More bullish talk about gold from Brian Hunt in DailyWealth. Brian uses what he calls the gold/hog ratio – a measure of gold versus consumer purchases – to show how gold has seriously outperformed consumer stocks…

Brian Hunt says there’s a rally coming for gold stocks. Despite a softening in spot gold prices today, Brian says gold prices are on a upward trend. Add to this increased cash flow in gold producers and you have a great profit play setting up…

Gold prices hit a four-month record yesterday, driven higher by the falling dollar and slumping equities.

Investors looked for a safe haven after the greenback hit a record low versus the euro. Gold prices reached $989.60 an ounce and fell back to $978.70 after a sharp drop crude oil prices.

Gold is not the only precious metal gaining ground, says Brian Hunt. Silver has gained 27 percent this year, against gold’s 17 percent.

Biotech, one of the most speculative sectors is “acting well” right now, says Brian Hunt. The Powershares Biotech ETF (PBE) has held steady while the market collapses around it. When the broader rally comes make sure you are in biotech…

Even the best investors are taking a beating, says Daily Wealth’s Brian Hunt. But Brian says we should follow mutual-fund legend Marty Whitman into Asian stocks and real estate…

Brian Hunt says the collapse of the US banking sector will one day lead so some fantastic bargains. He also says investors should avoid it like the plague for now…

Brian Hunt finds contrasting fortunes at America’s borders. Oil production in Mexico is tumbling, setting off alarm bells over economic growth and government revenues. At the same time, Canada ramps up output of the black stuff at the world’s largest safe deposit. Brian says the world will need to invest billions in new oil exploration in the coming years. In the meantime, he sees Canadian oil as a safe investment bet.

For the past several years, we’ve filled these pages with commentary on how “real stuff” like oil, grain, and gold are in an era of outperformance vs. conventional stocks… especially stocks in the landfill stuffing business.

We are sounding a “trading alert” in today’s column. The alert is cheap gold… dirt-cheap gold.