The Qualities of a Great Gold Miner... and the Best Bargain in Equities Today

Sunday, September 8, 2013 In the current edition of the Investment U Weekly Update, Bond Strategist and Host of The Oxford Club's Market Wake-Up Call Steve McDonald runs down the key issues affecting the global economy - and your investments. (Click the image to play.) This week, you'll find... Smokes Are Still Hot A Market Timer's Report Card The "Slap in the Face" Award: Social Insecurity You can check it out in this video. A World-Class Mining Company Sitting on a World-Changing Technology Since the late 1940s, one company has supplied the elements needed to develop breakthrough technologies. We're talking about automobiles... refrigerators... microprocessors... even color TV sets. Without this miner, mass-producing these innovations would have been nearly impossible. But as it turns out, the company's biggest claim to fame may be right around the corner... Recently, demand for a powerful but obscure element has started to mount. And one of the world's richest, most significant deposits belongs to our miner. To find out more, just click here. Here are the stories that were featured in Investment U this week... Labor Worth Celebrating By Andrew Snyder, Editorial Director It's Labor Day. Time to fire up the grill, put a six-pack on ice and flip through the pages of the back-to-school sales fliers. For most folks, it's just another holiday - an excuse to head to the beach. They have no idea what the holiday is all about. But at Investment U and The Oxford Club, we dig deeper. If we followed the pop-culture trends or relied on the mainstream media to help make our decisions, we'd go broke... financially and morally. Click here to read the full story. The Qualities of a Great Gold Miner By Sean Brodrick, Resource Strategist Sean answers a question from the reader Mailbag... Can you shed some light on precious metal investments relative to this season's Discovery Channel's Gold Rush TV show? Sean's Answer: First, let me congratulate you for looking at precious metals miners. It's one of the few sectors that are actually trading at bargain prices. And there are many bargains to be found. But to answer your question: No, I can't shed much light on the mining companies that are featured on the TV program you mention. I don't watch Gold Rush. I strongly urge you to watch for entertainment purposes only... or not at all. Click here to read the full story. It's Time to Invest in Europe By Marc Lichtenfeld, Chief Income Strategist It wasn't long ago that a person would have been crazy to invest in Europe. The continent's economies seemed stuck in quicksand. Unemployment was horrendously high. Several nations appeared on the verge of economic collapse. And there was little reason to believe growth was going to appear any time soon. But then a funny thing happened. Europe started growing again. Click here to read the full story. Prospecting for Gold in Nevada By Sean Brodrick, Resource Strategist We like to think of Las Vegas as the original Sin City. But Virginia City, Nev., claimed that title much earlier. In 1863, the number of arrests equaled one-third of the mining town's population of 30,000 people! I can't wait to get there next week... and prospect for a little gold and silver. But I'm not going to stand waist-deep in a stream bed (or get locked in a jail cell). Instead, I'll visit five red-hot little mining companies in a whirlwind tour through the Nevada desert. Click here to read the full story. The Best Bargain in Equities Today By Alexander Green, Chief Investment Strategist Every once in a while, every serious, long-term investor ought to stop, look around and ask himself (or herself), "What asset class can I invest in now that is unequivocally cheap?" My answer today is emerging market stocks. Click here to read the full story. Be sure to check out some of the other investment stories that we've published recently on our website at InvestmentU.com. Moto X Could Push Google (GOOG) Well Above $1,000 a Share Opportunity Erupts as the Potash Cartel Dissolves Rising Interest Rates Mean Trouble for Banks, Insurers Three Rail Stocks to Watch – SHARE INVESTMENT U – If you enjoy reading Investment U, why not share it with your family and friends? Simply send them this link, so they can sign up (for free, of course). – QUESTIONS – Republish Investment U on your website or blog for free. Learn how. Have a question for our editorial team? Contact us. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Investment U. To unsubscribe from Investment U or to manage your account, click here To cancel by mail or for any other subscription issues, write us at: Investment U Attn: Member Services 105 West Monument Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Keep the emails you value from falling into your spam folder. Whitelist Investment U. 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