What’s Wrong With Gold Stocks?

Earlier this year (”Gold Stocks Pay Off“), it seemed like the stars had lined up for gold stock investors. Gold equities looked cheap relative to bullion in mid-March, at least on the basis of the GLD/GDX ratio. The ratio, representing the price multiple of the SPDR Gold Shares Trust (NYSE: GLD) over the Market Vectors […]


Mines’ Eyes Have Not Seen The Glory

Written by Eli Neusner
March 04, 2008 12:53 PM EST
Gold prices are on a relentless march toward $1,000/ounce. Gold bullion closed on February 29 at $974 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, and some precious metals analysts are predicting gold will eventually reach $1,700 an ounce or more.
The reasons for the strong move are […]


Adding Alternatives to your allocation

Readers here would have noticed that I do have much info here dedicated to commodities, gold or energy in my weblog. This is because going forward, these alternatives have a huge potential to provide that alpha growth for your portfolio.
Alternatives as an asset class
Critics of commodities would point to the 20 barren years where they […]