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Nixing Social Policy Would Rally the Stock Markets

Editor's Note: Today's Wealth Daily comes from Angel Publishing Founder and President Brian Hicks. In it, Brian explains how President Obama's actions — or rather, inaction — may lead investment markets to a rally comparable to the tech boom of the 1990s.

Next week, I'll be sending you my new gold research, in which I name three major gold companies expecting to increase gold production this year... and what this could mean for investors. I'll also be giving you the name of another company that expects to more-than-double gold production from 500,000 ounces to 1.1 million ounces per year — and more. You'll get it all next Friday.

Good investing,

Luke Burgess
Editor, Wealth Daily
Investment Director, Hard Money Millionaire

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The late, great filmmaker Stanley Kubrick wrote in Paths of Glory, "You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot."

It must be tough these days being an idealist. Or a socialist. Or even a Democrat.

I just read an absolutely great piece of idealist anger against Obama titled "How to Squander the Presidency in One Year." We know the Tea-partiers and Independents are fed up with Obama, but this excoriation of the man and his presidency comes from the extreme left.

It's a rather long diatribe, which is indicative of the author's anger and disappointment in Obama. But if you get a chance, I highly urge you to read it. It's both scary and enlightening about how the left wants to "change" America... and more specifically, change you.

One of the funniest and personally satisfying charges leveled against Obama in the article is the following:

A related brilliant move is to mobilize a giant army of passionate volunteers dedicated to putting you in the White House, and then do nothing with them once you get there, other than taking them completely for granted and never calling upon them to do anything in support of your agenda. Be sure to deflate their enthusiasm in every way possible.

I love it.

And here's where it gets downright nasty...

While you're at it, if you're trying to run the most failed presidency ever, a really good idea is to campaign in the grandest terms possible, and then deliver squat. You know, talk about bending the arc of history. Invoke Martin Luther King's dream and his struggles and even those of the slaves. Ring the big bells of generational calling. Remind voters every thirty seconds that the country badly needs "Change!" Then get elected and turn around and continue the policies of your hated predecessor in every meaningful policy area. Only with less conviction. People will love that.

I love it so.

By the way, I have a question for the naïve and delusional who I argued with prior to Obama taking office. When you didn't believe me when I said that he could never live up to the expectations... let me ask you this: "How do you like Obama now?"

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But wait a minute...

I don't want to rub salt in your socialist wound. Believe me when I say I feel your pain. I really do.

After all, there was so much promise in Obama... so much hope. This was your chance to stick it to the rich... an opportunity to implement real change... to provide health care to everyone... to make everybody equal... to make America great again, respected by the world community.

Now it's all squandered away — gone in a year!

Look, before you start sobbing in your cup of Utopia, I come to you with some words of encouragement. I'm here to tell you that I'm beginning to like Obama. Yes! I'm starting to like the guy!

You see, his most ardent supporters are now turning on him like a pit bull that hasn't been fed in three days.

Have you seen Keith Olbermann lately? He's gone from "most annoying dude" on television to "biggest cry baby" because he didn't get his way.

And Keith's not the only one. Rachel Maddow and The Huffington Post are now attacking their impotent, socialist savior for proposing a "spending freeze."

Hey, even Dick Cheney agrees with ya, Rach. Remember that Evil Dick said that "deficits don't matter... "

Watch here as Rachel Maddow tries to give a lesson in economics to Joe Biden's economic advisor, Jared Bernstein, over the spending freeze.

But it gets even worse.

Here are a few recent headlines from articles by some heavyweight liberal writers:

* "It's Official: Obama is an Idiot" - Paul Rosenberg

* "Barack Herbert Hoover Obama" - Brad DeLong

* "Obama Liquidates Himself" - Paul Krugman

But I'm not complaining... not in the least. In fact, I'm downright giddy.

That's because if I'm right — and if Obama's health care reform is dead in the water — then the market is about to take off like a Roman candle.

You see, history is repeating itself.

When the Clinton Health Care Bill effectively died in the fall of 1994, the stock market breathed a huge sigh of relief. And the Dow took off like a bat out of hell.

Take a look:

The health care defeat defanged Clinton. He sobered up from the coffee house agenda he was pursuing. In terms of policy, he did nothing for the rest of his tenure... largely because he was president during a time of divided government. Wherever divided government exists, liberty thrives, both economic and personal.

Obama is now staring at a potentially similar situation.

If Obama gets no major social policy passed in the next three years, the market will rally big time. Mark my words.

So here's what I want. Obama... please keep fighting the good fight... keep doing what you're doing. Because it'll be bad for you and your idealists, but good for American investors.

Now that's change you can believe in.

Profitably yours,

Brian Hicks

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U.S. Natural Gas: The Shale Basins

Editor's Note: Today's Wealth Daily comes from guest columnist Keith Kohl of Energy & Capital. In it, Keith explains how America's 'unconventional' shale basins are quickly turning conventional... and gives a proper breakdown of all four major domestic shale plays.
Following Keith's piece — and keeping with the unconventional thread — Green Chip's Jeff Siegel shares the key points behind a new DOE report showing wind energy integration to be a technical 'no-brainer.'

Good investing,

Brian Hicks
Publisher, Wealth Daily

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U.S. Shale Basins: The New Leader in Natural Gas

I have no doubt that you'll be calling shale gas a game-changer... that is, if you aren't already.

Three years ago, I never would have thought I'd be seeing anyone else except Russia atop the energy throne.

At the time, Russia was an absolute energy giant, holding the world's largest natural gas reserves, the second largest coal reserves, and the eighth largest oil reserves.

Furthermore, this energy powerhouse was the second largest oil exporter and the world's leading natural gas exporter. Last year, the country even managed to surpass Saudi Arabia as the world's leading oil exporter.

Russia was practically unstoppable.

Unfortunately, the party didn't last...

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That's right, Russia has finally been dethroned. In 2009, the U.S. replaced Russia as the world's largest natural gas producer.

So what happened?

Well, the 12% decline in gas output certainly didn't help. A few people even pointed to lower demand from Europe and the rest of Russia's customers.

Let's give credit where credit is due. Shale gas basins across the U.S. have been gaining a huge amount of attention over the last several years. In fact, unconventional gas is expected to account for more than half of U.S. natural gas production during the next decade.

But let me ask you this: At what point does unconventional become conventional?

It wasn't too long ago that people considered offshore oil unconventional. It's a boundary that is continually being pushed back as technology develops and improves.

Feel free to weigh in on the topic by clicking the comment button below. I'm rather curious what your thoughts are on the subject.

The U.S. Shale Gas Basins

Today, I'll just stick with those U.S. shale plays.
First one:

The Barnett Shale

Believe me, if Russia isn't worried about shale gas, they certainly should be...

Russia's customers are already looking at their own shale potential. Total, one of France's largest companies (and also one of the six "supermajor" oil companies in the world), recently took at 25% stake in Chesapeake's Barnett Shale gas fields. The deal gave Chesapeake $800 million in cash and approximately $1.45 billion toward developing the Barnett fields over the next six years.

If the French wanted to start somewhere, they couldn't have picked a better spot.

As you know, breaking through the Barnett Shale is how the U.S. shale boom began, and its success soon spread to other shale plays. The Barnett is also currently the largest onshore natural gas field in the U.S. However, it's also most likely near (or past) peak production. The experience in extracting the shale gas is the real value here. To date, there is no shale gas production in Europe.

The Haynesville Shale

If we're talking about upcoming players in shale gas, you'd be remiss to leave out the Haynesville.

While areas like the Barnett are considered a mature play, it's easy to bet on the shale gas located near Shreveport, Louisiana. Within the next 10 years, the Haynesville Shale will be the largest gas field in North America. By 2020, approximately 5.2 Bcf/d is expected to be pumped out of this shale play.

Of course, drilling these shale wells can cost about $6 million a piece or more, depending on the location.

Then again, the opportunity is there. You see, the latest Louisiana land rush has already pulled in gains for most of my readers. I know for a fact that they're batting a thousand so far. And I prefer to put my newer readers on the same playing field, so feel free to check out their Haynesville plays for yourself in this new report.

The Marcellus Shale

The only other shale formation with as much potential as the Haynesville is the Marcellus Shale. Stretching from New York to West Virginia, the Marcellus has become a hotbed of activity.

Leading players like Range Resources (NYSE: RRC) have been successful so far. Range production has been growing for 27 consecutive quarters, with more than 1.4 million acres in the Marcellus play.

If you recall, the latest buzz over the Marcellus Shale is the fight over drilling in the New York City watershed. The interesting part, however, is that it's not exactly a fight. Nobody is trying to drill in the watershed. In fact, the one company with leases in the area - Chesapeake Energy - has repeatedly stated that drilling in the area wouldn't be worth their time.

Regardless of the accusations flying back and forth, it's clear that companies are going to steer clear of drilling in those controversial locations - Just look at the uproar from merely holding leaseholds in the area.

The Eagle Ford Shale

Located beneath the Austin Chalk and Edwards formation in South Texas, the Eagle Ford Shale is relatively new on the shale scene. Don't feel too bad if you've never heard of it before. You're not alone. This shale play is only now attracting attention.

I expect more companies will take notice as a recovery takes place. For now, there are a few companies poking around, including Conoco Phillips (NYSE: COP).

Looking ahead... Is Canada Out of the Picture?

The last time I talked about the shale gas boom in the U.S., a few of you were quick to ask how it will affect our relationship with Canada. After all, Canada is our largest source for natural gas imports...

I wouldn't be too concerned about it, especially considering that Canada has its own fair share of prospective shale plays. Of course, there's one in particular that I've had my eye on for the last two years. I'll tell you all about it next week, including the one company that will benefit the most from Canada's future shale gas plays.

Until next time,

Keith Kohl
Energy and Capital

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DOE Wind Report: New DOE Report Shows No Technical Barriers To 20 Percent Wind Integration

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has just released its latest study on the technical, operational, and economic issues facing the integration of increased wind energy.

According to the report...

• There are no fundamental technical barriers to the integration of 20% wind energy into the electrical system, but transmission planning and system operation policy and market development need to continue to evolve in order for these penetration levels to be achieved;
• Without transmission enhancements, substantial curtailment of wind generation would be required for all of the 20% wind penetration scenarios;
• Interconnection-wide costs for integrating large amounts of wind generation are manageable with large regional operating pools, because increasing the geographic diversity of wind power projects in a given operating pool generally makes the aggregated wind power output more predicable and less variable, while also reducing the variation in load and increasing the number of generation assets that can be committed and dispatched;
• Although the costs of aggressive expansion of the existing grid are significant, they make up a relatively small piece of the total annual power system costs in any of the scenarios studied;
• Wind generation displaces carbon-based fuels, directly reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Emissions continue to decline as more wind generation is added to the energy supply; and
• Reduced expenditures on fossil fuel costs more than pay for the increased costs of transmission in all wind scenarios.

