As mentioned above, in terms of recent correlations the performance of silver seems particularly important
for precious metals stocks.
As uncertainty weighs on the stock market and geopolitical risks escalate, billionaire Naguib Sawiris is betting big on gold, investing half of his $ 5.7 billion fortune in the precious metal
It has only been around for a few years — years in which metals were falling more than rising — but over the past three years it nevertheless
outperformed precious metals stocks, on average.
RESOURCE WORLD: With the prices of gold and silver increasing and
select precious metal stocks doing well, a new lithium staking rush under way, plus the Venture Exchange up about 200 points, do you think we are finally in a recovery for the junior mining sector?
August gold, daily — gold itself continues to look fairly strong recently, but its rally is currently not confirmed
by precious metals stocks.
On the other side of the (gold) coin, the above historical analysis suggests the
HUI Precious Metals Stock Index might soar +326 % to 830 by late 2016.
The S&P / TSX composite index gained 57.47 points to 13,392.2 following a 155 - point jump Wednesday, with gains Thursday limited by the gold sector
as precious metal stocks added to the steep declines chalked up this year while bullion closed at a three - year low.
The fund benefited from strong security selection in the energy and industrial sectors and from underweighting
weak precious metals stocks.
precious metals stocks — regardless of whether they predominantly mine gold or silver — have shown far stronger correlation with silver prices than with gold prices over the past two years (see the chart at the end of this post); 2.
Even though Marc Faber prefers physical precious metals than
precious metal stocks, he is long some gold miners such as Novagold (NYSEMKT: NG)(TSE: NG) and Ivanhoe Mines (TSE: IVN).
Here's what he writes in The Four Pillars of Investing (review): «But with some trepidation, I think that there are two sectors worth considering: REITs (real estate income trusts) and
precious metal stocks» and concludes that «the maximum exposure you should allow for this asset class is 15 % of your stock component».
However, as frantic frightened investors fled the stock market, they sought safe haven by piling into
the precious metal stocks.
Precious metals stocks can be volatile as their fortunes are linked directly to the prices of metals like gold and -LSB-...]
For our recent report on
a precious metals stock we rate as a buy for, read Rising silver can make this stock shine.
Here's what he writes in The Four Pillars of Investing (review): «But with some trepidation, I think that there are two sectors worth considering: REITs (real estate income trusts) and
precious metal stocks» and concludes that «the maximum exposure you should allow for this asset class is 15 % of your stock component».
The investment manager will also purchase utility and other energy - related stocks,
precious metals stocks, shares of REITs, and foreign government debt when market conditions are believed to favor such diversification.
I would normally view a book with such a title with considerable skepticism even though, as the previous blog post reveals, I've long been a believer in having a 5 to 10 % position in some combination of gold or
precious metals stocks, mutual funds or ETFs, or the underlying physical metals (coins or bullion bars).
Camp 3: The 10 % camp I inhabit myself, with roughly equal exposure to bullion, including silver and platinum, plus
precious metals stocks.