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How to Invest Your Mother's Money – And Keep Your Peace of Mind

Details: Published on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 17:56; Written by Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst

I manage one of my mother's IRA accounts, and when it comes to investing, she doesn't like to take a lot of risks. I guess the same would be true for most of our mothers – and maybe for many of us as well.

Unfortunately, after surveying today's investment landscape, I see numerous risks – stock markets seem propped up and vulnerable, many major economies have low or suspect growth, and many currencies are being actively devalued or weakened by government actions. Even the number of options to park money is limited since investors can't earn a reasonable interest rate.

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Are You Brave Enough to Buy Low?

Details: Published on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 17:32; Written by Louis James, Casey Research

This time last week, I was at the Cambridge House World Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver, BC. Usually the show is quite hopping, but this time, while there was the usual mob and there was standing room only at several of the events Doug, the Casey crew, and I participated in, the mood was decidedly low-key.

But here's the interesting part: it was low-key, but not depressed.

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China Eases the Way

Details: Published on Friday, 08 June 2012 20:36; Written by Frank Holmes CEO and Chief Investment Officer U.S. Global Investors

The decline in China's infrastructure and real estate investment on a year-over-year percentage change is clearly seen in CLSA’s chart, and it’s what Andy Rothman has attributed to slower growth in the world’s second-largest economy:

two Reasons China's Economy has Been Slowing

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Is the Table Set for a Mania in Precious Metals?

Details: Published on Wednesday, 06 June 2012 14:54; Written by Jeff Clark, Casey Research

It may feel like I'm out of touch with the precious metals markets to broach the subject of a mania today, but I think the table is being set now for a huge move into gold and silver.

There are, however, very valid reasons to reasonably expect a mania in our sector. For one thing, manias have occurred many times before, but the main issue is that a mania in gold and gold stocks is the likely result of the absolute balloon in government debt, deficit spending, and money printing. Saying all that profligacy will go away without inflationary consequences seems naïve or foolish. Inflation may not attract investors to gold and silver as much as force them to it.

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Strong Evidence of an Important Low in Gold Stocks

Details: Published on Tuesday, 29 May 2012 08:07; Written by Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT

Two weeks ago we proclaimed a major bottom could be imminent in the precious metals sector. Our basis for making the prediction was that the metals and shares were extremely oversold, breadth indicators were at 2008 levels, sentiment was contrarian bullish and markets were nearing areas of strong support. In this missive we review the compelling evidence for this important bottom and discuss the potential fundamental driving forces for the start of the next cyclical bull market in this sector. Add a comment

Gold: The World’s Friend for 5,000 Years

Details: Published on Friday, 25 May 2012 11:51; Written by Frank Holmes CEO and Chief Investment Officer U.S. Global Investors

Gold has been the world's friend for 5,000 years

Facebook’s highly anticipated initial public offering helped the company raise $16 billion, a record for tech IPOs. It’s refreshing to see investor excitement rally around the stock, as the U.S. needs innovative businesses to thrive and attract capital. However, as behavioral finance warns, be cautious of a herd mentality. [Editor's note: As of May 25th, Facebook (FB) is trading at 17% below its IPO price.]

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James Rickards: Currency Wars – The Making of the Next Global Crisis

Details: Published on Friday, 25 May 2012 11:29; Written by Marc Courtenay

"Currencies are in effect the ocean" that all the fish, including the great white shark, fear, says investment manager and author of Currency Wars, James Rickards. Sometimes the ocean is calm, but in times like ours it becomes a much more hostile and dangerous environment. Add a comment

Bottom in, but is it September 2008 or October 2008?

Details: Published on Sunday, 20 May 2012 08:19; Written by Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT

We began the week by making a ballsy prediction about the precious metals complex. We believed a major bottom could happen this week. In the wake of the European debt crisis and potential “credit events,” the precious metals became extremely oversold based on a number of metrics. Technically, we saw that Gold and Silver were nearing the December lows which produced a good rally. The gold stocks were nearing the 50% retracement of their 2008-2011 bull move. The combination of an extreme oversold condition and technical support usually produces bottoms. It wasn’t a difficult call but putting it on paper was. With the low in, the question now becomes, is this an interim bottom or will it be the major low we initially expected? Add a comment

Is QE3 Coming and Gold Heading to $3,000?

Details: Published on Saturday, 12 May 2012 13:54; Written by Marc Courtenay

Are the stock market and the precious metals market ready to take-off like a rocket launch? The answer may be "YES", if Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve launch another sufficient round of "Quantitative Easing", a.k.a. "QE3".

Many investors want to know when this will happen, if it happens at all. Previous years' versions of QE occured after a series of frightening economic and market events, most of which were seismic and would have led to western economies sliding backwards into a recession or worse.

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How You Can Profit From the Market's Next Big Collapse

Details: Published on Friday, 11 May 2012 18:00; Written by Marin Katusa, Chief Energy Investment Strategist, Casey Research

If you think the bloodbath is over for natural gas stocks, think again...

Despite falling 50% over the past year, many natural gas stocks are about to enter another major decline.

And if you know what's going on here, you can use this coming decline to make huge capital gains over the next 12 months.

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Sell in May and Go Away? Not this Year

Details: Published on Tuesday, 01 May 2012 18:35; Written by Marc Courtenay

Time to take your portfolio on a vacation?

One catchy investing maxim that’s popular this time of year is “sell in May and go away,” the notion that investors should cash in their investments and take the summer off. Add a comment

Why Oil Prices May Stay High

Details: Published on Tuesday, 01 May 2012 18:28; Written by Marin Katusa, Casey Energy

From my perspective, the pressures at play in the oil market are all pushing prices in the opposite direction: up. Global supplies are tightening, costs are rising, and demand is not falling. Prices are going to remain high, and then go higher. And there will not be a shale oil revolution anytime soon.

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1001 Reasons to Own Gold

By Jeff Clark, Senior Editor, Casey’s Gold & Resource Report

Tracking the numerous ongoing bullish factors for gold is quite a chore. There are, quite literally, so many compelling arguments for holding our favorite metal that I used to catalog them each month in our letter.

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