The newly published report consists of wind resource assessments, transmission studies, and wind integration studies.

Jeff

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Lithium and Rare Earth Stocks

It's been about four and a half months since I first laid out my thesis for a lithium bull market.

My play at the time was a tiny company with lithium properties in Nevada called Western Lithium (WLC). At the time of my report, the stock was trading for just $1 a share.

Take a look at the stock's performance since my recommendation:

As of this writing, Western Lithium has traded as high as $1.88. If you purchased Western Lithium off of my recommendation, you're sitting on at least an +80% gain. You've nearly doubled your money inside of nine months. But listen to me... I wouldn't sell just yet... I think this baby has legs.

So what's going on here?

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Well in a nutshell, fear and greed.

You see, lithium is used in everything from batteries for your laptop computer to the battery in your watch.

But its use in the electric car market is what has lithium producers flying high... and users of lithium hoarding it.

But there's more to this story... and the reason why I think lithium — as well as a group of unique metals — could be in a bull market for years to come.

On January 2nd of this year, UK's The Independent ran an article entitled "Concern as China clamps down on rare earth exports."

According to the piece:

Britain and other Western countries risk running out of supplies of certain highly sought-after rare metals that are vital to a host of green technologies, amid growing evidence that China, which has a monopoly on global production, is set to choke off exports of valuable compounds.

Failure to secure alternative long-term sources of rare earth elements (REEs) would affect the manufacturing and development of low-carbon technology, which relies on the unique properties of the 17 metals to mass-produce eco-friendly innovations such as wind turbines and low-energy light bulbs.

China, whose mines account for 97 per cent of global supplies, is trying to ensure that all raw REE materials are processed within its borders. During the past seven years it has reduced by 40 per cent the amount of rare earths available for export.

Industry sources have told The Independent that China could halt shipments of at least two metals as early as next year, and that by 2012 it is likely to be producing only enough REE ore to satisfy its own booming domestic demand, creating a potential crisis as Western countries rush to find alternative supplies, and companies open new mines in locations from South Africa to Greenland to satisfy international demand.

Jack Lifton, an independent consultant and a world expert on REEs, said: "A real crunch is coming. In America, Britain and elsewhere we have not yet woken up to the fact that there is an urgent need to secure the supply of rare earths from sources outside China. China has gone from exporting 75 per cent of the raw ore it produces to shipping just 25 per cent, and it does not consider itself to be under any obligation to ensure supplies of rare earths to anyone but itself. There has been an effort in the West to set up new mines but these are five to 10 years away from significant production."

Understand this: If the United States can't get a stable and robust supply of rare earth elements, America's green energy sector is dead. Kaput. Done.

There's no two ways about it.

Now, technically lithium isn't a rare earth metal. But it's highly prized as if it were a rare earth metal because it's a vital commodity for the emerging green energy sector.

And let me be very clear about this: In the years to come, you will hear about "rare earths" as much as you hear about oil or gasoline. That's how important these elements will be to industrialized economies.

What are the rare earth elements and how are they used?

First discovered in the 18th century, rare earth metals were long-considered chemical curiosities rather than the vital building blocks for technology.

After their discovery by a Swedish scientist in 1787, a total of 17 of the soft metals were identified. Despite their name, they are relatively abundant in the Earth's crust, however high extraction cost means only areas with rich deposits — China, in particular — are worth exploiting.

The arrival of new technology means that global production has risen from less than 5,000 tonnes in 1955 to the current level of about 120,000 tonnes a year.

Take a look at the chart below. It should give you an idea of those considered rare earth elements and their use in modern technology:

Element	Uses in Modern Technology
Cerium (Ce)	catalytic converters for diesel engines
Praseodymium (Pr)	an alloying agent for aircraft engines
Neodymium (Nd)	a key component of high-efficiency magnets and hard disc drives
Lanthanum (La)	a major ingredient for hybrid car batteries
Samarium (Sm)	lasers and nuclear reactor safety
Promethium (Pm)	portable X-rays and a nuclear battery
Gadolinium (Gd)	shielding for nuclear reactors, compact discs
Dysprosium (Dy)	improves the efficiency of hybrid vehicle motors
Terbium (Tb)	a component in low-energy light bulbs
Erbium (Er)	fiber optics
Europium (Eu)	used in flat screen displays and lasers
Holmium (Ho)	nuclear control rods, ultra-powerful magnets
Thulium (Tm)	lasers, portable X-rays
Ytterbium (Yb)	monitoring equipment for earthquakes
Lutetium (Lu)	oil refining

I have highlighted two ways to play the emerging rare earth market: 1) Western Lithium; and 2) Argentex.

Argentex (AGXM) will be mining indium. Like lithium, indium isn't technically a rare earth. But again, it is highly sought-after because indium is used in the manufacturing of solar panels.

Argentex is up nearly 500% since my recommendation. But at just $0.77 a share... I expect it to go much, much higher.

In a decade sure to be marked by new (and improved, more efficient) technology, rare earth metals will become a linchpin — all the while lining the pockets of savvy investors.

But you've got to stay on the pulse of things. As you know by now, the media doesn't always report on these stories as they're happening...

And that's where we can help.

Just five days ago, on New Year's Day, the Kingdom of Denmark relinquished its sovereign hold over Greenland's mineral rights. A single company is now the sole possessor of this 500-square-mile hunk of Arctic bedrock. And this land is the most precious 500 square miles on the planet.

Because locked within this property is a rare earth metals deposit concentrated unlike any other deposit on earth.

Remember the chart I showed you earlier? Cerium, promethium, europium... these elements and more are all found in this Greenland deposit.

Our new report reveals the one company that now calls this precious land its own... and how you can get in at the very start of what will be a great run for rare earth metals.

Next week, I will release my 2010 Market Outlook, "Peak America." Be on the lookout for it.

Profitably yours,

Brian Hicks

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North Dakota's Bakken Oil Boom

Obama came into office on a populous platform of "Change" and a Herculean promise of increasing employment through jobs in green, infrastructure, and health care sectors.

True, Obama took over the presidency already in the hole... But he failed to recognize the axiom, "When in a hole, stop digging."

To say he's failed on the jobs front is an understatement. For a libertarian like me, that comes as no surprise... I'm a true believer that presidents take unwarranted credit for a good economy, as they also get unwarranted blame for a bad economy.

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The table below compares the White House's February 2009 projection of the number of jobs that would be created by the 2009 stimulus law (through the end of 2010) with the actual change in state payroll employment through September 2009 (the latest figures available).

According to the data, 49 States and the District of Columbia have lost jobs since the stimulus was enacted.

Only North Dakota has seen net job creation following the February 2009 stimulus.

While President Obama claimed the result of his stimulus bill would be the creation of 3.5 million jobs, the U.S. has already lost a total of 2.7 million — a difference of 6.2 million jobs.

Now, I'm not here to criticize Obama.

I'm here to tell you why only North Dakota is thriving in the recession.

That's Why We're Banking on the Bakken

You see, North Dakota is ground-central for the Bakken oil boom.

We brought you the Bakken story as an investment thesis nearly 2 years ago... when many of the public oil Bakken stocks were mere penny stocks.

We were spot on.

One of the Bakken stocks we've covered and recommended to you has seen a 1,300% increase since the March 2009 lows:

But this story — and the fortunes to be made — are far from over.

A recent Forbes article reported that North Dakota's oil production is expected to approach 350,000 barrels next year — an increase of more than 50 percent — due to a major pipeline expansion and the anticipated startup of a shipping terminal near Stanley (SXE) that will be able to haul 60,000 barrels a day by rail to refineries near the oil depot of Cushing, Oklahoma.

The latest statistics for North Dakota oil production are for Sept. 2009. They report 238,003 barrels of oil per day. Production has been increasing by 5,000 to 10,000 barrels of oil per day each month.

If this trend continues, then production would be in the range of 255,000-265,000 barrels of oil per day at the end of 2009.

As a result, Bakken oil production should be in the 500,000 barrel of oil per day range in 2011-2012 and onwards.

The 500,000 barrels-per-day is over three times what was coming from the Bakken two years ago... almost exactly the moment we invested in that thesis.

465,000 bpd from Montana and North Dakota would be 14 million barrels of oil per month.

U.S. production of oil stands right now at 162 million barrels per month...

So, U.S. Bakken would account for over 8% of US oil production. Not too shabby.

It turns out that we've also made an extremely profitable mistake, too. You see, we may have underestimated the amount of oil in the Bakken — and keep in mind, the oil production technology for the Bakken is still improving. In this free bonus report, you can catch up on the latest Bakken development, as well as one small oil company that has netted a healthy 45% gain for our readers— and is still climbing. To access this special report, simply click here.

I don't care what anybody says... it will take years... decades, even, for the U.S. to wean itself off of oil. And that means the Bakken will remain a lucrative play for the foreseeable future.

Enjoy your holiday.

Profitably yours,

Brian Hicks

Precious and Rare Earth Metal Stocks

My daughter Josephina is 6 years old and in the first grade.

Her homework assignment for the holiday weekend was to interview each family member and ask them what they're "thankful for" this Thanksgiving.

I was the last of the family members she interviewed.

"Dad, what are you thankful for?" she asked with a beautiful smile.

I looked at her with loving admiration.

"My love..."

"Yes, Daddy."

"This Thanksgiving I'm thankful for... silver and gold."

(Crickets.)

Silver and gold, silver and gold
Ev'ryone wishes for silver and gold
How do you measure its worth?
Just by the pleasure it gives here on earth

- from the cartoon "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

"The # 1 Oil Play in the Country"

With the rest of the nation in recession, one state is enjoying a real live oil boom.

It's all happening in North Dakota, where the Bakken -- a massive oil formation -- has already become a major force in our domestic energy picture.

And now, geologists tell us, we may be looking at a "second Bakken"... one that could easily double the Bakken's 4.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil.

Read on to learn more about what's being called "the #1 oil play in the country"... and the profit-making stocks behind it.

The Report that Shocked the World

On November 18, Societe Generale released a 68-page report entitled "Worst-case Debt Scenario."

The report advises its clients on how to prepare their portfolios for a complete global economic collapse. The report argues that there will be few places to hide.

But that "gold would go up, and up and up as the only safe haven from fiat paper money."

And as you read this, gold has made a new record high of $1.183 an ounce. Silver sits at $18.75.

I continue to buy each on weakness.

My old colleague and commodity expert James Passin was recently interviewed by Karen Roche of The Energy Report.

If you don't know James, he's been nicknamed the "Indiana Jones of frontier stock markets" because he's willing to go to the ends of the earth to find winning, early-stage investments.

In the interview, James says...

