Adrian Day's Global Analyst  (1/15/09)
This is the time to accumulate, while cheap. . .So while we are not expecting an imminent turn-around in global demand, whether in uranium, copper, oil, or other resources, this period of weakness is a good time to accumulate top-quality, low-cost producers on weakness as well as the commodities themselves, where feasible. More >

The Truth About Today's Gold Market
Source: Seeking Alpha, Adrian Ash  (1/15/09)
"Gold is gold, paper is paper. . .and Comex gold is nothing but paper masquerading as gold." More >

Hoarders and Destroyers
Source: The Daily Reckoning Australia  (1/15/09)
"Standing in the way of the natural operation of the market is increasing government intervention. . .And about the only good thing we can say about that is that it should be for gold." More >

Gold Breakdown
Source: Seeking Alpha, Jeff Pierce  (1/15/09)
"While I don't normally consider shorting gold stocks, as I think they are going higher in the long term, I may make an exception as there seems to be a lot of downside potential here." More >

Price Gap Portends Gold Price Boom
Source: GoldSeek, John Browne  (1/15/09)
"Despite the powerful attempts of governments to eradicate gold's role in monetary affairs, the free market price has risen continuously." More >

Gold and Silver End Unchanged, Surge Higher in After-Hours Trade
Source: GoldSeek, Chris Mullen  (1/15/09)
". . .it did appear as if the early after bounce in the equity market coincided with April gold's return to positive territory." More >

Massive Inflationary Pressures Will Lead to Uptrend in Gold
Source: Seeking Alpha, David Nichols   (1/15/09)
"When gold is mired in one of its corrective periods it's easy to lose sight of the underlying story that will drive gold for years to come." More >

Gold Mine Production down but costs up 24% Worldwide
Source: Mineweb, Rhona O'Connell   (1/15/09)
". . .producers remain 'firmly bullish' and. . .de-hedging is expected to continue in the first half of 2009." More >