ETF Stocks: Precious Metal ETFs to Buy

ETF Stocks: Precious Metal ETFs to Buy

Precious metal ETFs have largely centred on gold stocks. We continue to see the outlook for that precious metal as positive, and for aggressive investors who want to hold precious metal ETFs, including a silver ETF, we have two of them below.

Most precious-metal stocks dropped,… Read More

Our updates will keep you on track

GREAT-WEST LIFECO, $39.95 (Toronto symbol GWO; shares outstanding: 932.4 million; Market cap: $37.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.6%; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s second-largest life insurer, after Manulife Financial. It also offers pension and wealth management services. Power Corp. (Toronto symbol POW) owns 68.2% of the… Read More

Newmont sharpens its focus

NEWMONT CORP. $42 is a buy for long-term growth and as a hedge against inflation. The company (New York symbol NEM; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.15 billion; Market cap: $48.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.0; Dividend yield: 2.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.newmont.com) acquired rival Newcrest Mining… Read More

Precious metals offer diversification—and gains

Physical gold and silver have been strong performers over the past two decades even beating the S&P 500. Gold has also been much less volatile than the equity markets.
Investors shouldn’t overindulge in any one investment, and that includes gold, silver, platinum or any other precious… Read More

Barrick Gold is adding new mines

Barrick Gold is adding new mines

A slight decline in gold production and prices resulted in a 7.4% revenue drop in the most-recent quarter for Barrick Gold.

However, earnings still beat estimates and the firm continues to pay a performance dividend each quarter.

The stock trades at 23.0 times the company’s 2023 earnings… Read More