My Favorite Stock For 2012
The biggest copper miner in the world is actually one of my favorite blue chip commodity stocks, and it's on sale again.
Hidden Profits in the Gold Sector
Despite the dip in gold stocks, my colleague Jason Cimpl recently closed out a winning trade in this hidden part of the gold market.
Bonds for Commodity Investors
Being a bond investor should be the end-goal for anyone running any portion of their own money.
One of the Easiest Ways to Lower Your Investment Tax Bill
There's a simple way to DECREASE your tax bill, INCREASE your gains AND do so without added complexity or volatility in your portfolio.
The Best Gold and Silver Stocks To Buy Now
If you're looking for the biggest gains in the precious metals space with the least amount of risk then look into emerging gold and silver producers.
I Really Hope You Bought This Stock...
Before I tell you about the exciting stock story, I have to mention something unusual. As you know, I eat, sleep and breathe commodity investments.
And until recently, I mainly bought gold and silver, as well as regular old commodity stocks like Exxon-Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX).
But a few weeks ago my co-worker Andy convinced me to do something I've never done before.
Don't Miss the Mania Stage
We're not yet in the mania stage for gold. We could be as close as a year, or as far as 5 years, but we're just not there yet. Take a look at the chart below, which shows gold compared to two of the last, biggest asset bubbles.
What kind of performance can we realistically expect for gold companies to see when we do enter the mania phase?
It's tough to find historical data on gold companies during the 1970s. Most of them are gone. The rest have been gobbled up or sliced apart into completely different companies.
How Much for the Island?
Investing in gold is often called a “fear trade.” In times of crisis, it’s believed that gold will hold its value, and even rise, while the value of paper currencies and other assets fall.
If you bought SPDR Gold ETF (NYSE:GLD), which seeks to track the price of physical gold, 2 years ago, you’d be up around 36%.
The S&P 500 is down around 15% during that time.
You probably already know that gold hit a new all-time high yesterday at $1,200 an ounce. And even though other traditional measures of fear – like the volatility index (VIX), bonds and even stocks – didn’t move much today, the move in gold can’t be ignored.
