Gold May Well End 2008 with a Gain for 9th Consecutive Year
Source: Aden Forecast��(12/17/08)
“Gold is now higher than it was on January 2, 2008, closing above its 65-week moving average for the first time since October.” More >

Swiss Gold Bullion in Huge Demand
Source: Mineweb��(12/17/08)
“In Switzerland, demand for gold bars and coins shot up six-fold to 21 tons in the third quarter of 2008—more than in any other European country.” More >

Gold and Silver Stocks in the Limelight
Source: Mineweb��(12/17/08)
“Listed gold stocks reaffirmed their status as the leading equities recovery sector in global stock markets.” More >

Mining Sector Shake-Out Survivors Will Be Much Stronger than Before
Source: Mineweb��(12/17/08)
“Overall, the mining industry which emerges from the traumatic recent downturn will be leaner and meaner than the one that entered it.” More >

Mickey Fulp, "Mercenary Geologist": Look for the Right Share Structure, People, and Projects
Source: The Gold Report��(12/16/08)
"Mercenary Geologist" Michael S. (Mickey) Fulp's 29 years of field experience as an economic geologist evaluating exploration and mining projects throughout the Americas and China make him uniquely qualified to give The Gold Report an intriguing overview of what's happening now in gold, precious metals and rare earths, and uranium. More >

Jeffrey Christian: Economy May Recover Sooner, Stronger than Expected; Dollar’s Death Greatly Exaggerated
Source: The Gold Report��(12/16/08)
A foremost authority on the precious metals markets and a leading expert on commodities markets, CPM Group founder and Managing Director Jeffrey Christian brings some holiday cheer to The Gold Report readers. In this exclusive interview, he debunks doomsayers who await the dollar’s demise, anticipates what may well be a more powerful recovery from recession than most pundits do and foresees bright days for gold, silver, PGMs and specialty metals. More >

Trend Developing for Accretive Transactions in the Mining Sector
Source: Mike Niehuser, Beacon Rock Research��(12/16/08)
It became plain that the mining sector was on the edge of the much anticipated consolidation as suggested by comments at the 2008 Denver Gold Forum. . . recent acquisitions. . .provide a model for accretive transactions, a value metric for potential take-over prospects in the current market, and possibly signal the beginning of a succession of value creating business combinations. More >

Gold Leaps $20 After Fed Cuts Interest Rates
Source: Mineweb��(12/16/08)
“The U.S. Federal Reserve cut its target for overnight rates to a record low O% to 0.25% and said it would employ "all available tools" to dispel a year-long recession.” More >

The End of the Credit Line (or, The Trouble with Gold, Part III)
Source: Adrian Ash, Bullion Vault��(12/15/08)
The trouble with gold...? If you choose to use it as money, then you can only abandon it once. Once done, it's done forever. You can't keep floating the value of cash time and again. More >

The Credit Crunch, Close Up and Personal
Source: Olivier Garret, CEO Casey Research��(12/15/08)
Within the last year, the true extent of the real estate debacle and ensuing credit crisis in the United States has become blatantly obvious. But now there is a new phenomenon rearing its ugly head: a credit crisis of the individual that is hitting a large number of Americans straight in the pocketbook. More >

Big Upward Move in Gold?
Source: Seeking Alpha, Marc Courtenay��(12/14/08)
“‘. . .big upward revaluation of gold may figure heavily in the Fed's attempt to rescue the U.S. economy,’ according to former Federal Reserve Governor, Lyle Gramley.” More >

Junior Mining Stocks: Canada’s Subprime
Source: Trey Wasser, Pilot Point Partners LLC��(12/12/08)
What went wrong in a market that held so much promise just 18 months ago? How can the market undervalue precious metal properties at $800 gold and $10 silver? Will the markets for junior mining stocks ever recover? More >

The Real Cost of the 2008 Recession
Source: Olivier Garret, CEO Casey Research��(12/12/08)
In the near future, the Fed will have no choice but to turn on the printing presses and start operating them around the clock to create the money that can’t be raised in the capital market. These actions will lead to a significant debasement of the dollar and a major appreciation of gold and all commodities (real assets).
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Why Do Bankers Hate Gold? An Overview of Gold and the Banking System
Source: Julian Phillips, www.GoldForecaster.com��(12/12/08)
Bankers hate gold because it can be as attractive as paper to individuals and institutions everywhere. Bankers donʼt like the competition, but it is a useful counter to the Dollar no matter what bankers throw at it. More >

