This post is one in a series in which more than 60 newsletter advisors share their Top Stock Picks for 2011. This special report is courtesy of TheStockAdvisors.com.

"Northern Dynasty (NAK) -- my top pick for 2011 -- is an exploration and development mining company that has discovered and drilled off one of the largest gold-copper deposits in the world," says Tom Bishop.

The editor of BI Research explains, "The Pebble deposit, discovered by and still 50% owned by Northern Dynasty, is located in southwestern Alaska and contains 80 billion pounds of copper and 107 million ounces of gold.

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"Geron (GERN) is developing first-in-class biopharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer and chronic degenerative diseases, including spinal cord injury, heart failure and diabetes," says Tom Bishop.

In his BI Research advisory he explains, "The company is also a, if not the, world leader in the development of human embryonic stem cell-based therapeutics." Here's his in-deth analysis of the company.

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This post is part of a special report, Top Picks for 2010, the 27th annual survey in which TheStockAdvisors.com asks the nation's leading advisors for their single favorite stock for the new year. See all 80 stocks listed here.

"Continental Minerals (KMKCF), my top pick for 2010, holds high-grade copper and gold deposits that are located in Tibet/China," notes Tom Bishop.

In his BI Research, an advisory focused on small-cap, high-growth stocks that has been published for over 30 years, he adds, "I also believe the company is a juicy takeover target."

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"Few industries seem as well positioned for future growth as the generic drug industry," says small-cap growth stock specialist Tom Bishop.

In his BI Research newsletter, he explains, "With demographic pointing to an increasingly aging population, and healthcare costs spiraling out of control, low cost generic drugs are clearly part of the solution." Here's a look at generic drug maker Mylan (NYSE: MYL).

"High on the agenda of the Obama administration is to bring health care coverage to some 40 million Americans who are currently not covered.

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This post is part of a special report, Global advisors look to China.

"Bull markets are born in the pits of despair; from current low stock prices and low PE valuations, the gains over the coming 5 to 10 years could be truly spectacular," says Tom Bishop.

In his BI Research, the small cap growth specialist looks at two stocks that are based in China and set to benefit from China's stimulus program: energy efficiency play, SmartHeat (NASDAQ: HEAT) and medical diagnostics firm, Mindray Medical (NYSE: MR).

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With its own economic stimulus program in place, a relatively stable banking system, and a stock market that has been resilient in recent months, numerous leading global investment advisors are looking bullishly towards China.

From technology to power, and from individual stocks to ETFs, and from Hong Kong to Taiwan to mainland China, we turn to seven leading advisors for their favorite ways for US investors to take a stake in Asia.

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This post is part of a special annual report -- Top Stock Picks '09 -- in which TheStockAdvisors.com asked 75 leading newsletter advisors to select their favorite investment for the new year.

"An excellent idea for 2009 is PowerShares Value Line Industry Rotation (NYSE: PYH), says growth stock expert Tom Bishop.

In his BI Research newsletter, the advisor explains, "The fund only buys stocks that earn Value Line's top rating. For years, I have sought an easy way to invest in the Value Line stocks ranked 1, and now, here it is.

"If you look at the top 10 worst declines in the stock market back to the depression, these averaged 43%, with a median of 40% and makes the current bear market the second worst on record.

"And the average rebound in the 12 months following the low point? A whopping 55.6%. We may have hit that low point on November 20th. Only time will tell, but I have noticed that while the bad news keeps pouring in, the market is now up about 20% since then despite it. This is a possible sign that we have hit bottom.

"I am recommending PowerShares Value Line Industry Rotation, which is comprised of 75 stocks ranked 1 by Value Line, restricted to its top 50 ranked industries, with two in each of the top 25 industries.

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For 25 years, Steven Halpern, editor of TheStockAdvisors.com, has surveyed the leading financial newsletter advisors asking for their favorite stocks for the coming year. This article is one of 100+ ideas in the Best Stocks for 2008 report.

"My favorite conservative pick for 2008 is the FUNDX Aggressive Upgrader Fund (NASDAQ: HOTFX), one of DAL Investment Company's mutual funds," says Tom Bishop, editor of BI Research.

"This fund consists of 50 of the top-performing, no-load mutual funds and iShares with focuses all over the world. In fact, this fund currently has 82% foreign exposure and 18% domestic. So there is a lot of diversification here in one fund.

