Cranberry Capital Inc. President Paul van Eeden still favors the natural resources sector above all others because they are “absolutely central to our standard of living, our quality of life and the technological progress we’ve made.” Despite the dangers, frothiness of equities and absence of fundamentals to support current valuations, he says, “there are always opportunities in the market. . .you just have to recognize them.” Find out where Paul believes investors can find good value in the current market in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report.

The turmoil across North Africa and the Middle East is threatening not only to overthrow aging dictatorships, autocracies and monarchies, but also to upset the geopolitical balance between the countries of that region and the Western powers that has existed since at least the 1950s. For the West, the issue has always been the security of oil. For the US there is a second issue, and that is the security of Israel. Now both are under threat.

On December 17th of last year, Fronteer Gold (FRG) announced the sale of its subsidiary corporation, Aurora Energy Resources Inc. Paladin Energy Ltd. (PALAF.PK) would acquire 100% of the uranium assets in exchange for 52.1 million common shares. This made Fronteer the largest shareholder in Paladin at 6.7%. This made the deal worth C$260.87 million. Aurora had significant uranium resources:

There are many different kinds of revolution; some more effective than others. Telling the difference between a successful revolution and a failed revolution can be tricky. Often, on the surface, they look exactly the same. The secret is to set aside what we would “like” to see, and be brutally honest about what was actually accomplished in the course of the dissenting action.

The Legendary Richard Russell: “I’ve said before that the period of “making money” has essentially come to an end. The new era of “not losing money” or not losing purchasing power has arrived. Another way of putting it is that the era of protecting what we still have has arrived. Inflation, cost of living and rising taxes will all take their turns in eating into the good life that Americans have enjoyed since the end of World War II. ” dowtheoryletters.com

Market Crash 2011: It will hit by Christmas

Commentary: The S&P 500 is worth only 910. Get out or lose big

Politicians lie. Bankers lie. Yes, they’re liars. But they’re not bad, it’s in their genes, inherited. Their brains are wired that way, warn scientists. Like addicts, they can’t help themselves. They want to sell stuff, get rich.

We want to believe they’re telling us the truth. Silly, huh? Both trapped in this eternal “dance of death” controlled by programs hidden deep in our brains, telling us what to do, telling us to ignore facts to the contrary — till it’s too late, till a new crisis crushes all of us.

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