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Investing in Biotech

Friday, 18 April 2008 6:49 A GMT-06
Biotech investing is fraught with pitfalls. One of the best discussions of what a sophisticated investor should look for is Adam Feuerstein's article, "How to Review Biotech Clinical Data." He exposes some of the data trickery used by I

The Missing Gold in the Central Banks? GATA'a Ad in the Wall Street Journal

Thursday, 7 February 2008 8:28 P GMT-06
GATA (the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee at GATA.org) published a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal documenting manipulation in the price of gold and the possibility that central banks are grossly overstating the amount of gold they hold. It

Denison Mines (DNN): Is This the Low for a Company Ready to Soar?

Monday, 28 January 2008 9:16 P GMT-06
Dennison Mines, a leading mid-tier uranium producer with properties in the US and elsewhere, has surprisingly descended from a high over $15 down to under $7 a share right now. Given the steady demand for uranium and its high price of almost $90 per

Now Is the Time for Precious Metals

Wednesday, 19 December 2007 9:38 P GMT-06
After a painful summer that wore out many precious metals investors, this time of pain is the best time to buy. Here's one explanation about the potential of gold from Peter Degraaf:Throughout history, once a nation embarked on the inflationary r

Endeavour Silver (EXK): Great Buy for Patient Investors

Saturday, 6 October 2007 6:27 A GMT-06
Investor Eric Hommelberg just issued a terrific report on Endeavour Silver (AMEX: EXK) explaining why they are one of his top 20 buys. They took a big hit in the August precious metals sell-off and had a slow first half of the year with reduced prod

Jason Hommel's Miningpedia: Good Resource on Mining Stocks

Saturday, 29 September 2007 6:39 P GMT-06
Jason Hommel's Miningpedia is a source of basic information about nearly 700 mining companies around the world, allowing you to lean about factors such as their primary resource, P/E, strengths and weaknesses. Very valuable for investors interes

Canadian Resource Companies

Monday, 30 April 2007 6:23 A GMT-06
Canada offers a wealth of natural resource companies that offer excellent investment opportunities. Most trade on Canadian exchanges, but some have counterparts on the New York Stock Exchange or Amex. Examples include Silver Wheaton (SLW) for silver

GoldCorp (GG): A Solid Investment Opportunity in a Leading Low-Cost Gold Producer

Sunday, 15 April 2007 5:44 P GMT-06
GoldCorp (GG) is one of the world's largest gold producers. What many people don't realize is how low their cost of gold production is - around $150/once, compared to about twice that for other major producers like Newmont. GoldCorp is focuse

Beware Fake Chinese Silver Coins of US States Sold on Ebay

Sunday, 1 April 2007 9:03 A GMT-06
On EBay, I recently purchased a "50% silver coin" featuring the state of Utah. The seller was Gongmart. The coin was beautiful, but I was surprised that it was shipped from China and would not have purchased it if I had known because China

It's Celgene Time!

Tuesday, 19 December 2006 6:14 P GMT-06
Celgene is climbing to all-time highs above $59. The P/E of about 400 listed at Yahoo! looks sky high, and even the forward P/E over 50 looks too high for most people  - at first glance. Is this a stock to short? I don't think so. Those in t

Northgate Minerals (NXG): A Possible Undervalued Gem of a Gold Miner

Friday, 24 November 2006 3:19 P GMT-06
Andy So's note on Northgate Minerals (NXG) agrees with what I've observed recently: this successful producer of gold has not been moving up as strongly as one would expect with gold's recent recovery. But with strong results and tremendo

A Great Precious Metals Mining Stock: Northgate Minerals (NXG)

Monday, 1 May 2006 8:14 P GMT-06
NXG, Northgate Minerals, is a mining stock in Canada (safe political environment) producing gold at low prices, aided by significant sales of copper. They just reported outstanding results for the first quarter. I bought some around 2.45 a few weeks

Gold Approaching $600 and the Fed in Denial (Suppressing M3!)

