If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!(This is an excerpt of what was sent out to premium readers the morning of 3-16-11.) There's an old saying in investing: Buy a winter coat in the summer. Uranium stocks are certainly out of season and deeply discounted. Media…
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Malaise in Municipal Bonds, Nosedives in Nuclear, and a Green Light for Gold
Last week the Japanese earthquake darkened the skies with an unexpected flock of black swans. On top of an act of nature, we have the persisting presence of eurozone debt fears, currency wars, the Middle East unrest, and the near bankruptcy of many states in America. The Wisconsin problem goes far beyond one local state;…
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Precious Metals Soaring on Earthquakes, Eurozone Fears and Empty State Treasuries
Gold (SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)) is breaking into new 52-week highs and silver (iShares Silver Trust (SLV)) is at its highest point in more than 30 years as Libya, one of the largest oil producers, faces a civil war and as earthquakes and tsunamis rattle Japan. Libya is not following Tunisia and Egypt with a…
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Rare Earth Metal Prices Soaring…Will Miners Follow?
The Middle East turmoil has created a sell-off in equities and a run to the safe haven assets of precious metals and oil. Even though rare earth prices are soaring, many investors have overlooked a key sector which has pulled back providing a bargain opportunity before the rare earth crisis intensifies. US House Rep Mike…
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Gold And Silver Soars As U.S. Dollar Hits New Lows
The gold (GLD) and silver (SLV) meteor keeps soaring in the skies over Wall Street as the US dollar (UUP) is parachuting into new lows. The spot price of silver this week broke $34.40, zooming into a record high area unseen since 1980. On March 1, gold followed its poorer brother by breaking out at $1425. The US…
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How to Play the Coming Nuclear Renaissance?
A speculator is someone who can look into the future and act now. In early October, I saw a major development in the uranium sector as I began seeing signs of a major breakout of many of the uranium miners, via the Global X Uranium ETF (URA). Uranium stocks have tripled since that time and are…
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Middle East Turmoil: Gold, Silver, Oil and Clean Energy Commodities
Many of the great declines in the stock market over the past 30 years have been related to oil (United States Oil (USO)). This week we have seen the major indices plummet on geopolitical chaos throughout North Africa, especially the large oil-producing Libya, as investors returned to gold (SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)), silver (iShares Silver…
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Precious Metals Breakout on Middle Eastern Turmoil
This is an excerpt of what my premium readers received Friday Morning 2-18-11. We are constantly being advised that the Egyptian military has the situation under control. As the situation develops it's becoming increasingly apparent that there is something wrong with this picture. The military and the media assure us that the morganatic wedding between…
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Healthy Correction for Gold Miners, Precious Metals in Secular Bull Market
One of the most difficult decisions an investor must make is to determine if a turning point is of short-term or long-term consequence. The markets give subtle clues to students of the market of impeding danger and times of caution. A stock’s reaction to news may tell us the authentic underlying strength. In November and…
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Seven Steps the US Can Take to Reclaim the Nuclear Power Initiative
Once there was a time when America bestrode the nuclear world as a colossus. Names such as Einstein, Oppenheimer, and Manhattan Project helped to win World War II and contributed to many peacetime applications as well. Over the ensuing decades, the United States allowed other nations to take the lead in the development of nuclear…
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