With what has happened in the world of late and what will be unfolding in the next 5 years or so those few investors who fully understand the impact the current economic situation is going to have on future inflation, the USD, interest rates, the stock market, physical gold and silver and gold and silver stocks and warrants in particular are going to be in the unique position of being the benefactors of currently unimaginable returns and wealth. All they need do, as I like to say, is “Just prepare and prosper!”

Back in the mid- to late 1970’s, as gold went up from its 1972 low of $60 to $850 in 1980 (and silver to $50), gold and silver stocks realized absolutely amazing gains:

Lion Mines – 1975 price: $0.07 / 1980 price: $380 i.e. an increase of 542,757%!!!
Azure Resources – 1975 price: $.05 / 1980 price: $109 i.e. an increase …

As the table below depicts, commodity related stocks and their associated warrants are wasting little time recouping the major losses they incurred in 2008 and are already up 30% and 74%, respectively, YTD, even though they are currently suffering from the summer doldrums.

What is most impressive is that all this is being accomplished without inflation (we are presently experiencing marginal deflation), without a major increase in the price of gold (it is only up 3% YTD and down 4% over the past month) or other commodities and without a declining U.S. dollar In fact, the USD is actually up 5.3% YTD vis-à-vis the Canadian dollar in which many of the commodity related stocks are denominated.

Last Week’s Performance*

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Gold price action on Monday looked similar to Friday’s. The bottom for gold in the Far East came shortly after 3:00 p.m. in Hong Kong…rose until shortly after London opened, declined a couple of bucks…but once the London a.m. gold fix was in [10:30 a.m. in London...5:30 a.m. in New York], gold rose to its high of the day shortly after 11:00 a.m. This high [once again over $940] lasted until 9:00 a.m. in New York, shortly after the Comex opened…then it got taken down eight bucks to its low of the day at 10:00 a.m. in New York…which just happens to be the London p.m. fix…3:00 p.m. over there.

From that point it rose right into the Comex close…and was taken down and closed below $940 once again in the electronic market.

Silver’s chart pattern was virtually identical to gold’s.

Every investor has a wide array of asset classes and investment vehicles to consider – stocks; bonds; commodities; funds; options; LEAPS; etc. and the relatively unknown and misunderstood category called ‘warrants’. This article discusses the reasons behind the performance to date of commodity related company stocks (i.e. gold, silver and other metal miners and oil and gas operators) and their associated warrants vis-à-vis the aforementioned categories.

Week after week throughout 2009 the warrants of natural resource companies in North America have outperformed their associated common stock, the various stock market indices and gold bullion and silver even more. It begs the question: What’s going on here? There are three over-riding reasons as discussed below.

Americans Investing in Canadian Securities Profiting from Strengthening Canadian Dollar

The U.S./Canadian dollar exchange rate is undergoing a major reversal. Since the beginning of the year the U.S. dollar has weakened 7.2% against the Canadian dollar.

Most commodity stocks and …

Market analysts, investment newsletter writers and financial planners are always commenting on how well, or poorly, the precious metals (read gold) mining sector is doing based on how a particular gold/silver mining index is trending but they are not telling you the whole story.

Why not? Because there are more than 40 precious metals mining indexes (indices) that dice and slice the components of the precious metals mining sector to arrive at a wide variety of insights and using any one of them as a basis on which to comment on the performance of the precious metals mining sector does not accurately reflect the true picture of the sector. Making investment decisions without first knowing how each index is structured; the eligibility criteria; the number of companies included; the specific market capitalization of the components; and the degree of concentration and average market capitalization of each index may lead to imprudent …

Despite a sharply rising US$ all through Far East, Europe and the Comex open…gold managed to stay within five dollars of its Friday closing price in New York. Gold and silver’s prices peaked at 9:00 a.m. in New York…when both had managed to claw their way into positive territory for the day. But once the London fix was in at 10:00 a.m. in New York, the rug got pulled out from under them.

As per usual, either [or both] JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and HSBC USA (NYSE:HBC) should be considered prime suspects.

Both the gold [above] and silver [below] charts show where they pulled their bids on three separate occasions during the day, and whatever sellers there were…were forced to sell into a vacuum. It’s the ’same old, same old’.

With Gold prices now close to $1,000 an ounce, Hunt Gold Corp.’s gold mining properties are substantially increasing in value. In fact, Jeffrey Nichol, head of American Precious Metals Advisors, claimed yesterday that Gold Prices could rise higher than $2,500 per ounce in the future.

Hunt Gold also retains interest in Silver Mining through its stockholding in a Silver Company. Silver has also done extremely well the past few months, rising from $8.40 an ounce to more than $14 an ounce. The company’s valuation will continue to rise as precious metal prices benefit from investors’ demand for “safe haven” investments.

Let us hear your thoughts: Hunt Gold Corporation Message Board

“Silver has been a form of money and store of value for thousands of years.”

Not only can silver provide a hedge provide a hedge against inflation, it also helps you add asset allocation and diversification to your portfolio, owning silver is easy, convenient and affordable, and thanks to the US governments pro-inflation policies, it’s going to be much more valuable in the near future.

This from Investors Daily Edges’  Ted Peroulakis:

I’m bullish on precious metals in general and silver is a nice compliment to your gold holdings.

Now keep in mind that silver can be quite volatile as industrial demand fluctuates. Silver often tracks gold prices although the ratio can vary.

I suggest you hold silver in your portfolio and here are some common ways to invest in silver:

Buy Silver Bars

An established way of investing in silver is by purchasing actual bullion bars. Physical silver can be stored in

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With Matt Badiali

Q: What are your current recommendations for silver plays, including low, medium, and high risk? – B.C.

A: I think precious metals are a pretty low-risk investment in general right now. We’re on the brink of a global inflation crisis.

I’m no economist, but I know inflation when I see it. The price of oil is incredibly high. Oil affects the price of everything. Plastics are made from oil. Trucks, trains, and boats that move goods from point A to point B burn oil products. No matter what it is, if you bought it, you paid an “oil tax.”

That’s not an American phenomenon, that’s worldwide. High oil prices mean price inflation on a global scale.

Take a look at Asia, where Indonesia’s inflation rate is 10%, the Philippines’ is 10%, and India’s is 12%. Those countries are indicative of much of the developing world, where food and fuel