Thursday, 30 March 2006 8:15 P GMT-06
The Federal Reserve Bank is about to quit reporting the measure of the money supply known as M3. This measure is one of the most useful ones for gauging the expansion of the money supply through deficit spending, one that shows how we are printing mo

Silver: Time to Buy the Hottest Precious Metal!

Saturday, 25 March 2006 9:55 A GMT-06
Silver is beginning what looks like a strong rise in a powerful bull market that may last for years. You could buy silver two years ago for around $6 and ounce, and last year around $7-9 an ounce. Silver has continued to move up, now nearing $11 an o

Time to Stock Up on Silver and Silver Stocks

Friday, 10 March 2006 6:34 A GMT-06
Those of you smart enough to understand the benefits of precious metals as an investment should be sure to own some silver and silver stocks and not just be into gold. Silver has increased in price at a faster rate than gold in the past few years, an

China Techfaith Wireless: CNTF - An Exciting Wireless Stock

Thursday, 2 March 2006 11:20 P GMT-06
An amazing fact about China is that cell phones are booming, with 29% of the population now using mobile phones. Companies like Nokia and Motorola are selling millions of phones there, and could be good investments to take advantage of China's boom.

Click Commerce: Great Buy

Thursday, 23 February 2006 10:01 P GMT-06
An article at Forbes, "Pulling Click Commerce From Weak Hands" names Click Commerce (CKCM) as the stock of the weak. They sell business software to major companies, and have been showing great success. But some sellers panicked at the

This Penguin Knows His Biotech Stocks!

Friday, 17 February 2006 11:39 P GMT-06
The penguin tells you how I feel about one of the most exciting biotech companies out there.

Great Buying Opportunity for Commodities, Click Commerce

Wednesday, 8 February 2006 6:13 P GMT-06
Gold dropped to a three-week low yesterday, almost certainly a short-term correction that may set a prelude for the run up to $600. Chuck Butler discusses the drop in his recent article on commodities. With news that winter wasn't going to be very co

Motorola and Customized Radio

Thursday, 2 February 2006 10:36 P GMT-06
One upcoming product I'm excited about is Motorola's iRadio - customized radio. If you go to the link, you can sign up to be notified when it can be ordered. Definitely something I'd like to get, and one good reason to look at Motorola (MOT) as a gre

SIlver and Gold Stocks To Avoid: The Heavy Hedgers

Saturday, 28 January 2006 2:51 P GMT-06
Gold and silver stocks represent an extraordinary opportunity for future profits as we begin what surely will be a long-term bull market in precious metals. But many investors don't recognize the dangers in some established mining companies due to he

China to Begin Buying Gold - Huge Quanities

Sunday, 15 January 2006 8:49 A GMT-06
China is now announcing that they are going to begin buying gold. See http://www.kitco.com/ind/vaughn/jan132006.html. This almost certainly will help drive the price of gold to above $600 an ounce, in my opinion, and it could be to $750 or so within

Novastar Financial (NFI): Great Company, Great Stock - and an 18% Dividend!

Tuesday, 10 January 2006 7:03 P GMT-06
While seeking to increase the diversification of my 401(k) with a stock in the financial area (yeah, I'm weak there, and have considered C, MTU, ET, etc.), my research led me to what I consider one of the undervalued gems in the stock market: Novasta

The Mutual Fund I Recommend: Can Slim Select Growth Fund (CSSGX) - Up 6% This Week!

Saturday, 7 January 2006 6:31 P GMT-06
As an avid fan of Investors Business Daily, I've been impressed with the system they use to identify stocks most likely to reward investors. They use 7 criteria whose acronym spells CANSLIM, and those criteria have proven to be effective in picking w

An Outstanding Pharmaceutical Stock: Sanofi-Aventis Begins to Soar (SNY)

Wednesday, 4 January 2006 10:51 P GMT-06
When I recommended Sanofi-Aventi again a few days ago, SNY was below 44. It's now at 46.81, up again today in double the normal volume. With a low P/E around 13, a decent dividend, and so much upside potential, it's hard to think of a better and safe