One of the more interesting calls today comes from FBR Capital:br /div style="text-align: justify;"br /FBR is raising their tgt on span style="font-weight: bold;"Freeport-McMoRan Copper amp; Gold, Inc. (NYSE:FCX)/span to $87 from $69 and reiterating their Outperform rating on the stock.br /br /According to the firm the higher price target primarily reflects their view that FCX would raise its overall 2010 copper sales guidance by about 12% (or, approximately, a 45% increase in North America) after recent improvement in leading economic indicators for the developed economies, such as the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Furthermore, FBR believes the economics of increased production are also justified at current copper prices and with the strong outlook in 2010. Based on their revised commodity price deck and increased production estimates (2010 only), they also increase their 2009 and 2010 EPS/EBITDA estimates by about 24%/16% and 26.5%/12%. Firm recommends that investors take advantage of market volatilty ...

William Patalon III says the US economy is heading into recession, and there is little the Fed or Treasury can do to stop it.

But that doesn't mean contrarian investors can't make a profit. History is littered with examples of investors that made a fortune during the darkest days for the economy.

William has a four-point plan to beat the bear this time round: 1) Load up on high dividend stocks; 2) Buy gold; 3) Stick to 'global titan' companies; and 4) Stay relaxed...

Three unlikely catalysts have been driving the U.S. economy off a cliff. This FREE report tells you how long the U.S. economy will suffer before it recovers… That sound you hear… it’s millions of Americans cracking their nest eggs. Inflation is at a 27-year high while personal incomes are down 1.6% from last month. And the results are twofold: We have less money to spend. And we’re spending more for less. Worse, that’s just one reason why one Wall Street analyst believes we’re "facing the prospect of a depression and the end of the American Dream." This exclusive report reveals the two other economy-crashing catalysts and how they will drive the U.S. into recession. More importantly, it also gives four ways any investor can protect their money - even profit - before and during the fallout. It’s a must-read for anyone who owns property, stocks or is just plain ...

Entrée Gold Inc. (EGI) is an American mining and exploration company with active copper and gold interests in both the United States and Mongolia. Of the company’s 179,000 hectares (or roughly 4.5 million acres) of prime mining property, 40,000 have been thoroughly explored and shown to be extremely promising.

The land is part of a joint venture between EGI and Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd., and is known as the Oyu Tolgoi development project located in Southern Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. The resources contained in this stake are estimated to be more than four billion pounds of copper, and over two million ounces of gold. On an added note, Ivanhoe is a world mining leader, and has been associated with other multi-billion dollar superpowers such as Rio Tinto in the past. Both Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe own roughly fifteen percent of Entrée Gold, Inc. Partnership with these companies all but ensures EGI’s potential

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Seabridge Gold Incorporated is a mining company that engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The primary target for Seabridge Gold is gold itself, but several of its projects have copper as a byproduct of mining. With the value of copper rising along with the price of gold, it is not a bad problem for the company to have.

The company is led by a management team with a highly diverse background, and includes financial experts, miners, engineers and even certified geologists. President and CEO of the company, Rudi Fronk, has over 20 years of experience in the gold business and has served as both a senior officer and director of other publicly traded companies. Several other directors bring at least 20 years of experience in their respective fields and are willing to make the necessary sacrifices

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