This article is going to throw another idea into the pot about computer based algorithms with an idea borrowed from Microbiology titled “Quorum Sensing”. Nature has been in the business of survival and evolution for billions of years, so it should come as no surprise to most that artificial intelligence and computer based design have [...]

 With the 2012 elections looming, politics are increasingly dominating newsflow. And it is only going to get worse, news will be all politics all the time by summer. Speculators and investors will be watching with great interest, as these elections’ outcome will impact the markets for years. But provocatively, the fortunes of the stock markets [...]

SPX Upleg Room to Run  The US stock markets have been on fire lately, still marching higher even after the S&P 500 powered to its best January in 15 years. Doubted from its very birth, this latest stock-market upleg continues to inexorably climb the proverbial Wall of Worry. But while bears keep on arguing for [...]

     Based on the January 27th, 2012 Premium Update. Visit our archives for more gold & silver analysis.  According to Goldman Sachs, gold provided the best returns of all commodities in the past five years when adjusted for volatility and says the rally will continue as options traders signal no change in the metal’s [...]

TedBits: The Economic and Financial NO SPIN Zone Global Macroeconomic Analysis Through the Austrian LensBy Theodore (Ty) Andros    The saga continues as we head into 2012. That saga is the demise of Ponzi finance and an ASSET-backed economic model in the developed world. We do not know whether the currency and financial system extinction [...]

 Despite gold’s powerful secular bull over the past decade, gold stocks remain vexing to investors and speculators. Though this metal’s miners have yielded truly colossal bull-to-date gains, they failed to leverage the record-high gold prices seen in much of 2011. So naturally traders aren’t very enthusiastic about this sector at the moment. But they sure [...]

Richard (Rick) MillsAhead of the Herd As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information In late April 2011, Cangold Ltd. TSX.V – CLD, signed a letter of intent with Brigus Gold Corp. (formerly Linear Gold). By paying one million dollars and issuing six million shares [...]

 By Jack Chan at www.simplyprofits.org 01/21/2012   GLD – on buy signal. SLV – on buy signal.   GDX – on buy signal. XGD.TO – on buy signal. CEF – on buy signal.  Summary Long term – on major buy signal. Short term – on buy signals. Gold cycle has bottomed and we have new [...]

www.preciousmetalstockreview.com                        January 22, 2012     We had a super week in regard to swing trading as markets and stocks did what the charts said they were going to, now it looks like we need at least a few days of correcting and backing and filling before we attempt a new move higher but it was very nice [...]

     Based on the January 20th, 2012 Premium Update. Visit our archives for more gold & silver analysis.  There are certain dogmas held sacrosanct by precious metals investors and one of them is that platinum is supposed to be more expensive than gold. That’s just the way it is. Quite a few eyebrows lifted [...]

Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (1/20/12) Kwong-Mun Achong Low, an analyst with Northern Securities in Canada, thinks that copper and gold juniors are in for a better run this year. He’s ferreted out the juniors with the most promising management and assets that are on a path to production—not to mention rising stock [...]

by Adrian Ash BullionVault Friday, 20 January 2012  Take record-high debt, add record-low interest rates, and what do you get in gold…? SECOND ONLY to Japan, the UK now wears the greatest debt burden of any major economy today – in total, more than 5 years’ entire economic output. Japan pips Britannia to world #1 [...]

from Ben Traynor BullionVault Friday 20 January 2012, 08:20 EST    Gold for the Week Down in Euros, Up in Dollars as “Currency Dictates” Gold amid “Significantly Reduced” Physical Market Activity  WHOLESALE MARKET gold bullion prices in Dollars dropped to $1646 an ounce Friday lunchtime in London – down 1.4% on yesterday’s high – as China [...]

by Adrian Ash BullionVault Wednesday, 18 January 2012  Pending the big downturn in gold, here’s 3 near-term risks to beware…  IF YOU’VE BEEN paying attention, then you’ll remember how gold can make financial crises fun. Gold bulls were so short of things to keep them awake at night, in fact, many will no doubt be [...]

     Based on the January 13th, 2012 Premium Update. Visit our archives for more gold & silver analysis.  Our last week’s comments on the possible rally in gold (January 13th, 2012) are still up to day, so we will begin this essay with a quote from the aforementioned essay and then we will move [...]

Source: Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report  (1/17/12) http://www.theaureport.com/pub/na/12272  Success in the critical metals sector depends on finding the trends—how the metals will be used, where market share is allocated—and on familiarity with the companies you invest in, from who is on the management team to how much cash they have on hand. Bamert & [...]

 Richard (Rick) Mills Ahead of the Herd    As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information Derisking Gold Juniors, Step by Step: Rick Mills Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report   (1/18/12) If you’re among the many who consider investing in the junior resource sector [...]

     Based on the January 13rd, 2012 Premium Update. Visit our archives for more gold & silver analysis.  Gold rallied this week hitting its highest in a month and breaking above its 200-day moving average. There were a myriad of reasons suggested in the financial press. Some writers said it was a stronger euro [...]

Source: Zig Lambo of The Gold Report  (1/16/12) http://www.theaureport.com/pub/na/12288  When it comes to picking gold mining names in the current market environment, John Stephenson, author and portfolio fund manager at First Asset Investment Management, believes that buying the “best of breed” is the way to go. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, he explains [...]

from Ben Traynor BullionVault Monday 16 January 2012, 08:45 EST    Gold Gains Alongside Dollar, “Clear Winner” from S&P Downgrades is Germany as “Only Bond Haven Left in Eurozone”  U.S. DOLLAR spot gold prices climbed to hit$1647 an ounce Monday morning in London – 0.8% below last week’s high – while stock and commodity markets were [...]