Rare Earths Panel Explores Prices, Supply and Demand, and Investors Opportunities by Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos One of the events at the summit was a panel entitled "The Rare Earth Think Tank". Mickey Fulp, founder of the Mercenary Geologist, moderated the discussion and he was joined by Anthony Alfidi (of Alfidi Capital), John Thomas (the Mad Hedge Fund Trader), and Jeb Handwerger (of Gold Stock Trades). Some of these experts, themselves, own an interest in some of these companies. Click here to continue... Jon Nadler Talks about Silver's Cloudy Lining by Allen Alper Jr. Jon Nadler, Senior Metals Analyst, Kitco Bullion Dealers, is bearish on silver prices. In his talk at the San Francisco Hard Assets Investment Conference, he provided lots of data to back up his position. Mr. Nadler applied the basic laws of supply and demand mentioning that a decrease in demand for silver and a current surplus points to a decrease in price. He’s not totally against silver though; he just says if you do invest in silver, “Do it in addition to a core position in gold.” Click here to continue... Gareth Hatch: Navigating the Rare Earth Metals Landscape by Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report (11/22/11) Gareth Hatch, co-founder of Technology Metals Research LLC, gives us the lay of the land in the rare earth sector. Many variables are shaping this developing market, and from calculating global demand to anticipating individual project costs, data makes the difference in determining viable investments. Gareth Hatch gets down to the nitty gritty in this Critical Metals exclusive, and comes up with some promising projects in the works. Click here to continue... Critical Raw Materials by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd A critical or strategic material is a commodity whose lack of availability during a national emergency would seriously affect the economic, industrial, and defensive capability of a country. Click here to continue... Globetrotting Mickey Fulp Brings Back Exciting News by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos There are plenty of arm-chair metals experts who make decisions based on information they dredge up from various sources. But the best experts put on their work boots and willingly get their hands dirty by visiting mines. Click here to continue... Mine to Magnet by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd The rare earths are a group of 17 elements comprising Scandium, Yttrium, and the Lanthanides. The Lanthanides are a group of 15 (Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium, Holmium, Lanthanum, Lutetium, Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Thorium, Thulium, Ytterbium) chemically similar elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71, inclusive. Click here to continue... Mickey Fulp Talks about the Critical Problem of “Critical” Metals by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos Markets go up and down. They are fundamentally propelled by supply and demand but markets are also propelled by investor exuberance over the latest fad. For a while it was gold. We've also seen uranium as the "everyone's-talking-about-it" metal, and copper, and rare earth elements. Right now, the term "critical” is a popular term for a particular group of metals among speculators. Click here to continue... Jim Letourneau is excited about something you've never heard of by Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos Some investors invest in a stock because they heard about it from someone they know. Other investors buy into a stock because they read about it somewhere and then did their own research. Jim Letourneau, of Big Picture Speculator, says that people will profit the most by something they haven't heard of. Click here to continue... Adrian Day is Optimistic about China’s Future and China’s Impact on Commodities by Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos It’s easy for investors to get caught up in the hype of the market – which sectors are doing well, which stocks are doing well, and why you might want to invest in something that is skyrocketing. This hype comes from many different directions, but the media and friendly word-of-mouth recommendations from friends and family are often the key influencers. Click here to continue... Wicheeda Lake REEs by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the Herd The rare earths are a group of 17 elements comprising Scandium, Yttrium, and the Lanthanides. The Lanthanides are a group of 15 (Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium, Holmium, Lanthanum, Lutetium, Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Thorium, Thulium, Ytterbium) chemically similar elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71, inclusive. Click here to continue... A Report From The Rare Earths Conference In Beijing by Jack Lifton I am in Beijing, where I am attending and have spoken at the 2010 China Rare Earth Summit, part of the 6th International Conference on Rare Earth Development and Application, run by the Chinese Society of Rare Earths. I was honored to be one of only three American guest speakers. Click here to continue... Financing Trends. Trouble in Paradise. by Christopher Ecclestone, Hailgarten Investors’ interest has revived in the mining space since the slump of 2008/9 but it is not what it was. Click here to continue... Banking with Metals by Allen M. Alper It’s rare to find a bank at a metals conference, but at the New York Hard Assets Investment Conference, we came across Kristin Kuchem, the Assistant Vice President with EverBank, and we discovered a very interesting connection between this unique institution and the world of metals. Click here to continue... David Morgan Creator of the Silver-Investor.com by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Jeff Senior As creator of the Silver-Investor.com website and publisher of The Morgan Report, David Morgan is considered an authority on the silver market in particular and other precious metals in general. So, we took the opportunity to seek his views on the current state of play and future trends Click here to continue... Rare Earths The GAO Report – Mapping the Road Not Taken by Christopher Ecclestone - Hallgarten & Company Metals Review After a brief lull in the gunfire in the battle over Rare Earths the heavy artillery is now being drawn into position and a big shell has just gone whizzing over the marketplace in the form of the GAO’s long awaited report on US dependency on Rare Earths. The real barrage is yet to come with the Molycorp IPO set to ride the resurgent chatter in the sector and the politicians will begin to wade in and see how Rare Earth can be turned into pork with some Washington alchemy. Click here to continue...