If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I coined a term called the “Chinamese Twins” for my readers. I advised my readers that two separate dinners were to be held at the White House, the feast receiving the most publicity was held as the “Grand State Dinner.”…
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The Tidal Waves Of Fear and Greed In Precious Metals
With weather beaten gaze the fisherman scans the waters, watches and waits and then at the perfect moment, he casts his line. So we who are anglers for fish of silver and gold study the swirling waters and heave our hooks of small bait in hopes of catching the Big One. The marketplace in precious…
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The “Chianamese Twins” Are Making a Deal
The top officials of the two most powerful nations on earth are to meet today and tomorrow in matters of far-reaching significance. Behind the photo-ops and the speeches there is one basic reality: China and America are joined inseparably at the hip, like conjoined twins. As in all such pairings, each head can have its…
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The Rendezvous Date for Junior Uranium Miners in Wyoming
How did the world-champion chess players take over prime mining land in Wyoming and Texas in a brilliant tactical maneuver? Well, who would’ve thought it? In broad daylight and without a shot being fired, Russians have taken possession of rich American uranium assets. Figuring out how they managed to do this requires the skills of…
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Don’t Be Blinded by Current Equity Market Euphoria
Bill Gross, the PIMCO money manager, to whom it is often worth listening, cautioned this week that our nation's leaders really don't know where they're going. They're mired in the fiscal quicksands of perpetual trillion dollar deficits. I believe, as he does, that there will be more agony ahead after the present euphoria in the…
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Fake Breakout On Gold Signals Caution
He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day; But he who is battle slain Can never rise to fight again. -- Oliver Goldsmith Traders entered the new year exiting their commodity positions on fear of growing austerity measures and possible exit strategies out of Central Bank quantitative easing strategies. There has…
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Gold Rises Despite Rate Hikes, Finds Support At 50 Day Moving Average
One of the most interesting realizations I have gained from studying the financial markets is that success comes from developing a clear set of rules and sticking to them despite the current psychology and tenor of the market. Contrary to popular opinion, being successful in the market is not based on how smart you are…
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Rare Earth Mining Stocks Should Continue Run in 2011 As China Restricts Exports
What is so rare as a day in June, the poet asks? The answer ... a sector in play, on a perfect day. The rare earth sector is experiencing an explosion of investment interest as China continues to place restrictions on Rare Earth Oxides (REO). Resource investors are drooling over the potential price explosion like…
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Fronteer Gold (FRG) Continues To Expand Long Canyon
There is a growing scarcity of available precious metal mines in the world. The old majors such as Barrick (ABX), Goldcorp (GG), and Newmont Mining (NEM) are facing diminishing reserves in their existing mines. They are mature miners and their pockets are bulging with cheap dollars. Moreover, these majors are competing with the Chinese, Russians, Japanese, and Koreans…
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Reveille for the American Nuclear Industry
A few days ago the French upstaged the US mighty nuclear reactor construction industry under our very noses in broad daylight, making us appear as Homer Simpson napping at the control plant of Mr. Burns’ atomic energy plant in Springfield. Most of the media never mentioned the event. Only one gave it token coverage hidden…
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