If anyone has any doubts about the stigma of self-publishing and whether or not it is here to stay you only have to check out the recently self-published and instant cult classic “Urine Therapy – How to Drink Your own Urine” by “Craig Smith”. According to “Craig”, urine is pretty sterile and contains excess “good… Continue Reading

Big market drops rarely occur when everyone is prepared for them. Will this time be different? Gold investors already know all about the record bearish sentiment, small speculators being positioned short gold futures for the first time on record, and the various big name fund managers who have proclaimed the death of the gold bull.… Continue Reading

To follow the smart money in junior gold stocks is to subscribe to Brent Cook and Quinton Hennigh’s Exploration Insights newsletter. Ten days ago we caught up with Brent and today we’ve got Quinton on the line to tell us about his latest opportunities. Jump to the audio here -> This afternoon’s conversation with Quinton… Continue Reading

For Bill Gates, technology is still the solution. He shows Charlie Rose some inventions he’s working on to help heal the world. Source: 60 Minutes See also: Bill Gates on Steve Jobs: We grew up together

In short we’ll be buying gold, mining shares, and US Treasuries on dips all summer long. If we are to presume that the Wall Street Journal’s Jon Hilsenrath is not completely off the reservation, and was in fact prompted by the Fed itself to float a ‘tapering trial balloon’, then we must believe that we… Continue Reading

Stocktwits CEO Howard Lindzon’s on the line and he’s all hopped up on caffeine again. Jump to the 19 minute MP3 here -> I ask Howard if the stock market is rigged, as his pals James Altucher and Marc Cuban have argued. Absolutely, according to Lindzon, and assuming so will get you on the course to… Continue Reading

We caught up with Bob Moriarty, editor of 321GOLD.com this morning on his way to visit the Sierra Mojada silver/zinc project in Mexico (Silver Bull Resources, Inc.). A former American Marine fighter pilot who flew over 800 combat missions, Moriarty is also a veteran precious metals analyst, visiting dozens of mineral projects around the world each… Continue Reading

“You want to be a trader, come be a trader,” he says. “The door’s open. You want to travel six days a week, you want to travel the world, the door’s open. I earn more than you. Come be a trader. Please, the door’s open.” Article: John W. Miller, Wall Street Journal

Why the gold bull thesis is wrong on a near-term (3-months or less) and medium-term (6-months or more) basis. I am and always will be a student of the market, and nothing is more valuable to me than credible, accountable and transparent sources; Keith McCullough of Hedgeye Risk Management taught me that. He has also taught… Continue Reading

We called up Brent Cook, economic geologist and editor of Exploration Insights, for a quick conversation on the junior resource sector as we head into the summer doldrums yesterday (MP3 download link). Mining stocks are cheap but Brent’s not calling the bottom yet. “If you buy something in this market, be prepared to buy the same number… Continue Reading

“One drill hole changes the game. It’s very hard to decide who gets to make it and who doesn’t. It’s a big gate, and yet very few make it through. But you have to let them try.” — Lukas Lundin “Did you know you were getting the better end of that deal with Kinross?” I… Continue Reading

Speaking on the 25th anniversary of the launch of the BlackRock Gold & General fund, Evy Hambro, CIO of the Natural Resources Team at the manager, said that a new era beckons for equity investors in gold mining companies, which have started to focus on profitability rather than size. Article: Jonathan Boyd, Investment Europe

“I wouldn’t be surprised if the market in several months is disputing whether the oversupply will be achieved at all,” said Eugen Weinberg, head of commodities research at Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt. “Oversupply is pretty much priced in.” Article: Claudia Carpenter, Bloomberg

A World of Mining special – Part 2 of 2 Part 1: Chasing the carat: Canada’s Queen of Diamonds comes full-circle Stornoway Diamonds’ hostile takeover of Ashton Mining and Quebec’s Renard diamond project in January 2007 was followed by an exodus of Ashton executives and managers. Several departed for Peregrine Diamonds, which is advancing its flagship… Continue Reading

Mid tear Colombian oil and gas producer Pacific Rubiales Energy (TSX:PRE) today announced plans to buy back up to 10% of their public float, which would cost over $650 million at current prices. Read the press release here. Colombia’s oil producers in general are undervalued, according to the analysts we talk to. Frank Giustra backed Petroamerica… Continue Reading