You'll notice that as an example, 2015 was a horrific year for gold and a horrific
year for gold stocks.
The upward path of gold and gold stocks over the past several years has been quite volatile, and «every dip to these prices has been a buying
opportunity for gold stocks,» he says.
Therefore, don't be hoodwinked by superficial comparisons into believing that gold stocks are now priced for a hundreds - of - dollars - per - ounce lower gold price and, as a consequence, that massive gains lie
ahead for gold stocks even if the gold price flat - lines or continues to trend downward.
Whilst it may be debatable how gold prices will behave under each scenario, neither outcome is
positive for gold stocks.
Using monthly consumer price indexes (not seasonally adjusted) for the four countries and monthly returns for spot gold (bullion) in the four associated currencies since January 1968, monthly survey - based U.S. inflation expectations since January 1978, and monthly returns on the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index (XAU) as a
proxy for gold stocks since January 1984, all through December 2014, they find that: Keep Reading
But to turn this uncorrelated performance into greater wealth, you need to set a target portfolio
percentage for your gold stocks and then regularly rebalance back to your target.
In the second part of his interview with Merryn Somerset Webb, Edward Chancellor talks about the capital cycle and the
prospects for gold stocks.
The decline of prices starting in August and the Trump election was a one - two punch in the
gut for gold stocks.
Similarly, for gold bullion to reach overbought territory it would need another 20 percent move, and
for gold stocks to be overbought they would need another 30 percent move.
As long - term investors, the ideal case would actually be
for both gold stocks and the equity market as a whole to decline (though with the overall market declining more significantly).