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The Highs and Lows of Gold Prices Following QE3

Oct 22, 2012 at 17:39 | Geopolitical Monitor

Following the announcement of the US Federal Bank's intention to begin a third round of quantitative easing in mid-September, the global price of gold skyrocketed. With prices already beginning to…

Ready to Take Some Pain?

Oct 03, 2012 at 17:22 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

Look at the chart below and it is clear that Ben Bernanke's announcement of QE3 triggered a classic "Buy the rumor, sell the news" type reaction in the market. The…

Gold is Breaking out to the Upside

Oct 01, 2012 at 09:38 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

Look at the $25 move in gold today, and it's clear that an upside breakout is imminent. It made this move on a whisper of a rumour about a speculation…

Don't Miss the Big Show in Silver

Sep 24, 2012 at 17:09 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

Those transfixed by gold blasting through the $1,750 level have been missing the real action in silver. The white metal has soared 34% to $34 since the beginning of the…

Revisiting the First Silver Bubble

Sep 24, 2012 at 17:03 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

With silver back in the headlines, I thought I'd touch base with a wizened and grizzled old veteran who still remembers the last time the biggest bubble in history popped…

Buy the Big Dip in Gold

Sep 11, 2012 at 17:10 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

Look at the charts for the barbarous relic below and you can only come to one possible conclusion. If the Federal Reserve disappoints on Thursday, just a little bit, even…

Time to Pick Up Some Gold

Aug 16, 2012 at 16:48 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

Gold has clearly evolved into a call option on global quantitative easing. Don't think of it just as the stuff your dentist puts in your teeth or the thing your…

Is Gold is Making a Comeback?

Jun 19, 2012 at 17:10 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

One of my best calls of the year was to plead with readers to avoid gold like the plague, periodically dipping in on the short side only. The barbarous relic…

Mining the Infinite Resources of Space

Jun 14, 2012 at 17:40 | Energy Digital

Mining for precious metals and resources is about to go where no man has gone before—space. No man except for Bruce Willis, that is. In the 1998 blockbuster film Armageddon,…

Gold Bugs - Keep An Eye On The Canadian Dollar To Keep Confidence

Apr 08, 2012 at 09:42 | Simit Patel

It hasn't been the best of days for the gold bug community (of which I am proud to be a member). While we did open 2012 at $1564 -- and…

Gold Producers on the Edge as Touareg Rebellion Forces Coup in Mali

Mar 25, 2012 at 10:27 | Charles Kennedy

Overrun by a Touareg separatist rebellion and an increasing threat from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the government of Mali has been overthrown in a coup d’état by mutinous…

Burma - Truly One of the Last Untapped Energy Frontiers, Opening for Business

Feb 11, 2012 at 12:39 | John Daly

Investors, looking for sure bets, can stop reading right now.For those seeking overlooked energy "final frontiers," well, there’s now – Burma.According to the secretary of Burma's…

Can China's Monopolisation of the REE Market be Reduced?

Jan 04, 2012 at 17:09 | Dave Cohen

What does this percentage refer to? 97% That's the percentage of global production of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) controlled by the People's Republic of China. But even with a virtual…

Commodity Prices Will Remain High and Volatile for the next 20 Years: McKinsey

Nov 28, 2011 at 08:04 | Tyler Hamilton

Just looking at a new article from global consultants McKinsey about the state of world commodities and the outlook looks bleak, to say the least. (Original here) “Our research…

Is Platinum’s Next Move Down?

Oct 26, 2011 at 07:24 | Stuart Burns

Platinum is looking increasingly vulnerable. Net speculative length has been dropping for some weeks now and, as this graph from a Standard Bank report to investors shows, the trend has…

Peak Metal: U.S. Preparing for the Coming Shortages in Metals and Minerals

Oct 14, 2011 at 07:38 | Brian Westenhaus

Many if not most metals, rare earth minerals and other elements used to make everything from photovoltaic panels and cellphone displays to the permanent magnets in cutting edge new wind…

Afghanistan - Newly Discovered Mineralogical Treasure House (Again)

Oct 13, 2011 at 07:58 | John Daly

As the U.S.-led Afghan campaign lurches into its second decade, the country’s vast untapped mineralogical resources are again emerging in the Western media, seemingly underpinning the benefits of International Security…

Malaysian Environmentalists Lead Opposition to Rare Earth Processing Facility

Oct 11, 2011 at 08:01 | John Daly

With the price of rare earth elements due to China’s de facto monopoly now running at more than $100,000 per tons of unprocessed ore, it would seem that countries would…

Growing Controversy over Molycorp’s Plans to Mine Rare Earth Elements

Oct 07, 2011 at 07:28 | Metal Miner

On Tuesday, the New York Times ran a story stating Molycorp, currently America’s only operating rare earth materials producer, will soon announce a heavy rare earth metal deposit right near…

Report From the Molycorp Mountain Pass Mine

Sep 29, 2011 at 04:00 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

When I heard that Molycorp (MCP) had just cratered by $22 from $53 to $31 in two days, I did what I usually do when a mining company I follow…

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