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Doug Hadfield interviews analyst John Kaiser, who talks about rare earth elements and juniors trying to develop viable deposits.

This as Tom Dyson of DailyWealth believes investors should thank this oil company for these solid 10% dividends.

And in a blast to Ticker Trax subscribers from Medellin, Thom Calandra gives props to some enticing prospects in Colombia.

Top Bullboards post: In response to the proposed sale of Berens Energy (TSX: T.BEN, Stock Forum) to PetroBakken, petesky1 wrote: “Tens of millions have been quickly spent on buying up BEN at $2.68. Do we know who's buying up all these shares? Are these buyers trying to make a profit on a small margin or do they believe that the acquisition will reap long term increases in the stock price? It's hard to cut this one loose knowing that so much money is being spent on buying the stock at current prices. “Any thoughts from people selling and people holding on? Thanks. “ps. Is it possible that PetroBakken is the buyer of all these shares?”

Top Bullboard: ARISE Technologies (TSX: T.APV, Stock Forum) collected the most posts while Ecometals (TSX: V.EC, Stock Forum) received the second-most reads.

Top blog: schor outlines the blogger’s junior resource stock picks for 2010 in the Comments from Schor blog.

For news about small stocks that made big moves in Monday’s trading, please read the Stockhouse Canadian Small and Micro-cap Stock Report.

Word on Wall Street

"The biggest variable for the market right now is all the money that's either on the sidelines or flowed out of stock funds last year and into bonds," said portfolio manager Bob Johnson of Satuit Capital Management, in an interview with MarketWatch. "People wanted to feel more secure six or eight months ago, so they went out of equities just at the point when they really should have been going in. Now they're feeling like they don't want to be left out."