The Gold Report: Byron, anyone who reads your reports knows two things: you like to tell stories and you like precious metals. The gold price has spent the last 11 years trending higher. Do you see it continuing upward? Byron King: I anticipate that gold, silver and platinum will all continue to rise in price. There are currency-driven reasons why metal prices are going to keep rising, as well as other issues with overall supply and falling production. [Read more...]

Synopsis: Gold producers are earning record revenues and profits, but there's an even more compelling reason to expect share prices to soar. Dear Readers, I'm off to kick rocks in the Congo this week (Democratic Republic of, not just Republic of, in case anyone's wondering) and time is short, so I'll leave you in Jeff Clark's capable hands. His commentary on the global supply of physical gold compared to the growth in population is worth giving some serious thought. [Read more...]

Author: Doug Casey Synopsis: If tensions escalate between the US and Iran, WW III could be triggered… and where do you think the price of gold will go then? (Interviewed by Louis James, Editor, International Speculator) [Read more...]

While much has been made recently of the President's unconstitutional appointment of Richard Cordray to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), lost in the hubbub has been any discussion of the unconstitutionality of, or the need for, the CFPB itself. Proponents of the CFPB claim that this new bureaucracy will help consumers by protecting them from fraudulent activity. In reality, it will only expose consumers to more financial harm. [Read more...]

By: John Browne Monday, February 6, 2012 Recently, the stock market has been roaring, with the S&P 500 up a stunning 22% from October 3, 2011, which was the low of last year. In fact, the first month of 2012 has been one of the best Januaries on record for US stocks. On top of that, last Friday’s better-than-expected jobs report seems to provide further evidence that we're turning a corner. [Read more...]

[FONT=Arial]Selling pressure earlier in the week gave way to strong demand for equities as concerns over the European debt crisis have been moved to the backburner. Investors have instead been focusing on the improved U.S. economic and employment picture. In an article by Reuters reporter Edward Krudy earlier this week there was a significant quote worth mentioning. The quote is from Ryan Larson, head of equity trading at RBC Global Asset Management. Larson said, “The U.S. appears to be slowly, slowly in the early stages of a decoupling from the euro zone.” [Read more...]

By Frank Holmes CEO and Chief Investment Officer U.S. Global Investors After prices fell 10 percent in December, many investors wondered if the bull market in gold was running out of steam. That was before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke swooped in with a “red cape” and fired the bulls back up. Since the Fed reassured the world that interest rates will remain at “exceptionally low levels” for another two years, gold has jumped more than three percent. [Read more...]

www.preciousmetalstockreview.com February 4, 2012 It was really another amazing week in a so far, great year. We had strong markets all around with many of the leading stocks that we trade in our swing trading portfolio up nicely and still looking for more and that has done wonder for our swing trading portfolio where we focus on leading stocks and use options generally to trade breakouts of solid chart patterns. [Read more...]

London Gold Market Report from Ben Traynor BullionVault Monday 6 February 2012, 09:00 EST SPOT MARKET gold prices fell further Monday morning in London, reaching $1713 an ounce by lunchtime – a 2.8% drop from last week's high – as stock and commodity markets also ticked lower, while US Treasury bond prices gained. [Read more...]