We have had a rally in all assets, but hard assets also are benefiting in particular from extraordinary loose monetary conditions. Surplus liquidity is flowing into commodity products like exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are buying commodity futures and physical commodities, creating a feedback loop, which is driving up the price of resources. But what we thought is that this would be a great year for resource stocks based on our view that capital markets would start to reopen. Resource companies tend to be capital-hungry. So as the cost of capital comes down and as capital becomes available, resource stocks tend to outperform resource prices. At the same time, last year there was a dramatic reduction in issuance of stock by resource companies. This has resulted in a highly bullish environment for resource stocks.

James' thesis is supported by the performance of the Vancouver Venture Exchange, which is the epicenter for the global junior resource stock market.

Take a look at a 1-year chart of the Venture Exchange:

The Venture has outperformed every market for the past year.

And I'm going on record saying that this bull market will continue for the next two to three years — at a minimum.

For the last three months, I've been building positions in small metals stock, both precious and rare earth.

Regarding precious metals, I would be remiss if I didn't tell you that my colleague, Luke Burgess, has recently published a report about a little-known silver stock that has outperformed the Dow Jones by a factor of 122, and beaten the NASDAQ by 11,500% in the past... and is about to do it again.

I now own Avalon Rare Metals, Lithium One, Tasman Metals and of course, Argentex.

Precious and Rare Earth Metal Stocks: The Best of Both Worlds

My favorite is Argentex because it's both a precious metals play (silver) and rare earth play (Indium).

I recommend Argentex to you on December 28, 2008... when the stock was trading for just 15-¢.

Today it trades for 80-¢.

But Argentex (OTCBB: AGXM) is going higher. Mark my words.

I think silver could be trading for $25 this time next year. If so, Argentex could easily double from current levels.

But it's Argentex's indium angle that has me all hot and bothered.

You see, indium is going to be an in-high-demand commodity. First, indium is used in products like liquid crystal (LCD) and plasma flat-panel displays. Demand for these elements has exploded applications in the last few years.

In fact, roughly 50% of global indium consumption goes into televisions and computer monitors.

But that's not what has been so bullish on indium. Indium is going to be a major component in green and clean energy technologies, such as solar.

We just published a new report about the latest news in rare earth metals and the single private company that will own the majority of the world's share, come January 1. This news is something you simply can't ignore if you want to cash in on the rare earth metals market that is vital to a future in clean technology — and set to skyrocket.

Argentex's Argentina indium property holds some of the highest grades of indium anywhere in the world.

If you don't own Argentex, I highly recommend you get a position before it takes off more.

This time next year... you'll be thankful for Argentex.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Brian
Publisher, Wealth Daily

North Dakota Oil Boom Has Early Investors Making Fortunes

"The Bakken is clearly the biggest oil play in the U.S. I think we're seeing the investment come back, and 2010 should be a pretty amazing year." -- N.D. Petroleum Council President Ron Ness

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Peak Oil Reality

Yesterday I stocked up on ammo.

At first, I wanted 1,000 rounds of hollow points for my Sig 250. But after searching every site I could think of, I couldn't find anything! They were cleaned out like the bakery before a blizzard.

All the major vendors were out of stock. Some weren't even accepting backorders!

If I wanted ammo, I would have to load it — shot by shot — myself.

Luckily, after searching for about an hour, I found all the components I needed.

I picked up casings of Winchester brass, .40 S&W bullets, a brick of CCI primers, and a pound of Hodgdon powder.

The run on guns and ammo has been well-reported since Obama's election. Many believe the run has to do with fear that the Democrats will further regulate guns. And that's part of it, for sure.

But I can you tell you that the run started well before Obama started running for president. . .

The Most Profitable Energy Transition The World Has Ever Seen!

On November 12, 2008, the International Energy Agency (IEA) officially confirmed that every fossil fuel resource we rely on today will simply not be able to keep pace with demand.

As a result, the IEA stated in very clear terms that renewable energy will soon become the second largest source of energy.

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Why?

As I wrote to you on November 1, there's a growing sense among the populace that they've been had — by both parties. . . that something dramatic and bad is on the horizon. . . and that the government is behind it.

Here's what I wrote:

In the 16 years I've been in this business, I can't think of a time when there's been more distrust, more graft, and more uncertainty surrounding the world of finance and politics.

The reality is that those two worlds — finance and politics — have essentially merged. And it's no secret there's a revolving door between DC and New York.

Worse still, the media has been actively collaborating, perpetuating the myth that we can spend our way to prosperity, that if we just buy and hold we'll get wealthy some day, and a thousand other idiotic ideas that now rival the hollowness of the phrase "Change we can believe in."

It's incredible to me how many of these talking heads remained on air, despite the fact that they couldn't have been more consistently wrong if they'd known in advance how things were going to turn out.

No matter which way you look, you get the sense that you're being gamed. And you're right.

The plain fact is no one in politics, in the media, or in mainstream finance cares about you, aside from your value as a "useful idiot." — Wealth Daily, November 11, 2009

Think I'm kidding?

Well check this out. . .

I practically built Angel Publishing (which has over half a million readers to date), on the back of a single idea: an investment trend that I knew — if it turned out to be correct — would create a fortune for myself and my readers.

I also knew that it would take guts to put forth this investment thesis because I would be going against the establishment.

That idea was Peak Oil. Or more simply, the idea that the world was running out of cheap oil.

For years I was called a quack. . . a conspiracy theorist. . . and a bonehead. Fox Business News brought in my colleague, Chris Nelder. . . and promptly called him a "Peak Freak" on-air.

Wait a minute. The world was awash in oil, right? After all, the government and Exxon told us so. And these guys are smart and well-intentioned, right?

Right?

Well, two days ago, a news report from the UK sent shock waves throughout the energy sector.

According to an article by The Guardian entitled "Key Oil Figures were Distorted by US Pressure, says Whistleblower":

The world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates admit, according to a whistleblower at the International Energy Agency who claims it has been deliberately underplaying a looming shortage for fear of triggering panic buying.

The senior official claims the US has played an influential role in encouraging the watchdog to underplay the rate of decline from existing oil fields while overplaying the chances of finding new reserves.

Now the "peak oil" theory is gaining support at the heart of the global energy establishment. "The IEA in 2005 was predicting oil supplies could rise as high as 120m barrels a day by 2030 although it was forced to reduce this gradually to 116m and then 105m last year," said the IEA source, who was unwilling to be identified for fear of reprisals inside the industry. "The 120m figure always was nonsense but even today's number is much higher than can be justified and the IEA knows this.

"Many inside the organisation believe that maintaining oil supplies at even 90m to 95m barrels a day would be impossible but there are fears that panic could spread on the financial markets if the figures were brought down further. And the Americans fear the end of oil supremacy because it would threaten their power over access to oil resources," he added.

A second senior IEA source, who has now left but was also unwilling to give his name, said a key rule at the organization was that it was "imperative not to anger the Americans" but the fact was that there was not as much oil in the world as had been admitted. "We have [already] entered the 'peak oil' zone. I think that the situation is really bad," he added.

But as far back as 2004 there have been people making similar warnings. Colin Campbell, a former executive with Total of France told a conference: "If the real [oil reserve] figures were to come out there would be panic on the stock markets . . . in the end that would suit no one."

You're being gamed. Period.

The government thinks you're too stupid to handle the truth.

They can go sell crazy somewhere else. I'm not buying it. I never did.

If you read Wealth Daily, you at least give yourself a fighting chance.

In 2004 I started writing about Peak Oil. In the summer of 2006 I started writing a book on the topic. And in May 2008, Profit from the Peak was published to rave reviews .

It's time to revisit the "Trade of the Century."

I've contracted the best futures traders in the market today. Their job? Put together a trade on Peak Oil.

I expect by January 2010 to give you this trade.

And while the peak oil clock is ticking, there remains an opportunity for my readers to get in on what may be the last great oil run on U.S. soil. Fact is, oil and gas companies are chomping at the bit to set up drill operations in this region. This report details three opportunities for you to profit during oil's homestretch.

Stay tuned,

Brian Hicks
Publisher, Wealth Daily

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Investing in Rare Earth Metals

Editor's Note: Rare Earth Metals (REEs) are nothing short of crucial to the way we live. In fact without them, some of our most important modern technologies could never exist: rechargeable batteries, electric motors, photo optics, and solar cells, just to name a few.

They are so pivotal to modern circuitry that industry insiders came up with a nickname for REEs: 'technology metals.' And on January 1st, Denmark will relinquish its sovereign hold over Greenland's mineral rights, making Greenland's $273 billion rare earth resources private property. To learn about the single company in control of all of it, read the following new report.

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Today, the heads of Toyota, Honda, and the Pentagon all share a common interest.

It's a small chunk of land, about one-third the size of Rhode Island, located in a part of the world most people know nothing about.

But they're not the only ones watching. Venture capitalists, hedge fund managers, and resource companies from all over the globe are also watching and waiting. . . ready to pour billions into Greenland once they get the green light.

Why?

This coming January, when the Kingdom of Denmark relinquishes sovereign control over Greenland's natural resources, the world's biggest deposit of Rare Earth Metals (or REEs), will fall into private hands. . . for the first time ever.

This single site boasts deposits valued at an estimated $1.3 trillion. . . and yet, REEs are worth more than just money.

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Which is why the world's leading manufacturers of hybrid cars, wind turbines, batteries, and yes — even the guidance systems to our most sophisticated air and ground defense missiles systems, are watching the events in Greenland unfold with baited breath.

The elements that fall into the category of Rare Earths include:

Lanthanum - essential in the production of electric car batteries;
Terbium - without this element, high-strength magnets would not exist;
Erbium - makes possible a wide range of light-weight, high-strength metal alloys;
Thulium - makes high-frequency lasers a reality.

And once Greenland takes control of its mineral wealth, this land — totaling barely 500 square miles — is projected to supply 25% of the world's entire REE market. . . for half a century.

To companies like Toyota and Honda, that have virtually staked their futures on the rapidly expanding hybrid/plug-in car market, and to our own defense industry, which cannot perform even the simplest task without highly-involved electronic assistance, this news could not have come at a better time.

Because for the last decade and a half, our greatest and most populous modern rival has been hard at work to corner the market on these vital elements.

And on April 17 of this year, with the signing of a single contract, the Chinese reached a record 96.7% global market share.

China's "Dragon Metals"

That's why we've dubbed these commodities "Dragon Metals," because China literally owns that market.

This is the kind of monopoly that has caused emergency Congressional meetings in the past. . .

Meetings that have ended in government-mandated intervention.

But there is nothing Congress can do to stop the Chinese government from closing its global stranglehold on materials without which the modern world cannot function.

It's part of a plan that Deng Xioping claimed almost two decades ago would: "Do for China what oil did for Saudi Arabia."

Evidently, the People's Republic is wasting no time in putting this advantage to strategic use.

Plans to limit exports and systematically inflate prices have already trickled down from the party leaders, and progressive decline in production has been standard operating procedure for the past several years.

