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Gold Investing 2014: Gold Will Continue to Outperform Major Assets

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke -

gold investing 2014

Gold investing 2014 update: Gold prices have had a strong first half in 2014. At the midpoint in July, the yellow metal had gone up 9.2% in value.

Investors in physical gold have benefited from the rise. Throughout the year, gold has consistently outperformed other major asset classes like U.S. treasuries and equities.

Gold’s outperformance isn’t ending anytime soon. Money Morning Resource Specialist Peter Krauth sees more gains on the horizon, and that is good news for gold investing…

Invest in Gold Mining Stocks While They're Still a Bargain

By , Money Morning -

With gold prices high and likely to go higher, this might be the best time to invest in gold mining stocks.

Gold prices eked out a small gain Friday to close at $1,616.30 an ounce.

Comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday supporting European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's crisis strategy to do "whatever it takes" to save the euro helped push gold prices higher.

More disappointing U.S. economic news in manufacturing and housing starts could also boost the yellow metal. The more the U.S. economy struggles, the more likely the U.S. Federal Reserve will launch another stimulus program that would favor higher gold prices.

For some investors, this adds to their dilemma of whether to invest in physical gold or gold equities.

History is on the side of physical gold. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) has found that in the last five years, physical gold has outperformed global gold stocks by 120%.

But because gold stocks - and gold mining stocks in particular - have lagged gold prices, they have a lot of upside potential.

What's more, gold mining stocks offer something in return - dividends - in addition to benefiting from a continued rise in gold prices. Many commodities experts think gold prices could reach $2,000 an ounce or more within the next six months.

While not quite in bull mode, gold mining stocks have begun to stir of late. Here are three gold mining stocks worth a look for gold equity investors.

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Gold Mining Stocks: Now is the Time to Buy

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

There are lots of reasons you should own some gold. Despite taking a recent breather, gold prices are still up by 139% in the last five years.

Even so, shares of gold mining stocks have suffered lately, hurt mainly by higher energy and exploration costs.

In fact, the stocks of the large gold miners have become nearly as undervalued as they were during the 2008 financial crisis.

The last time shares of these big gold producers were this cheap, they rallied by 283%.

At these levels, that means it's time to take a closer look at shares of big gold miners - while they are still a bargain.

Here's what you need to know...

The Gold Bull Market is Not Over

A number of factors point to higher prices for gold:

  • Real interest rates remain in negative territory. Sitting in cash right now is a losing proposition.
  • The austerity movement in Europe is being replaced with more fiscal easing. The European Central Bank may have to print trillions of euros of debt to keep the Eurozone intact.
  • The odds of more fiscal stimulus in China and the U.S. have increased, as two of the world's largest economies struggle to gain traction.
  • Despite healthy demand and rising prices, global production of the metal rose just 0.7% annually from 1999 through 2011.
Combined with aggressive gold-buying binges by China and other foreign governments moving away from the U.S. dollar, the stage is set for the price of gold to rally.



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