While the value
of gold mining stocks has historically been closely tied to the price of gold itself, other factors can determine the value of the individual companies.
Before I go into gold and silver miners and my own personal investment strategy, I am not advocating anyone to follow my strategy nor to load up
on gold mining stocks.
History has
shown gold mining stocks to significantly rise in such events and I plan to cash out at that moment and buy up the dividend stocks at a fire sale!
Don't buy a precious metals fund as an alternative as most own gold and
gold mining stocks which we've been negative on for many moons.
Generally,
gold mining stocks rise and fall faster than the price of gold itself, making these a higher risk, higher potential gain / loss way of investing in gold.
With gold mining stocks, it's important keep up with the latest headlines, developments, and most importantly market sentiment.
While buying gold in the physical form of coins and bars is the simplest way to go, there are other more
complex gold mining stocks and futures that are alternative ways to invest.
History has shown that by having just 15 %
of gold mining stocks can protect your portfolio's nominal value from plunging.
Before I go into gold and silver miners and my own personal investment strategy, I am not advocating anyone to follow my strategy nor to load up
on gold mining stocks.
History has
shown gold mining stocks to significantly rise in such events and I plan to cash out at that moment and buy up the dividend stocks at a fire sale!
While we were right to be short gold and energy related stocks gold the metal which we short hasn't done as poorly
as gold mining stocks which are what makes up most of the precious metals fund category holdings.
NEW YORK (TheStreet)--
Gold mining stocks such as Barrick Gold (ABX), Goldcorp (GG), Newmont Mining (NEM) and Yamana Gold (AUY) remain appropriate choices as holdings in diversified investment portfolios to hedge the downside risk in global stock markets.
Going forward,
gold mining stock investors have to ask themselves to what degree the industry will benefit from expiring hedges, less hedging activity, and higher gold prices.
The VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF, which offers low - cost exposure to a pool of small -
cap gold mining stocks, grew so large that at one point it stood to become a 20 % owner of some of the companies that make up its portfolio.
As always, I recommend a 10 percent weighting, with 5 percent in gold bullion, 5 percent in high -
quality gold mining stocks and ETFs.
One of the consequences of a weaker rand has been stronger gold priced in the local currency and higher South
African gold mining stocks, as measured by the FTSE / JSE Africa Gold Mining Index.
I put the chart the gold together with the 5
top gold mining stocks by market cap, which I started to cover this August.
The two main ETFs we trade are SPDR Gold Trust ($ GLD), which tracks the price of spot gold futures, and Junior Gold Miners ($ GDXJ), which is comprised of a basket of
smaller gold mining stocks.
Market Cap: We always look at the market cap of
gold mining stocks versus the estimated value of the mineral resource they have in the ground.
Proximity: When we
recommend gold mining stocks, we prefer those that operate in an area with geology that is similar to that of nearby producing mines.
The book covers the factors that move Gold, why Gold fell into a long bear market that would end soon, why Gold's secular bull market would resume and
why gold mining stocks were / are the buy of a lifetime.
According to the Canadian ETF Association's latest stats, the most popular funds include those
tracking gold mining stocks, preferred shares, high - yield bonds and covered calls, each with assets between $ 800 million and $ 1.3 billion.
The best thing that ever happened to an investor
in gold mining stocks has been the collapse of the gold bubble from $ 1,800 by 40 % or so
The other kind of gold ETF tracks an index
of gold mining stocks like, for example, the iShares CDN Gold Sector Index Fund, which follows the S&P / TSX Global Gold Index.
One
gold mining stock in particular, Newmont, has become one of the worst performers on the S&P 500 since Trump's election, despite the president elect's love of all things gold — including the gold standard.
That included vaulted gold, gold accumulation plans, gold certificates, gold - backed ETFs like GLD, and
gold mining stocks.
Perhaps more remarkably,
gold mining stocks are up nearly 78 % during the same period, according to Bloomberg data.
The biggest decision that I've made in 2016 was to sell
my gold mining stocks for a profit.
Not only is the plan working but
the gold mining stocks have maintained my portfolios balance.
As former CEO of Casey Research and CEO of a couple of private funds I manage with Marin Katusa, I am very close to
gold mining stocks and the mining exploration business.
With 5 percent in gold bullion and 5 percent in
gold mining stocks, along with an annual rebalancing, investors could potentially offset their losses in other holdings.