Junk Silver or Junk Bonds?
Source: David Morgan, Silver Investor��(12/12/08)
. . .junk silver is popular among survivalists, but today it might be added among financial survivalists! In the event of a currency collapse, it is speculated by many in the precious metals community that silver coins could provide a viable alternative to today’s currency (scrip), commonly perceived to be money. More >

Cycles: How to Make Them Work in Your Favor
Source: Peter Degraaf, Online Stock Trader��(12/11/08)
Our lives consist of and are controlled by cycles. From the 1-second heartbeat cycle, to the 1,000-year millennium cycle and many other cycles in between, we live and die within cycles. The"three score and ten" human cycle is simply a part of it all. More >

Fed To Issue Debt and Print Money?
Source: James West, Midas Letter��(12/11/08)
I’m still shaking my head trying to make sense of this. The source of all money in the United States, the printing press itself, is going to issue debt? Does that mean then, that the money it prints to represent the sales of U.S. Treasuries, which is technically not a debt, but a debit, will differ from the money it will distribute representative of (I assume) bonds it will issue of its own? More >

UK's Pain, Gold Owner's Gain
Source: Adrian Ash, Bullion Vault��(12/11/08)
In the last two months alone, and on a proportional basis, the Bank of England has slashed the returns paid to savers at the fastest pace since 1858. Gold, on the other hand, has discharged its key duties for UK investors without a word of complaint in 2008 - defending them against a collapse in the currency and a fresh outbreak of idiocy in Westminster. More >

Inflation vs. Deflation…What’s Up?
Source: Chuck Greer��(12/11/08)
On the surface, inflation (possibly very high levels) seemed baked into the system. Billions, even trillions, of Federal money (our future taxpayer debts) seem to be being dumped into the system. How could deflation possibly be in the offing? More >

Confused About Warrants? Using Goldcorp to Explain
Source: Dudley Baker, Precious Metals Warrants��(12/11/08)
Warrants are being mentioned more and more in the traditional media as the U.S. government moves to receive warrants in connection with some of the bailout/rescue plans for the Big Three auto manufactures and also with AIG back in September. Warrants have a long history going back into the 1920s, but the average investor has absolutely no idea what this investment vehicle is all about
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Physical Gold to Continue Outperforming well into 2009
Source: Mineweb��(12/11/08)
“Physical gold outperforming "virtually every other asset class on a relative basis," and BMO Capital Markets advises the trend will likely continue well into 2009.” More >

Finance Will Be Available for Sound Mining Projects
Source: Mineweb��(12/9/08)
Top mining banker Don Newport of Standard Bank said that the following factors affected the availability of finance, but that it was still available for those which met some increasingly strict banking criteria: Political Risk; Funding Mix; Resource and Reserve credibility; Commodities prices; Cost criteria (capital and operating) and perceived infrastructure needs affecting the ultimate viability of the project. More >

Is It Time to Buy?
Source: Seeking Alpha, Andrew Mickey��(12/9/08)
...Yesterday the XAU closed at 94 while gold closed at $760 an ounce. This makes the XAU/Gold 0.124. That’s less than half the ratio’s long-run average and just off the 25-year lows. It’s either a very bullish sign for gold stocks or a very bearish signal for gold... More >

Gold Consolidates Further on Firm Cues
Source: financialpost.com��(12/9/08)
Trading sentiments firmed up on reports that the yellow metal in overseas markets surged last evening for the first time in four days, as weaker dollar and higher oil prices increased its appeal as an alternative to investment in the U.S. currency, to hedge against inflation. More >

Gold in Backwardation
Source: Seeking Alpha, Trace Mayer��(12/9/08)
The question becomes: If I earn no interest on my dollars, euros, yen, etc. and lose purchasing power from inflation then I have a negative real rate of return. If I have a negative real rate of return, then why should I own dollars instead of gold? More >