According to Wired Magazine, "China's Ministry of Industry is weighing a total ban on exports of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium — and may restrict foreign sales of other rare earth metals."

This news is a potential death knell for hybrid manufacturers that have forecast 500% growth in the next 6 years alone. . . alongside a wide spectrum of other cleantech companies whose products depend on magnets, motors, and batteries to create and store energy.

Not to mention a political and economic nightmare for our Department of Defense. . .

However, as Greenland prepares to open its resources to the open market, this Chinese monopoly has finally met a foe it cannot easily topple.

Come January, a single company will control this massive deposit, turning it into the world's second biggest single producer of REEs.

With a stock price just under 60 cents today, this company has already gained close to 30% since the start of September. . .

But the big spike is still just around the corner, with a vast majority of the gains still in the future.

In the next few weeks, we'll be publishing specific approaches to squeezing the most mileage out of this historic stock, as well as more information on an approaching commodities boom that may be the biggest we've seen in decades.

Profitably yours,

Brian

P.S. Rare Earth Metals and other commodities vital to the developing electric car and battery markets and Uncle Sam's own defense industry should be on every investor's radar. And as current energy prices continue to rise, we find ourselves in the early stages of the greatest commodities bull market in history. . .

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The Best Way To Beat a Rigged Stock Market

Dear Wealth Daily Reader,

In the Fall of 2007, my partners and I had a series of tense meetings on the state of the economy. We were convinced that the whole thing was about to come unglued.

In fact, things looked so bad to us that we spent a good deal of time talking, in detail, of what to do in the event of a complete economic and societal breakdown.

Yet in a sense we were also hesitant.

Hesitant because, although our alarms were ringing loud and clear, there was hardly a whiff of concern coming from DC, from the FED, or from the mainstream media. After all, the stock market was sitting near record highs.

In fact, all of these institutions were actively engaged in a chorus of cheerleading on just how healthy the economy was.

Our research led us to the exact opposite conclusion.

Clearly, someone was very wrong.

Fed chairman Ben Bernanke was consistently touting the strength of the economy, and even went so far as to say the housing market was a minor issue, at the very moment the foundation of the housing market was crumbling.

This man either lied outright, or was simply too dim to understand what was happening. I don't have to tell you, neither option is acceptable from a man of his responsibilities.

Worse still, no one I'm aware of in the mainstream media ever questioned any of this. Instead, we were treated to constant party-line, bull market rhetoric. Look, passing on unchecked data and flat-out rumor as fact doesn't count as useful information.

Luckily for our readers, we don't rely on any of these institutions for hard analysis.

Right on cue, our own Ian Cooper went short, calling for the market to drop to 6,500... over two months before it happened.

While most market participants watched in horror, Ian and his Options Trading Pit readers made a killing in only 60 days' time, including one 338% gain, closed in 2 days.

Sadly, the vast, unwashed majority aren't so lucky. They drove into the teeth of the worst recession in 50+ years without even a hint of apprehension. And they'll be paying for it, literally, for quite a while.

"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion — when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see money flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed."

—Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged (1957)

In the 16 years I've been in this business, I can't think of a time when there's been more distrust, more graft, and more uncertainty surrounding the world of finance and politics.

I also can't recall a time more perfectly suited for robust investment gains, provided you've got your ears on.

The reality is that those two worlds—finance and politics—have essentially merged. And it's no secret there's a revolving door between DC and New York.

No matter which way you look, you get the sense that you're being gamed. And you're right.

The plain fact is, no one in politics, in the media, or in mainstream finance cares about you, aside from your value as a "useful idiot."

Think I'm kidding?

The public's assessment of the accuracy of news stories is now at its lowest level in more than two decades of Pew Research surveys, and Americans' views of media bias and independence now match previous lows.

Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 63% say that news stories are often inaccurate. In the initial survey in this series about the news media's performance in 1985, 55% said news stories were accurate while 34% said they were inaccurate. That percentage had fallen sharply by the late 1990s and has remained low over the last decade.

The Socialization Of Risk

Banks: Too-big-to-fail banks take too-big-to-believe risks, receive too-big-to-fathom bailouts, and hand down too-big-to-believe bonuses.

Wall Street: Like banks, Wall Street takes on huge risk, and takes a percentage of the gains on the way up, and the way down. And it gets a bailout. Risk gets socialized, yet profits are privatized.

The Fourth Estate (The Press): On the sidelines, foaming at the mouth, totally unaware.

Brokerage Houses: Their interests aren't aligned with the small investor.

Your 401k: Gone.

529 Plans: The single biggest hoax on college-bound families.

There's a vague sensation taking hold, a feeling that American capitalism is rigged. And as that feeling of angst manifests itself, a wealth of money-making opportunities will be suddenly on the table.

Yet most will be too blind with rage, or simply too slow, to act on them.

Here at Angel Publishing, we've become known for being years ahead of major trends. And as a result, our readers profit from being in early.

Whether it's the Green Revolution, Peak Oil, precious metals, options... you name it, we cover it. And that means we profit from it. Again and again.

I want you to be there with us.

Think about it... Obama's been president for about 8 months now. Yet today it's even more apparent that powerful lobbyists and the wealthiest few still run America.

Somewhere along the line, the deal was broken. You may feel betrayed. But what you shouldn't feel is helpless.

When I think about the out-of-control $23.7 trillion in new Treasury and Fed debt dumped on the backs of my children and grandchildren, frankly, I get a little pissed off.

But I realize that the best way for me to protect myself, and them, is to become as wealthy as possible.

Consider that our mission statement.

Our business model runs contrary to an independent newsletter industry that's quickly becoming a corporate, revolving-door newsletter selling system.

Our philosophy is... If our readers make money from our research, our business thrives.

Truth is, we've consistently shown the way to profits before, during, and after the economic meltdown. But we're just getting started.

For example, our newest analyst, Christian DeHaemer, just went on record... recommending his readers buy put options on the Russell 2000.

He's up 59% in 2 days.

(Christian brings with him 14 years in the financial publishing industry, along with an incredibly accurate track record. He'll launch his new advisory, Crisis & Opportunity, in January. Stay tuned.)

And there's this, which just came over the newswire: "President Obama Pledges $3.4 billion toward a 'smart' power grid.

Jeff Siegel has been covering the Green Energy sector — and talking about this very development — years before it became as trendy as wearing the "Free Tibet" t-shirt.

And his readers have been crushing it.

He's even got a short list of companies poised to reap these government contracts. Take a look for yourself here.

Members of Nick Hodge's Alternative Energy Speculator have racked up over 45 winning trades in 2009. And they're on course to close another 20 before the year is up.

And it doesn't end there.

Ian Cooper's Pure Asset Trader — one of the best commodities and resources trading services in business today — has its readers enjoying a 94% win rate in 2009. (37 winning trades in 39 tries.)

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The $20 Trillion Report has closed 20 winning trades in 22 tries this year, capitalizing on a number of unconventional oil and natural gas plays. And with oil moving north again, the gains in energy are just getting started.

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So here's a quick look at Angel Publishing's family of investment advisories, and their latest research.

I hope you'll join us.

To your wealth,

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Publisher, Angel Publishing Investment Research

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China's Rare Earth Metal Supply

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When the news broke in Tokyo, it was said that the "Head Freds" at Toyota and Honda literally fell out of their chairs in shock.

According to a UK Times report from March 2009, "[It] has triggered what government sources in Tokyo told The Times was an invisible tsunami of panic in Japanese industry."

Oddly enough, the same event happened five months earlier — in November 2007 — with the same result. . .

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According a piece from The Straits Times published on November 23, "Japanese government officials are scrambling around the world while companies are nearly on their knees begging foreign governments to sign partnerships."

What had the Japanese in such a state of panic?

Its old foe — China — had just served some revenge.

In a stunning turnaround, the Chinese Communist Party announced further export restrictions of a vital group of commodities. Without access to these commodities, the Japanese automobile industry would come to a screeching halt.

Why?

Toyota's hottest selling car — and quite frankly, its future — is the hybrid Prius.

Inside the Prius are roughly 40 to 60 pounds of a unique commodity group known as rare earth metals.

But we're calling them "Dragon Metals" (DM) because the Chinese account for 97% of global production. They literally own the market.

Take a look:

Source: New York Times

According to MarketWatch, "China is the Saudi Arabia of [Dragon Metals]. And like oil, [Dragon Metals] will flow to the highest bidder."

In fact, Deng Xiaoping said that these metals "will be for China what oil was for Saudi Arabia."

Japan's tech economy depends on these metals. They have identified 31 Dragon Metals, including lithium, that are vital to the future of the tech economy.

Dragon Metals are a group of elements in the periodic table: namely scandium, yttrium, and the fifteen lanthanoids. The use of Dragon Metals in modern technology has spiked significantly over the past years.

For example, dysprosium has gained significant importance for its use in the construction of hybrid car motors. Terbium and dysprosium are also used in small amounts.

Since Toyota plans to double the Prius's fuel economy, each car will require MORE rare earth metals than it does now. And Toyota plans on selling 1 million Priuses yearly by 2012. . . and 2 million to 3 million by 2014.

Other hybrid/electric cars made by other manufacturers use rare earths in differing amounts — vehicles including the popular Ford Escape Hybrid and Honda Insight.

It all adds up to tremendous demand. And unfortunately, this new demand has squeezed supply. . . and there is mounting concern that the world may soon face a shortage of the materials.

No wonder the Chinese are trying to corner the market!

This is where the investment opportunity unfolds. . .

Dragon Metals are essential to new technologies such as iPhones and flat screen televisions; green energy technology such as wind, solar, and geothermal; and critical to the future of hybrid and electric cars.

Recently, China has been limiting exports of DMs, which could lead to declining worldwide supply and skyrocketing prices. This has Western governments worried, as DMs are also key to high-tech military applications.

An article from The Telegraph reports on plans in China to restrict exports of rare earths:

Beijing is drawing up plans to prohibit or restrict exports of rare earth metals that are produced only in China and play a vital role in cutting edge technology, from hybrid cars and catalytic converters, to superconductors, and precision-guided weapons. A draft report by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has called for a total ban on foreign shipments of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium. Other metals such as neodymium, europium, cerium, and lanthanum will be restricted to a combined export quota of 35,000 tonnes a year, far below global needs.

This explains why the Japanese are panicking. . .

The Toyota Prius uses 2.2 lbs. of neodymium in the hybrid's electric motor and 22-33 lbs. of lanthanum in the car's battery pack.

Without these Dragon Metals, the Prius would cease to exist. And the thriving hybrid industry in Japan would come to a screeching halt — bringing Toyota and Honda to their knees.

But with every crisis comes an opportunity.

And as an investor, this is where you can make a legendary fortune.

In fact, on August 26, I told you how to play the lithium market by buying Western Lithium for $1 a share. Today, Western Lithium trades for $1.25. . . and has gotten as high as $1.50 since I first told you about this opportunity.

