Editor’s note: There are three reasons you are receiving this today.
- Gold is at an all-time high. And there’s a great chance that it could push the $3,000-per-ounce mark in the next 30 days.
- Sean Brodrick is calling for EVEN HIGHER gold prices in the coming months and gave you three new reasons just yesterday.
- We first sent the following article on New Year’s Eve. And while it was prescient then (see reason No. 1), it is even more pressing right now.
So, we urge you to check it out below … even if you caught it the first time. And if you didn’t, the four stocks, five ETFs and a gold bar ahead could help you make up for lost time.
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| By Gavin Magor |
I usually leave the topic of gold to Sean, our resident natural-resource expert.
After all, Sean’s a beast at recognizing the best times to invest in precious metals. And, of course, the stocks that stand to fly higher than bullion itself.
Gold is poised to end this year with its best annual performance in more than a decade. [It did]
The yellow metal gained nearly 26%.
It’s clear gold rewarded (and protected) those investors who made it a part of their portfolio this year.
And this year is still quite young!
To get Sean’s forecast for what comes next … and for a way to claim a Weiss-exclusive 2-gram gold bar for yourself … click here now.
Gold offers much more than a way to capitalize on outsized gains. It gives you an added layer of diversification that doesn’t necessarily turn down when stocks remember that their job is to go up.
That should be especially true in the new year, whose opportunities and challenges have yet to reveal themselves.
Just like stocks and bonds, many variables impact gold’s performance.
- In 2024, buying by central banks and elevated retail interest especially from China and India drove up demand and, therefore, the price of gold. Asia consistently makes up more than 60% of gold’s annual demand.
- What’s not so great are the negative factors behind record-setting gold prices. Things like continued high inflation, the high cost of goods and services and currency depreciation.
All those factors make gold, I believe, more valuable to you today as a hedge in your portfolio.
Keep in mind that we’re not out of the woods yet with respect to inflation or economic uncertainty.
Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell made that clear in the agency’s final meeting this year, muddying the path toward lower interest rates and prices … and, most importantly, certainty.
As a result, I’d consider adding a bit of gold to your portfolio. See how you can do that right now here.
Of course, investments in gold mean different things to different folks.
You might picture a physical nugget the size of your fist, or the incredibly popular one-ounce gold bar sold at Costco. It could be an 18-karat Tiffany bracelet worth thousands of dollars, or gold coins.
However, since we’re experts on stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, insurance and banking, I’ll stick to non-physical avenues to invest in gold … and consult our Weiss Ratings for the most stellar of the bunch.
I searched gold stocks for those rated above a “C+” with “Buy” recommendations, and here’s how my search populated: Royal Gold (RGLD), Kinross Gold (KGC), Alamos Gold (AGI) and Lundin Gold (LUG.TO).
The one I’d like to call your attention to is Kinross Gold. One beneficiary of gold reaching a record high of $2,790 an ounce this year is the companies that mine it. [It’s trading at $2,883 as of this update.]
While the gold miners index is up 18% year to date, Kinross — with operations spanning North and South America and West Africa — has risen 61%.
The company enters 2025 with record free cash flow and in a strong financial state.
Kinross Gold reported its latest results at the start of November with quarterly production of 564,106 ounces of gold equivalent, down 4% from a year earlier. This decrease in production was due to planned lower production at the company’s Paracatu mine in Brazil.
Despite this fall in production, revenue increased 30% compared to the previous year due to higher metal prices.
The company stated its production for 2025 and 2026 is forecast to remain stable at 2 million ounces a year.
Kinross Gold has built a diversified portfolio of mines over the years through both strategic acquisitions and organic growth, leading it to be one of the top 10 gold mining companies in the world.
Over the years, the company has successfully acquired assets such as the Tasiast mine in Mauritania and the Paracatu mine, both of which are now key assets in its portfolio.
Other assets in the Americas have resulted in a geographically diverse portfolio that reduces the risk of relying on a single region or jurisdiction.
Now, if you prefer to lower the risk of buying an individual stock even further, consider the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD).
It’s one of the top five rated ETFs, all of which are “B-” in the precious metals/gold sector by Weiss.
They give you the ability to own an asset that reflects the price of gold without having to store the metal.
There’s yet another way to add direct exposure to this safe-haven asset that’s still on fire … and that’s to own physical gold like an exclusive gold bar that you can claim after watching this.
Be sure to do so today. This won’t stay online for long.
Cheers!
Gavin