"And if you are nervous about a recession in the US, here is a good place to diversify away from being totally invested at home. Face it, in any given year there are often much hotter countries than the US.

"DAL's Upgrader Funds are constantly monitoring mutual funds and markets worldwide for the top performing countries and mutual funds and endeavoring to stay invested in whatever funds are performing the best, rotating in and out as necessary.

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For 25 years, Steven Halpern, editor of TheStockAdvisors.com, has surveyed the leading financial newsletter advisors asking for their favorite stocks for the coming year. This article is one of 100+ ideas in the Best Stocks for 2008 report.

"My favorite aggressive idea for 2008 is NutraCea (NASDAQ: NTRZ), a low-priced, speculative issue," says Tom Bishop, editor of BI Research.

"Rice is the most consumed food on the planet and NutraCea has found a way to process rice bran -- 60 million tons of which comes off the rice kernel during the milling process worldwide -- into an extraordinarily nutritious food ingredient/nutraceutical that is also loaded with more than 100 antioxidants.

"The milling process normally triggers an enzyme that makes rice bran quickly (within hours) go rancid and thus it is for the most part discarded the world over. So rice mills will gladly allow NutraCea to build one of its stabilization facilities on site.

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This article is part of a 20 article special report on "Metals, miners and money".

Taseko Mines (AMEX: TGB) "operates the Gibraltar open-pit copper mine in British Columbia, which it is significantly expanding and upgrading," notes Tom Bishop, editor of BI Research. "One of the big advantages of investing in Taseko is that its operations are all located in North America, which removes a lot of uncertainty.

"An even bigger advantage is that with copper prices soaring (and sticking to the ceiling around $3.50 a pound), Taseko has actually been able to step up to the plate and relatively quickly (and inexpensively) essentially double production capacity.

"The Gibraltar expansion everything appears to be on track. A combination of higher grade ore and better recoveries, not to mention copper prices around $3.50, should spark some more earnings improvement in the coming quarters.

"Meanwhile, don't forget their giant Prosperity project -- one of the largest open pit gold-copper deposits in North America in development. It is estimated to have 4.5 million recoverable ounces of gold and 2 billion recoverable pounds of copper.

"The project cost is $800 million and production is expected to average 108 million lbs. of copper and 247,000 oz. of gold. Prosperity continues to move through the permitting process. I see earnings per share of $0.50 - $0.55 for 2008. Taseko has more than lived up to my expectations as my favorite for 2007 and I continue to rate the stock a buy."

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What are the best speculations and investments among metals, miners, and other resource plays? To find out, I turned to 20 of the nation's leading newsletter editors, as well as speakers from the recent New Orleans Conference, a leading forum for resource advisors.

Their current top ideas cover a wide diversity of ideas, from gold and silver, from alumina and copper, to platinum and palladium. These picks cover markets from Chile to China and from Canada to Russia. These ideas also range from large cap, well-established, and diversified companies to small cap, development-stage junior speculations.

Readers should only consider these ideas as a starting place for their own research and should keep in mind the caveat that any stock you buy should only be considered within the framework of your own time horizon and risk parameters. Meanwhile, here are 20 different advisors assessing various aspects of the metals, mining, and resources sectors:

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Each year Steven Halpern, editor of TheStockAdvisors.com, surveys the leading financial newsletter advisors asking for their favorite stocks for the coming year. This article is part of his 24th annual Top Picks Report.

Taseko Mines Ltd. (ASE: TGB) is the favorite speculative play for 2007 from Tom Bishop, editor of BI Research. He notes, "After living hand to mouth for five or six years during lean copper and gold prices, Taseko bought the Gibraltar mine, which it picked up for a song when copper was down in the low $0.60/lb range.

"Today copper is around $3/lb, the mine is back into production and now its cash stash, including proceeds from a $30 million convertible, is steaming towards C$100 million. The company just added about 38% to its mineral reserves, which now stand at 256 million tons (equating to a 15-year mine life) grading 0.32% copper and 0.01% molybdenum.

Note the molybdenum alone adds over $20 million to revenues annually. The company is upgrading and expanding its Gibraltar mill/production facility, and will be moving to a higher grade softer ore part of the ore body in 2007. Therefore, with mill improvements I expect production to increase 20 to 30% this year and generate about $0.65 to $0.70 of cash flow, which is not bad for a company trading at $2.60.

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