But there are other ways to play the rare earth market.

And I've pinpointed two ways to play this situation:

1) To invest directly into China's electric car market; and
2) To invest in Dragon Metal exploration outside of China.

You see, I can almost guarantee the world isn't going to sit by and become dependent on a vital resource like it did with oil and OPEC.

As you read this, mining companies are scouring the earth, looking for new supplies of Dragon Metals.

And one of the most promising places is Greenland.

In fact, recent estimates show that Greenland could supply 25% of global demand of Dragon Metals.

In the weeks ahead, we will show you specific ways to invest in this opportunity.

In addition to that, we will also bring you a unique way to play the Chinese Dragon metals market as it relates to electric cars.

Stay tuned,

Brian Hicks

P.S. Dragon Metals and other commodities vital to the electric car market should be on every investor's radar — the companies that supply these commodities to auto giants like Toyota and Honda could mean some serious gains for investors. Not to mention, as current skyrocketing energy prices are proving — we're in the early stages of the greatest commodities bull market in history. . .

My colleague, Ian Cooper, has closed 93 winning trades with his resource and energy stock picks this year alone! Since November 2007, readers of his Pure Asset Trader service have enjoyed gains of 3,124%. Click here to read more about how you, too, could start enjoying this kind of profit-taking.

The Best Biotech Stock for 2010

In my business of stock picking, one of the more successful and traditional strategies is to spot a crisis. . . then invest in the solution of that crisis.

I think I've spotted a crisis in recent news: senior citizens getting lost.

I'm serious. . .

Do a Google search for "Alzheimer's patient found" and see how many news stories are yielded in your search results.

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Just last Saturday, an 80-year-old man was found in the woods of Kansas after wandering off from his home on Friday.

So many elderly folks are getting lost that U.S. Senator Charles Schumer introduced legislation this week that would create a "Silver Alert System" to help locate missing adults afflicted with Alzheimer's and or other forms of impairment.

According to the report:

The National Silver Alert Act is modeled after the AMBER Alert system, which helps find missing children. The bill would "create a nationwide network for locating missing adults and senior citizens with Alzheimer's, dementia, and other mental impairments."

"When a person with Alzheimer's wanders from his or her home it can be a truly frightening time for that individual and their family and friends," Schumer said. "Statistics show that, with timely notification, the chances of finding a missing person are greatly increased."

More than 60 percent of those suffering from Alzheimer's either wander or get lost while suffering from it, according to the Alzheimer's Association. In addition, 50 percent of those are at risk for a serious illness or even death if they are not located within 24 hours.

"This bill will provide funding for states to set up Silver Alert systems to put more people on the lookout when an adult goes missing to make sure that more families are reunited with their loved ones in New York City and across the country," Schumer said.

The proposed legislation, which has already passed in the House of Representatives, would enable the Department of Justice to create a communications system for Silver Alerts. Along with providing support to Silver Alert programs already in existence, the bill would also "encourage states to develop additional Silver Alert plans."

The Silver Alert system comes on the heels of a recent report I wrote on the creation of a "National Alzheimer's Czar" at the federal level.

You might ask yourself why, all of a sudden, the Federal Government is so interested in Alzheimer's disease.

Look no further than the abundance of gray-haired individuals among the House and Senate.

A majority of Congress is comprised of senior citizens and baby boomers about to become senior citizens.

To say they have a vested interest in Alzheimer's research and treatment would be an understatement.

Within the next 12 to 24 months, Congress is going to throw billions upon billions of dollars at Alzheimer's disease.

On September 30, my favorite play on Alzheimer's — Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL) — selected FORENAP Pharma as the contract research organization (CRO) for Phase I clinical trials of ANAVEX 2-73, the company's lead Alzheimer's drug candidate.

FORENAP has been involved in pre-clinical and clinical research for 20 years and is renowned for its expertise in Central Nervous System (CNS) studies — including Alzheimer's disease.

This is a huge milestone for Anavex. . . and it couldn't come at a better time, as the government and media alike are focusing on this disease.

And who is paying for all this progress? Don't worry about it. . .

The company has been able to raise funding easily, which is telling in itself. I don't have to tell you how stingy market professionals are with their money. If they can't see a clear path to profits, they don't invest — period.

Yet Anavex has had no trouble whatsoever raising cash. Up to this point, the company has been able to finance its needs on an ongoing basis, just a little at a time.

But in the near future, I expect Anavex to announce a larger financing on the order of $5 or $10 million, in order to take it through the Phase I process and well into the next stage.

This news alone will show a big vote of confidence in the company. And it'll also prove it can carry itself beyond this critical juncture.

Even though it was the Alzheimer's drug that caught our eye, the company has several other compounds that are at least as promising. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if one of these compounds leapfrogged the AD that I'm so excited about.

Fact is there are many good stories in the biotech space. But very few are good enough to actually attract the capital required to come to fruition.

In the biotech industry, the platform — or the depth of the business — matters most. Anavex is small company that has a big platform. . . and it is amazing for such a small, new company to have such depth.

What it means for us is that we could see the company surprise the market from any number of angles.

I continue to rate Anavex a strong buy at current levels. And I continue to hold on my long position.

Profitably yours,

Brian Hicks

P.S. My colleague, Steve Christ, has been writing about the brewing bull market in biotech for over a year now. Since then, his winning picks have meant big gains for Wealth Advisory subscribers.

In fact, he met with the CEO of a company yesterday that he says could completely change the way we think about vaccines — which sounds to me like he's found his next big winner. More on that from Steve in the next Wealth Daily. Meantime, to learn more about The Wealth Advisory, click here.

Investing in Lithium Mining Stocks

Editor's Note:

While Western Lithium remains a buy, the Pure Asset Trader team tells me they have 2 rare earth trades — and possibly a third — they're looking to issue over the next two weeks... with an opportunity to double if not triple your money in mere months.

Ian Cooper heads up this team. And when they talk energy, our readers are all ears. That's because they've closed 33 winners in 35 tries this year. The gains have been exceptional.

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For now, here's the lithium piece I wrote a few months ago. This market is just heating up. And as you'll see below, it's a call that's already made readers a quick 30% gain.

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Warren Buffett stunned the market back in September 2008 when he announced that he was investing $250 million in a Chinese electric car company.

I say stunned because Warren Buffett seemed to violate one of his own rules of investing: Invest in companies you understand.

He admitted that he doesn't know a thing about electric cars.

So why did he invest?

Because maybe, just maybe, he knows that electric cars are a guaranteed winner.

I'm not recommending GM, Nissan, or any other automobile stock that's developing electric cars. . .

Instead, I'm going to recommend the commodity that is vital to the battery technology that'll be used in electric cars: lithium.

My play is a tiny mining outfit called Western Lithium (WLC.V: WLCDF). The stock currently trades for about $1.08 a share.

If you're skeptical or concerned that fuel efficiency alone is not enough to entice Americans to buy electric cars, consider the Silicon Valley company Tesla Motors (pictured above). While their roadster is the first production automobile to use lithium-ion battery cells and travel more than 200 miles per charge, it is also capable of going from 0-60mph in under four seconds.

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Not only will the Roadster leave most sports cars in the dust, the car recently set a distance record in April 2009 when it completed the 241-mile Rallye Monte Carlo d'Energies Alternatives with 36 miles left on the charge.

Even though the Roadster is probably too pricey for the average consumer at just over $100,000, Tesla has taken more than 1,000 reservations for the car and expects to begin production of an all-electric and more affordable sedan starting in late 2011.

But just remember, the Tesla - as well as every other electric car - needs lithium. And demand for lithium is skyrocketing.

Lithium prices have nearly tripled over the past decade with 22% compound annual growth since 2000 for use in laptops, cell phones, and other electronics.

Demand is expected to continue rising, the recent lithium mania has been ignited by the fact that electric cars require about 3,000 times the lithium needed for an average cell phone, or 100 times the lithium used in a computer battery.

This huge spike in demand should propel lithium prices much higher over the next few years.

The best way to profit from the lithium boom is Western Lithium, which owns the largest known lithium deposit in North America. Take a look. . .

According to a recent investment report:

The near surface lithium clay deposit is located in Nevada, USA and was initially discovered by the US Geological Survey and Chevron USA in the 1970's. Engineering work completed by Chevron, and later by the US Bureau of Mines in the 1980's, is now being advanced by Western Lithium.

The company's flagship Kings Valley property has a National Instrument 43-101 resource estimate for the initial stage of development and in total hosts a historically estimated 11 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE). The project has a well developed local infrastructure and Nevada has a long history in the metals and industrial mineral mining industry. The company plans a scoping study during Q3 of 2009, a pre-feasibility study with results from additional drilling during 2010 and projected production by 2013. A chart with the world's largest lithium deposits is below.

While brine is usually the cheapest to mine and process, followed by clay and then pegamite (hard rock), it really depends on the quality of the material and presence of contaminants. It can be cheaper to develop a good rock or clay than a low-quality brine. Access to roads and infrastructure also play important roles in a project's economic feasibility. Western Lithium has a clear advantage to competition in this regard as their clay deposit is touted as high-quality (99% commercial quality) and the project already has all of the necessary road access and infrastructure needed to begin construction and production.

Western Lithium is well-funded and debt free, with $7.3 million cash on the books. They recently completed a $5.5 million private placement in May of this year and have a market cap of 70 million.

Yes, the stock is up a lot this past year. . . but I believe the lithium bull market is just getting started.

I think we'll witness something similar to a uranium-style bull market that lasted several years.

I personally own Western Lithium around $1 per share. I will continue to add to my position on dips.

Profitably yours,

Brian

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Jim Grant on the U.S. Economy

"Somebody is monumentally wrong here. . . but who?"

So read the e-mail I received from the old Phantom Trader on Monday.

He was referring to a piece in the Wall Street Journal, written by perma-bear Jim Grant.

If you've never heard of Jim Grant, let me just say this: he makes Ebenezer Scrooge look like a party animal. That's how pessimistic Grant has been. . . for as long as I can remember.

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In the September 19 article titled "From Bear to Bull," Jim writes:

The deeper the slump, the zippier the recovery. To quote a dissenter from the forecasting consensus, Michael T. Darda, chief economist of MKM Partners, Greenwich, Conn.: "[T]he most important determinant of the strength of an economy recovery is the depth of the downturn that preceded it. There are no exceptions to this rule, including the 1929-1939 period."

Growth snapped back following the depressions of 1893-94, 1907-08, 1920-21 and 1929-33. If ugly downturns made for torpid recoveries, as today's economists suggest, the economic history of this country would have to be rewritten.

Bears and doom-and-gloomers the world over could always count on Grant as their sage on Wall Street.

And while Grant has always been and will continue to be counted on to be a bear, he's also an astute historian of Wall Street.

In his heart of hearts, Jim wants to be a bear. But even he can't reject precedent.

