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.
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
Nothing gets people more fired up than high gasoline prices.
But ask the average man on the street why gas prices are on the rise, and you’ll discover that there is very little understanding about how the world works today.
Truly, the world energy market is a complex system. Many things influence ...read more
It’s no secret that adding small-cap junior minors to your portfolio can lead to outstanding profits.
Junior miners are, of course, the tiny companies hard at work finding… exploring… and hopefully mining some type of valuable mineral.
Yes, some of these companies will go bust as they burn through cash…
But find the ...read more
I used to think that the key thing about "black swan" events was that they were rare. That is, black swans were supposed to be unexpected occurrences that come along only every now and then. But when that rare event occurs, it can cause wild market distortions.
A Series of Unfortunate ...read more
As you know, there are big potential gains in small-cap stocks. But small-cap investing is hard work. And in my world, the resource world, there are thousands of small startup resource companies out there, which can make it hard to filter through the best investment. Let me tell you about ...read more
In late January, Chinese President Hu Jintao is visiting Washington, DC, to discuss U.S.-China issues with President Obama and other dignitaries. One would think that the diplomats from each nation would pass the word for everyone to keep a lid on developments that could somehow cast a shadow over a ...read more
The U.S. oil business relies on large amounts of capital input - big capital, spread out over a continental scale. The effort needs lots of skilled labor. The effort has many, many moving parts. And many of those parts are old and getting older.
According to the Chevron executive, "My greatest ...read more
There’s a bonanza-grade investment opportunity in a mineral that you’re probably familiar with. It’s a substance that many Americans come into contact with every single day — and few think twice about… And it’s a substance that could bring your portfolio significant gains in 2011.
I’m talking about graphite…
What do I ...read more
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