"A year of tragedy, a year of conflict, a year of reflection, and for some, a year of hope."

According to Jim Letourneau, author of the Big Picture Speculator, oil and gas aren't going away any time soon. Indeed, new technologies offer the industry and investors profitable opportunities. Read more about why Letourneau considers shale gas, shale oil and enhanced oil recovery "game...

James West isn't interested in timing the precious metals market—that's a good way to end up butchering perfectly good investments. As the editor of The Midas Letter and portfolio advisor of the Midas Letter Opportunity Fund, West doesn't even check the daily trading of the stocks he's following....

By Thom Calandra www.babybulls.com MOSCOW -- Just back from Russia, where I was researching what might be a diamond in the rough. More on that early next year after some double-D. I returned from Moscow on Saturday, when 100,000 or so Russians demonstrated peacefully amidst slush, ice and...

By David Morgan In days gone by Silver was not an investment it was money, in fact silver passed through more hands in everyday commerce than any other real money including gold. I state real money to distinguish silver money from modern paper money, which has flooded the world “money”...

By Ron Hera December 22, 2011 ©2011 Hera Research, LLC Claims that the gold bull market has ended are incorrect. One of the main causes of recently lower precious metals prices is the fact that the U.S. dollar has strengthened against the Euro. Since the U.S. dollar is the world reserve...

It is time for a contrarian piece on investing in gold. Danielle Park is a portfolio manager, attorney, finance author and a regular guest on North American media. She is the author of the best selling myth-busting book “Juggling Dynamite: An insider’s wisdom on money management, markets and...

[caption id="attachment_914" align="alignright" width="262" caption="Eric Sprott"][/caption] In this interview by the International Resource Journal, Eric Sprott, founder of Sprott Asset Management forecasts the collapse of the financial system and the ultimate destiny for silver and...

For those of you who don't know, the man to the left of the president is Frank Giustra, one of Vancouver's most prominent financiers. To our knowledge, he was materially involved in the creation of Wheaton River Minerals (now Goldcorp), Urasia Energy (now Uranium One), and Lions Gate Films (now a...

By Ron Hera December 7, 2011 ©2011 Hera Research, LLC [caption id="attachment_897" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Hugo Salinas-Price"][/caption] The Hera Research Newsletter (HRN) is proud to present a vitally important interview with Hugo Salinas-Price, Founder, Director and...

Remembering Herb Capozzi in Vancouver Sun (link).

SAN FRANCISCO –  I got it wrong about a year ago on the innovative mining methods taking place at Great Basin Gold's (T.GBG) Burnstone Mine in South Africa. GBG shares have shed 70 percent of their value this year, mostly because Great Basin Gold was excellent at promoting its long-hole...

[caption id="attachment_875" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Eric Sprott, Chairman of Toronto Based Sprott Inc."][/caption] Sprott Asset Management CEO Eric Sprott issued a “A Call to Action” letter to 17 of the world’s largest silver producers. Sprott outlines a compelling case...

"Ted Turner was absolutely correct when, in response to a question about how to make a fortune, he answered that you should go to where the action is and throw yourself in the middle of it. The law of large numbers will work, and some of the wealth will start coming your way." Doug Casey If...