And for those bears that are arguing that this time is different. . . let me remind you that that argument has been used in every bull or bear market. During the dot-com mania of the late 1990s, every bull was arguing that technology has made obsolete the business cycle.

Party on, Garth!

Nobody knows if a robust recovery is coming. Even Grant will admit that. But if past economic downturns offer clues for future recoveries, there's reason for optimism.

Grant writes:

Our recession, though a mere inconvenience compared to some of the cyclical snows of yesteryear, does bear comparison with the slump of 1981-82. In the worst quarter of that contraction, the first three months of 1982, real GDP shrank at an annual rate of 6.4%, matching the steepest drop of the current recession, which was registered in the first quarter of 2009. Yet the Reagan recovery, starting in the first quarter of 1983, rushed along at quarterly growth rates (expressed as annual rates of change) over the next six quarters of 5.1%, 9.3%, 8.1%, 8.5%, 8.0% and 7.1%. Not until the third quarter of 1984 did real quarterly GDP growth drop below 5%.

I'll bet you dollars to donuts that if we go back and read the newspapers of the 1981-82 downturn, the negativity would be as prolific as it is today.

But there is a silver lining in all of this, as Buffett points out: "Buy when people are fearful."

That's what I did last December. I bought stocks.

I was a nervous wreck putting cash back into the market. . . but I look like a genius now.

Truth be told, I was just plain lucky.

As Grant concludes. . .

I promised to be bullish, and I am (for once)-bullish on the prospects for unscripted strength in business activity. So, too, is the Economic Cycle Research Institute, New York, which was founded by the late Geoffrey Moore and can trace its intellectual heritage back to the great business-cycle theorist Wesley C. Mitchell. The institute's long leading index of the U.S. economy, along with supporting sub-indices, are making 26-year highs and point to the strongest bounce-back since 1983. A second nonconformist, the previously cited Mr. Darda, notes that the last time a recession ravaged the labor market as badly as this one has, the years were 1957-58 -after which, payrolls climbed by a hefty 4.5% in the first year of an ensuing 24-month expansion. Which is not to say, he cautions, that growth this time will match that pace, only that growth is likely to surprise by its strength, not weakness.

And that is my case, too. The world is positioned for disappointment. But, in economic and financial matters, the world rarely gets what it expects. Pigou had humanity's number. The "error of pessimism" is born the size of a full-grown man-the size of the average adult economist, for example.

For once in my investment career, I hope Grant is correct.

Party on, Jim!

Profitably yours,

Brian

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China's Electric Car Market

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As you read this, the future of transportation is taking place in a convention hall in Frankfurt, Germany.

It's called the Frankfurt Motor Show. . . and insider reports indicate electric cars are taking over the world like an army of robots, hell-bent on revenge against their flesh masters.

Every company represented at the show is featuring their version of an electric/hybrid automobile. Even high-end brands like Porsche and Ferrari are going electric.

But while SAAB, BMW, and Mercedes size-up each others' electric motor, the Chinese are the ones that are the talk of the show.

The bottom line: China's car market is the Holy Grail.

While the U.S. and European dealers have to create tempting incentive plans to get cars off their lots, Chinese dealerships literally have waiting lists of customers who want to buy cars and are willing to take a spot in the queue.

The potential numbers are mind-boggling.

In China, only 2.9% of the population owns cars. That's only about 38 million cars on the streets of China's cities and villages.

Compare that to the United States, where 238 million vehicles are on the road.

Catch my drift now?

The growth in China is going to be awesome.

According to a Wall Street Journal article on September 9:

China's auto industry continued to post strong growth, with sales of passenger vehicles rising 90% in August.

Passenger-vehicle sales in China rose to 858,300 units in August, up 90% from a year earlier, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said in a statement Tuesday. China's overall auto sales rose 82% in August to 1.14 million units.

Mr. Liu said he expects sales of small cars to continue to outperform the industry. . . "Customers right now are becoming younger," he said. They only need and can only afford smaller cars, he said.

As the breakneck pace in sales growth eases, it will help to spur consolidation in China's auto industry, which currently has more than a hundred vehicle manufacturers, Mr. Liu said.

You read that correctly. . . 100 different car manufacturers!

And this brings me now to draw readers' attention to the real opportunity from this electric car bull market: rare earth metals.

Rare earth metals are vital in the clean energy markets of electric batteries for cars, solar panels, wind turbines. . . even weapons!

Metals like neodymium, indium, lithium, dysprosium, and terbium are essential to green energy technologies.

Without these metals, there would be no Toyota Prius.

According to Jack Lifton, a commodities analyst and leading authority on rare metals, "The Prius automobile is the biggest user of rare earths of any object in the world."

How much are we talking?

Lifton says there is 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of neodymium in the Prius hybrid's electric motor between 10 and 15 kg (22-33 lb) of lanthanum in the car's battery pack. Those figures would likely rise if the car were fitted with a larger battery pack and motor for higher fuel efficiency.

And guess what? China accounts for 97% of global production and about 60% of consumption of rare earth metals.

In a recent article titled "China's Plan to Dominate Rare Earth Metals," Sean Brodrick writes:

China plans to curb its exports of the metals. China has announced that export quotas for the first half of 2009 are being reduced by approximately 34% over the same period last year.

Not surprisingly, Toyota is said to be searching for additional suppliers of these materials outside China.

But it might not help. You see, the Chinese are on a buying binge for rare earth properties.

According to Brodrick. . .

Two Australian companies, Lynas Corp. and Arafura Resources, are planning to open mines in the next couple years that have combined production equal to a quarter of annual global production of rare earth metals.

But then the global financial markets collapsed last year. Both companies lost their financing. Guess who stepped in with new financing?

The Chinese, that's who!

Mining companies wholly owned by the Chinese government showed up with the cash needed to finish construction of both companies' mines and ore processing factories. In exchange, the Chinese companies received 51.7 percent of Lynas and 25 percent of Arafura.

And that's not all. . . Remember when Chinese oil company CNOOC tried to buy U.S.-based Unocal a few years ago? Unocal owns is the Mountain Pass mine, a potentially rich rare earth mine in California.

China's Unocal bid fell through, and Chevron bought the company instead. Who shows up at Chevron's doorstep but the Chinese, cash in hand, asking Chevron to sell them the Mountain Pass mine separately from Unocal.

Instead, Chevron sold the mine to Molycorp Minerals, a private American group, which plans to reopen the mine by 2012.

Rare earth stocks are rallying . . . and will continue to rally for years to come.

My research team will be releasing a report on the investment opportunities in this tight space.

But if you want to play rare earth metals now, you can play my favorite junior mining stock: Argentex (AGXM - OTCBB).

I recommended Argentex nine months ago. . . and the stock has done nothing but go up for my readers.

Argentex has a potentially significant indium resource. . . but this past Monday, the company released its silver estimate that blew away its original estimate.

Argentex's first-ever Pinguino mineral resource estimate yielded 180 million ounces of silver equivalent.

Argentex announced the completion of the first-ever mineral resource estimate for Pinguino, the company's 100%-owned polymetallic property in Argentina's Santa Cruz province.

The mineral resource estimate reports 180 million ounces of silver equivalent in the inferred and indicated categories. Specifically, the inferred resource of 35.4 million tonnes is estimated to contain 141,600,000 ounces of silver equivalent. The indicated resource of 7.3 million tonnes is estimated to contain an additional 40,150,000 ounces of silver equivalent.

Mineralization at Pinguino remains open in all directions and only 15 of more than 47 veins mapped on the property have been tested by drilling. There is excellent geological potential for the delineation of additional mineralization, which would be reported and modeled to increase and upgrade the resource estimate.

I had a chance to talk to Ken Hicks (no relation), CEO of Argentex, on Monday. His exact words to me were, "We've just scratched the surface. Less than 10% of our Pinguino property has been worked on. This is huge. . . we have a lot of work to do. . . "

Argentex is going to $2 a share by the start of 2010. Buy it on the dips.

Rock it out,

Brian

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Portfolio Allocation Strategy

This time last year wasn't fun, especially if you were long the market.

The Dow was looking like a bobbing dinghy on the Niagara River, about to go over the Falls:

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I was nearly 100% in cash. Some of it was in my house in a safe guarded by a Sig-226 and two Remington 870s.

In the months prior to September, I had accumulated enough rice to last my entire neighborhood for about a week.

You see, we were staring into the abyss. . . only days away from the local ATM telling you to come back in a week or two to get your withdrawal cash.

All the dire predictions by Greg McCoach about toxic derivatives were about to come true.

When I warned my friends and family to take cash out of the bank and hide it in their house, they literally thought I was nuts.

"C'mon, it can't be that bad. Besides, aren't our savings insured by the government?" they would say.

I had no idea how far indoctrinated the America public had become. But then again, nearly 80% of Americans believed invading Iraq was a good idea. The other 20% thought the United States and Israel were behind 9/11!

A year later. . . the markets have stabilized.

In December of last year, I started to put a lot of capital to work in stocks. Probably 50% of my cash holdings went into oil stocks like Baytex, Kinder Morgan, small junior miners like Argentex. . . and macro trades, like the ETF SPDR S&P Biotech (NYSE: XBI).

My readers and I are up big. In fact, some have doubled their portfolios this year alone.

But I'm not taking any chances. And I'm concerned that everybody is too optimistic on this perceived "recovery" while the smart money continues to be cautious — if not outright fearful.

My New Portolio Allocation Strategy

In the past week, I've been reallocating my portfolio. I don't want to get caught with my pants down, heading into — historically — the two most volatile months of the year.

I have initiated several short positions to protect the profits I already have.

Here are my new positions:

1. UltraShort Dow30 ProShares (NYSE: DXD)
2. UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China25 Proshares (NYSE: FXP)
3. Direxion Daily Financial Bear Shares 3X (NYSE: FAZ)

I'm also looking to go short on commercial real estate.

According to a recent San Francisco Chronicle article on the coming commercial real estate crisis:

Perhaps even more troubling is the fact that about $814 billion in outstanding commercial real estate loans nationwide are scheduled to come due between now and 2011, mostly on loans originated five years prior. In San Francisco alone, 75 percent of the city's top-end downtown office buildings traded hands in the past four years.

Commercial mortgage defaults are tied directly to employment. Persistent and high unemployment, along with companies' reluctance to hire back workers despite signs of a recovery, has meant that much of the office space that emptied during the past year — about 1 million square feet — will probably not fill up anytime soon.

Read this article in its entirety, here.

One way to short commercial real estate is UltraShort Real Estate ProShares (NYSE: SRS).

I will probably build my position in a week.

Profitably yours,

Brian

P.S. When it comes to the commercial real estate bubble, Steve Christ and Ian Cooper have called this one from the very start. So when I read all about it on Monday in the Wall Street Journal, I just had to chuckle. You see, Steve and Ian had beaten them to the punch on this one by a long shot. In fact, if you want to know how to really profit from this brewing debacle, click here. Steve has this one down cold.

