Byron King is the managing editor of Outstanding Investments and Energy & Scarcity Investor. These publications reach over 60,000 paid subscribers. He is also a contributor to the Daily Reckoning. King is a Harvard-trained geologist who has traveled to every U.S. state and territory and six of the seven continents. He has conducted site visits to mineral deposits in 26 countries and deep-water oil fields in five oceans. This provides him with a unique perspective on the myriad of investment opportunities in energy and mineral exploration. He has been interviewed by dozens of major print and broadcast media outlets including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, MSN Money, MarketWatch, Fox Business News, and PBS Newshour.
The Russian and the Frenchman
First, let’s return to Mendeleev and his missing elements. Why were there gaps in his table? Did the Russian scientist make errors in arranging the elements? Or, based on the gaps, were these apparently “missing elements” key to another aspect of chemistry?
Mendeleev was perplexed, but he ...read more
When you listen to military communications, a lot of words are slang, and actually have quite distinct meanings. For example, there was this time, long ago during my Navy days, when my squadron was working up out at NAS Fallon, Nevada. (“Working up” is Navy shorthand for getting everyone qualified ...read more
There’s a short phrase buried deep within the U.S. Constitution, at Article I, Section 8, Clause 13. It’s short. In fact, it’s only six words. But it practically guarantees us the chance to profit as investors.
The Constitution doesn’t spell out many things in black and white. Heck, people litigate constitutional ...read more
Did you hear the U.S. Mint recently ran out of silver? In mid-January, the Mint suspended sale of the 2013 run of its popular U.S. "Eagles."
The new silver Eagles sold out fast. They went on sale, and buyers bought everything they could lay hands on. Within days, the shelves at ...read more
Money, although most people don’t view it as such, is technology.
Think about it. Money is not a “natural” thing.
Money is a human abstraction. Money is an idea that’s harnessed to certain standards. For example, archaeologists tell us that primitive societies used colored stones, seashells or pieces of bone as money.
Then ...read more
I’ve uncovered a mineral play that has a treasure-trove of upside packed into each low-priced share. Indeed, if I had to design an investment with “space shuttle” upside potential, this one would offer a template. Here’s the outline...
The share price has been beaten down below reasonable measures. Yes, the market ...read more
“It is tougher than diamond, but stretches like rubber. It is virtually invisible, conducts electricity and heat better than any copper wire and weighs next to nothing. Meet graphene — an astonishing new material which could revolutionize almost every part of our lives.” — The Daily Mail
Imagine winning the Nobel ...read more
My investment ideas are based on companies that control solid resource assets. I mean oil, natural gas, uranium, gold, silver, copper and much more. These are real things, not vaporware.
The firms in my portfolios have not only great assets, but also great management and excellent business plans. These companies are ...read more
The beryllium space is evolving. The “fourth element” is a key part of the high tech and aerospace economy — where there’s no real recession!
Think about that. Who buys beryllium?
The big airplane builders have fat order books. The rest of aerospace is still doing things that have to get done ...read more
Today I want to introduce you to “The Fourth Element”.
Until now, its importance to national defense has not been well understood, except to military professionals across the world that follow these kind of developments. Well that’s about to change...
Because one little-known company has discovered a revolutionary new proprietary technology that ...read more
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