Gold Stocks

Gold and silver prices have been soaring in 2016; so, too, have the top mining stocks. With fears of a recession in the U.S. and continued global economic weakness, gold and silver mining companies continue to be a popular choice for investors looking to diversify their portfolio and…

It is not usually a good idea to try and catch a falling piano. So much change is in the air: the stock market breakout, declining commodity prices, and a world awash in cash. Thinking about gold, it is just a piece of soft rock. But it’s a…

I have been a major supporter of gold for the past decade during the run-up in prices, but I can’t say I’m that confident at this moment. Of course, there are still the issues in the eurozone, tension in the Middle East, and the crazy man running North…

The amount of bearish sentiment towards gold prices these days on the part of investors is not surprising to me. Investors often work in herds, moving to “hot” sectors from “weak” sectors very quickly. But, as I have said all along, the “gold play” is a long-term one,…

More hard reality is coming to the stock market and those commodities that will benefit from the headwinds coming our way. The spot price of gold has been going up on a weaker U.S. dollar, which has been going down because of worries regarding the global economy. Gold…

Silver prices have had an extraordinarily strong move over the past few weeks. With the anticipation of a new monetary stimulus plan by the Federal Reserve, many investors piled into this commodity and ran up silver prices. According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, bets on higher…

Gold and silver prices are going up, and it’s a great time to be back in the precious metals sector. Gold and silver stocks corrected significantly, along with spot prices this year, and a lot of value developed among the best stocks in the sector. Both gold and…

On the stock market, gold stocks recovered from their recent correction, but they are still lagging the recovery in the spot price of gold. The same goes for silver stocks, whose stock market performance is even more behind the spot price action. Institutional investors have lost a lot…

There’s a lot of value in the stock market today, and it’s commodity-related. But with expectations for declining economic growth in the world’s major economies, it’s easy to see why oil prices are around $85.00 a barrel, not $100.00. Like the broader stock market, gold prices are holding…

Gold stocks have had a difficult year. As a group, they underperformed gold bullion; however, there have been signs of life, as a large number of buyers have stepped in over the recent weeks to accumulate shares of gold stocks. One of these gold stocks that have had…

Much has been written about the underperformance of gold stocks versus gold bullion. For many investors in gold stocks, this has been a frustrating period of time to see so many undervalued and cheap companies not being able to move up in price. This divergence appears to have…

The volatility in oil prices has been significant over the past year. These last few weeks has actually seen a lot less volatility almost the “calm before the storm.” Oil prices, as with all commodities, functions based on supply and demand. We can see a lot of these…

A lot of talk has been focused on gold bullion over the past few years. The question I’ve been asked lately is: has this decade-long run in gold prices come to an end or will it continue? Let’s look at it from two perspectives. From a fundamental stance,…

Right now, precious metal stocks aren’t performing that well, even though many gold mining companies are reporting record production and earnings. Furthermore, corporate visibility at many gold mining companies is rosy, yet, as a group, precious metal stocks are mostly down since the beginning of the year. The…

Much time has been spent recently discussing the up and down moves in the price of gold bullion. People with a long-term investment strategy need to weigh a lot of different variables when determining what they should be doing with their funds and the varying factors that are…

We are seeing some calm return to the equity markets after Greece managed to convince its debt holders to take a loss of over $200 billion. The aftermath has hurt gold, as the precious metal has hit a snag; it’s down below $1,700 and looking to a possible…

Following the news of Glencore International plc’s purchase of Xstrata Plc, which will create a diverse firm involved in a variety of precious metals, there is increased investor interest in mining companies, with everyone looking over their shoulder, asking, “Who’s next?” Since the deal is so large, this…

For years, I’ve been a bull on gold mining stocks, but also precious metals stocks in general. Gold mining stocks and precious metals stocks did not perform very well last year (compared to recent years), but that doesn’t mean there is no value in them. Usually, when a…

After the tech bubble in March 2000 popped and before the recent financial and credit crises struck, at least three sectors have managed to post significant gains: bonds; real estate; and small-caps. For some reason, however, gold remained under the radar for most investors. Yet, since the stock…

Since the bursting of the tech bubble in March 2000 and before the recent financial and credit crises struck, at least three sectors have managed to post significant gains: bonds; real estate; and small-caps. For some reason, however, gold remained under the radar for most investors. Yet, since…