Western Lithium Stock

Warren Buffett stunned the market back in September 2008 when he announced that he was investing $250 million in a Chinese electric car company.

I say stunned because Warren Buffett seemed to violate one of his own rules of investing: Invest in companies you understand.

He admitted that he doesn't know a thing about electric cars.

So why did he invest?

Because maybe, just maybe, he knows that electric cars are a guaranteed winner.

I'm not recommending GM, Nissan, or any other automobile stock that's developing electric cars. . .

Instead, I'm going to recommend the commodity that is vital to the battery technology that'll be used in electric cars: lithium.

My play is a tiny mining outfit called Western Lithium (WLC.V: WLCDF). The stock currently trades for about $1.08 a share.

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But just remember, the Tesla — as well as every other electric car — needs lithium. And demand for lithium is skyrocketing.

Lithium prices have nearly tripled over the past decade with 22% compound annual growth since 2000 for use in laptops, cell phones, and other electronics.

This huge spike in demand should propel lithium prices much higher over the next few years.

The best way to profit from the lithium boom is Western Lithium, which owns the largest known lithium deposit in North America. Take a look. . .

According to a recent investment report:

Western Lithium is well-funded and debt free, with $7.3 million cash on the books. They recently completed a $5.5 million private placement in May of this year and have a market cap of 70 million.

Yes, the stock is up a lot this past year. . . but I believe the lithium bull market is just getting started.

I think we'll witness something similar to a uranium-style bull market that lasted several years.

I personally own Western Lithium around $1 per share. I will continue to add to my position on dips.

Profitably yours,

Brian

The Rare Earth Element Takeover

On Jan. 1, 2010, one tiny company took possession of a vast stretch of property in Greenland.

The area's estimated worth: $273 billion... all due to its immensely valuable Rare Earth Metals.

Now here's the crucial part...

This company's share price is set for a major run-up... as it destroys a monopoly China took 2 decades to create.

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Investing in Lithium

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If you haven't noticed, there is a group of six stocks that's been on fire this year.

The best performer is up 3,233% since its December 2008 lows. Yes, you read that correctly. . . +3,233%.

Another one is up 990% in that same time. Three other stocks — all microcaps — are up 1,100%, 2,125%, and 1,999%.

The worse performer of the bunch, a large cap, is up just 21% since December.

The six stocks have just one thing in common: all produce or mine lithium.

Lithium is being touted as the next primary fuel of the 21st century. Hybrid technology and electric cars are thought to be a viable alternative. I have no idea how long it will take to fully transform the U.S. economy from a fossil-based energy complex to a renewable one, but I do know this. . . sentiment is clearly in favor of green energy.

Solar energy, wind, clean fuels, ethanol, run of river projects, and geothermal energy continue to be the hot topic in the energy sector. So if the world moves forward to battery-driven vehicles, lithium will be a high-in-demand commodity, as it is used in electric and hybrid electric car batteries.

The following chart shows the estimated future lithium consumption:

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According to a report recently published by Research and Markets entitled "Lithium-Ion and Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries, Lithium, Rare Earth Lanthanum and the Future of Hybrid Electric Vehicles 2009-2020":

The auto industry is about to enter a new era: the electrification of cars. The move to electrified cars will have dramatic, disruptive consequences to consumers, auto makers, input suppliers, battery producers, regulators, mining companies, oil producers, electric utilities, R&D activities and investors, among others. However, from this change will come enormous opportunities, including the reduction in CO2 and global warming, less dependence on oil, more geopolitical independence, technological advancements, very large, new industries and markets, and huge profits.

The economic, regulatory and technological advantages of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) means that dramatic growth in their adoption and usage will be seen over the next 11 years to 2020, both in the US and worldwide.

Batteries are the key technology enablers for the future of HEVs, PHEVs and EVs. Nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries currently dominate the HEV market, but they soon will be replaced by lithium-ion ones.*

*Editor's emphasis

During the uranium bull market between 2001 and 2007, more than 600 uranium companies either went public or switched their resource business to become a uranium play.

Six hundred companies!

And less than 10 actually mined proven uranium.

Yes, it was mania.

Even though the lithium stocks are up big in the past year, the supply of stock available to investors is severely small.

We could be witnessing the phenomenon of "too many dollars chasing too few stocks."

The lithium bull market is in its infancy. If it's similar to the uranium bull market, we could witness several years of a lithium rally.

In the coming weeks, I will be recommending lithium stocks to you.

Profitably yours,

Brian

2009's Best Biotech Stocks

On November 30, 2007, I presented my thesis on why I thought biotechnology was the next big bull market.

My thesis was simple: a month-and-a-half earlier, a woman named Kathleen Casey-Kirschling was the first baby boomer to file for Social Security benefits.

Little did anybody know this marked the day that the 21^st Century's biggest bull market began.

The numbers are staggering. . .

An average of 10,000 baby boomers is set to file for Social Security every single day for the next 20 years!

To call this a mega-trend would be an understatement.

And to call this one of the greatest moneymaking opportunities in history would also be an understatement.

That's why I'm here today to tell you it's high time to buy biotechnology.

If you haven't noticed, biotech is the hottest sector in the market today. Hotter than oil. . . hotter than gold. . . and hotter than renewable energy.

This is a 6-month chart for the NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index:

Even with Obama pushing for health care reform, the bull market in biotech is running hard. Why?

Because regardless of healthcare reform, older Americans will need constant medical care. Somebody is going to pay for medical care, whether it's the federal government vis-à-vis the taxpayer. . . the health insurance companies. . . or the customer.

And big pharmaceutical companies like Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer know this. . . and that's why they are positioning themselves for the future.

As you read this, pharmaceutical companies — sitting on record cash reserves — are on a biotech buying binge:

Medarex, a small biotechnology company that was trading for less than $4 a share last March, received a $16 tender offer from Bristol Meyers on July 28
Johnson & Johnson bought out Cougar Biotechnology for just under $1 billion in May
Celldex Therapeutics announced its plan to acquire CuraGen for $94.5 million
Novartis and Pfizer also did some international shopping in India and Austria, respectively
And in March of this year, Roche acquired biotech giant Genentech

With the biotech bull market in high gear, I'm going to tell you about three ways to play it. Similar to the Obama infrastructure plays, I will give you a speculative play, a mid-tier play, and a safe way to play biotech.

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Government Proposes an Alzheimer's Czar

This past July, a research report was released that said that Alzheimer's cases are rising at an epidemic pace.

It's easy to see why.

The senior citizen cohort is the fastest growing cohort in America today.

In fact, it's the fastest growing segment of society in the western world.

In the United States, 350,000 new cases of Alzheimer's are diagnosed each year. . . adding to the five million cases that already exist today.

Now here's were it gets really bad: $100 billion is spent in America annually to cover Alzheimer's treatment. . . and those costs are rising fast.

It's gotten so bad that on July 29, Senators Mel Martinez and Evan Bayh proposed a bill that would create a national Alzheimer's Office in the White House. . . with the creation of an "Alzheimer's Czar."

The whole goal of this policy is to "accelerate the development of cutting edge medical treatments and drugs to fight Alzheimer's. . . "

My favorite play in the Alzheimer's space is also my most speculative play: Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL - OTCBB).

Anavex appears to be the one of the only — if not the only — company pursuing the most promising path to an Alzheimer's cure. It is countering oxidative stress by targeting sigma receptors.

If you read my previous reports on Anavex, I explained that receptors are protein molecules that exist in or near the surface of cells. These molecules are vital in receiving cell expressions.

It's been confirmed that sigma receptors play a role in a vast number of conditions and offer as many therapeutic opportunities. Some are involved in pain control, going back to sigma receptors' roots. Others have oncological value treating cancers. Anavex has 30 solid candidates in varying states of development.

Anavex is a microcap stock with huge upside potential: either a pure play on Alzheimer's or as a takeover candidate. It's one of those plays that offers true 100-to-1 profit potential. I rate Anavex a strong buy at current levels.

All You Can Eat Biotech Buffet for $55

My mid-tier play on biotechnology is the S&P Biotech ETF (NYSE Arca: XBI; $55). This gives you broadbased exposure to the biotech sector. This ETF holds giants like Amgen and Genzyme to smaller biotechs like Regeneron.

This ETF has rallied in lock-step with the biotech sector, as you can see by its chart:

I personally own this ETF and will be adding to it on weakness. I consider XBI a good way to participate in the growth in biotech this century. . . and I recommend it at current levels.

Big Johnson

If you're looking for a safe play in biotechnology, look no further than Johnson & Johnson (NYSE - JNJ; $60).

JNJ does over $60 billion in annual revenue and has $13 billion sitting in the bank. . . and pays a dividend of roughly 2%.

Their broad product line is second to none. They sell everything from Aveeno. . . to liquid stitches. . . to the cancer drug Procrit.

And last month, JNJ paid $893.7 million for Cougar Biotechnology, a development stage company that is testing a potential treatment for prostate cancer.

JNJ trades at a market cap of about $160 billion, so it's a big cap stock. But if you're looking for steady gains without a lot of risk exposure, JNJ is the way to go.

Profitably yours,

Brian Hicks

Junior Mining Stocks

Seven months ago, I was having dinner with a group of Vancouver stock brokers and venture capitalists at a tragically hip club in South Beach.

When the check came... everybody had "penguin arms." In other words, nobody reached for their wallets to pay for the group's overpriced meal.

A year prior, that probably wouldn't have happened.

The Vancouver Stock Exchange is the birthplace of the junior mining sector. . . and in 2007, it was sitting at record highs.

But in December of 2008. . . with the Vancouver stock market getting killed, promoters and investors, who once were on waiting lists for Porches and Audi R8s, were now getting busted out by bone-crunching margin calls that would literally send them into bankruptcy.

Only one guy in the group was smiling. He had gone short in September. . . and was now covering.

Champagne for everyone!

This same guy was also the one who said now is the time to buy junior mining stocks. His favorite was Argentex, trading for just $0.11 at the time.

It still is today. . . now trading for nearly $0.70.

I recommended Argentex in these very pages eight months ago. If you followed my recommendation, you're up big.

But in the update below, I will explain why there's even more upside to this junior mining stock.

Argentex Mining (ATX: TSXV, AGXM: OTCBB) is currently in the dark before the inevitable dawn. Within 12 months, I expect Argentex's valuation to reflect a 100 million ounce silver resource on their Pinguino property in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina.

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My 12-month target valuation for Argentex is $70 mil - $90 mil, or $2.00 - $2.70 per share.

Based on an analysis of 98,000 feet of core from a 45-mile vein system, Argentex's management has commissioned a 43-101 compliant engineering report.

I expect the report to describe a 100,000,000 oz. near surface silver deposit with additional gold and indium credits.

Our 24-month target valuation for Argentex is $135 mil - $155 mil, or $4.00 - $4.50 per share.

Due to the ‘shovel ready' nature of Argentex's deposit, I expect cash-strapped Argentex to begin production sooner rather than later by taking advantage of proximity to local producers to extract and refine ore in a joint venture agreement.

AngloGold Ashanti (ASX: NYSE), Coeur d'Alene (CDE: NYSE), Pan American Silver (PAA: TSX), Minera Andes (MAI: TSX), and Hochschild Mining (HOC: LSE) are each active in the region and may provide a local source for Argentex's production and refining and a potential exit for shareholders.

Why Now?

Junior miners have picked up steam since PDAC, and Argentex is very much a hot timing play. By acting now, an investor takes advantage of five years of invested capital and a still depressed market for junior miners.

Argentex's management has already conducted extensive drilling programs and I believe that they have identified a near-surface silver deposit in the magnitude of 100,000,000 ozs.

Canadian investor protection laws require an independent engineering report compliant with National Instrument 43-101 to be filed with regulators, to be disclosed to the public before management can describe any aspect of their resource to the public.

Argentex's management has recently commissioned an independent engineering firm to complete a 43-101 compliant report. Results are expected by the end of summer 2009.

I believe that Argentex will appreciate significantly in value when the report is filed and the results are disclosed to the market.

Following the definition of the resource, it is likely that Argentex will expand the definition of the resource with additional drilling— more drill holes along strike might show a continuation or an expansion of the trend—and that Argentex will move towards surface extraction and refining using local third-parties within 24 months.

If you don't have a position, now is the time to take immediate advantage of weakness in the stock and in the market for juniors to capitalize on anticipated catalysts that may drive Argentex up three to four times its current valuation in 12 months, and to eight times its value in 24 months.

I view the Argentex Opportunity in 3 phases:

1) Management has identified a near-surface silver deposit in the magnitude of 100,000,000 ozs. (approximately $1.2 billion, at current prices)

2) I expect Argentex's valuation to increase 250% - 350% when the engineering report is released, based on a 100-million ounce resource and comparable company valuations.

3) With minimal capital expense and impact, Argentex can move from exploration into production within 24 months by initiating surface extraction and refining in an arrangement with either, or both of, AngloGold's Cerro Vanguardia mine (22 miles away), or Coeur d'Alene's Marta mine (50 miles away).

Good investing,

Brian Hicks
Publisher, Wealth Daily

The Shrinking Value of the U.S. Dollar

Publisher’s Note: If you peruse CNBC, Bloomberg or even the Drudge Report on a daily basis like I do, then you’ve undoubtedly noticed an emerging market theme: The U.S. dollar is dead!

It seems like every day we hear calls from the leaders of India, Russia and China to create a new world reserve currency to replace the weakening dollar.

Will it happen?

Nobody knows.

But I do know this: America is printing so much money, and it's going into so much debt, there’s absolutely no way the US dollar will rebound anytime soon.

And for the morons who think that Obama knows what he’s doing by spending trillions of dollars to jump start the economy, just remember this: Bush started this spending spree. In terms of the economy, Obama is no different than Bush.

In the article below, the newest member of the Angel Publishing team — Alex Koyfman — explains why the dollar may never return to its status as the world’s reserve currency.

Enjoy,

Brian Hicks
Publisher, Wealth Daily

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The US government and Federal Reserve would like you to believe that the US dollar has inherent value. . . that it's stable. . . that it's a store of value. . . that it is, and will always be, the world's preferred currency.

But, as more and more people are learning everyday, that is all just a fairytale. . . a fantastic misrepresentation of reality. The truth is. . .

The Value of the US Dollar is Gone

A 1928 $1 Silver Certificate

A dollar, once redeemable for physical gold or silver, is only backed today “by the full faith and credit of the United States government.”

That means the US dollar is given credit and strengthened by the government's ability to levy taxes or borrow from a separate entity, like the Federal Reserve or a foreign government.

Think about that for a minute.

First of all, no entity, not even one as large as the United States government, has unlimited credit.

The American government, just like you or me, is limited by how much it can borrow. And with the national public debt already approaching $11.5 trillion — and growing by an astonishing $3.8 billion per day — the nation must be quickly reaching its credit limit.

Perhaps more frightening is the government's guarantee to back the US dollar through its ability to tax the American people.

If you don't pay your taxes, you may be fined, your paychecks may be garnished, your property may be seized, and you may even be thrown in prison. . . federal prison!

In other words, the government's guarantee of the dollar ultimately rests on your fear of incarceration.

What once derived its value from gold now takes its strength from state-sponsored intimidation.

It's true, we've fallen quite a ways from the days when the greenback meant something. And what's really scary is that. . .

The US Dollar's Value Has Eroded in Just a Few Decades

At the close of WWII, with just around 5% of the world population living in the US, the nation nevertheless produced 75% of the manufactured goods consumed globally.

It was an astounding achievement that set the stage for what many historians dubbed “America’s Century.”

That century is now over, literally and figuratively.

Although our economy was once responsible for a constant flow of steel, cars, ships, high-tech equipment, and all varieties of household goods. . . although our nation once fought off the Nazis and supplied the Allies with the goods and capital required to defeat the forces of evil and build the modern world up from the ravages of global war. . . today, America's number one product is debt.

And the mountains of debt we accumulate on a daily basis will only keep growing because our industry and exports simply cannot keep up.

We've all felt it, from the common citizen to the biggest corporations.

Unfortunately, the Fed’s main tactic for combating this mounting crisis is adding to the money supply, which they’re doing at an unprecedented rate today.

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Economist and executive editor of Shadow Government Statistics John Williams began tracking the total supply of money in circulation after the Federal Reserve refused to continue publishing the figures in 2006. Today, Williams estimates the total supply of US dollars — including large time deposits, institutional money-market funds, short-term repurchase agreements, and other larger liquid assets — is approximately $15 trillion.

This is a shocking 250% increase to the supply of US dollars in the past 15 years alone!

Of course, you know the result of this approach. . .

Every dollar the Federal Reserve prints, when not supported by an equivalent growth in productivity, just leads to a devaluation of every dollar in circulation. That includes all those dollars you’ve slaved to put away for your household improvements, your kids’ college fund, and your retirement.

Inevitably, as the Federal Reserve's hunger for capital increases, and the individual value of each dollar decreases, the taxpayer — the true backer of the US Dollar — will be coerced into paying ever-increasing chunks of precious income to keep the machine alive.

Eventually, something will have to give: either your ability to earn or Uncle Sam's ability to take it from you.

You make the call which will outlast which.

There is a way out, however. You can still salvage your savings and secure the value of your assets, as they're valued today, before it’s too late.

But for that, you’ll have to return to the antiquated practice our national economy dropped back in the early 1970s.

You can take your faith out of the future prospects of the US economy and put it back into something inherently valuable. . . something that maintains and even increases its worth just by existing.

The political machine that has ravaged our economy has had its chance, and has blown it every step of the way. Take your financial future into your hands today and learn why now is the best time in American history to invest in the metal that was once the backbone of an empire. . .

Gold!

Good Investing,

Alex Koyfman
Contributing Editor, Gold World

P.S. Let's face it, the only place to keep your money safe is in gold. But today's market offers investors new ways to hedge against a falling US dollar and profit handsomely in the process. Last week, I took a much closer look at Greg McCoach's latest gold investment recommendation, which yields 2x the profits made by gold. It turns out that every time gold goes up 1%, you're paid 2%. . . or every time gold goes up 10%, you're paid 20%. It's a pretty sweet deal any way you cut it. To learn more on how you can profit from Greg's new investment vehicle, just click on this link: http://www.angelnexus.com/o/web/13592

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From Gold World's Gold and Guns blog...

Banks to Stop Accepting IOUs from California
...as early as Friday!

Last week, the state of California began issuing IOUs — or “individual registered warrants” — to hundreds of thousands of its creditors. State Controller John Chiang said that without IOUs California would run out of cash by the end of this month.

But now a group of the biggest US banks — including Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and JP Morgan — say that they will stop accepting California's IOUs as early as Friday, adding pressure on the state to close its $26.3 billion annual budget gap.

Meanwhile, Fitch Ratings dropped California's bond rating from A to BBB amid the budget deadlock.

We'll keep you posted as the story develops...

— Luke Burgess

Natural Gas ETF

If you've been keeping an eye on your monthly utility bill, you have probably noticed that it's dropped dramatically.

That's because the price of natural gas has collapsed to a 7-year low.

Here's a chart of the price of natural gas for the past 2 years:

While most commodities have bounced back from their financial crisis lows (like oil, see below), natural gas prices remain below $4 per mcf.

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Last week, it was reported that America's natural gas reserves are much larger than previously thought.

That's because of a new technology which has allowed producers to drill for gas in shale rock (like that found in the Barnett Shale). Now, the country's estimated reserves are 35 percent higher than just two years ago and have reached the highest level in 44 years.

The report comes at a time when natural gas is being touted as a way to help reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and cut emissions that lead to global warming.

According to the report:

The country's estimated total natural gas resources stand at 2,074 trillion cubic feet, an increase of 542 trillion cubic feet from its last report.

The figure includes 238 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves as established by the Department of Energy and 1,836 trillion cubic feet of reserves labeled as probable, possible, and speculative.

The report reinforces a study released last year for the natural gas-backed American Clean Skies Foundation. It found the U.S. had 2,247 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves — a 118-year supply. The U.S. consumes about 22 trillion cubic feet of gas per year, almost all of it produced in the U.S.

Natural gas is used to generate about a fifth of the nation's electricity. It emits about half of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas that coal does. Those who are pushing natural gas production the hardest, like Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens, have promoted natural gas as a transportation fuel that could be used to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

According to Pickens, "I launched the Pickens Plan a year ago to help reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign oil, and using our abundant supply of natural gas as a transition fuel for fleet vehicles and heavy-duty trucks is a key element of that plan. On the same day this report is going out, diesel prices are again on the rise, squeezing the trucking industry. Now more than ever we need to take action to enact energy reform that will immediately reduce oil imports."

Thursday's report said shale now makes up one-third of the 1,836 trillion cubic feet of potential resources, much of it from a re-evaluation of shale gas in the Marcellus basin as well as the mid-continent region, the Gulf coast, and Rocky Mountain areas. Reserves jumped 16 percent overall from the group's last report two years ago, and estimates could go even higher because not all areas that have shale have been tested and explored.

Even though natural gas prices are trading at a 7-year low, I'm buying. It's the one commodity that hasn't rebounded from the sell-off experienced during the economic crisis.

My guess is natural gas prices will increase off their lows, as the surge in reserves was already priced into the market.

An easy way to play the rebound in natural gas is the US Natural Gas ETF (UNG). UNG is an ETF I own in my personal trading account.

Profitably yours,

Brian Hicks