Brien Lundin, Editor of the Gold Newsletter and our host at the New Orleans Investment Conference, joins us to review the fundamental and technical setup in the gold and what news and market factors are moving the resource stocks in gold, silver, copper, and uranium. We start off looking at the softer US economic data and moderating inflation that is giving market participants in many sectors more confidence that the Fed will begin cutting rates in the next few months. Brien points to the recent breakout to new highs coming technically as the bollinger bands were tightening on the charts, that he had written to his subscribers about in advance. The fundamentals for higher gold prices are in place with the backdrop of the weaker US economic data, strong buying from central banks, the significant role of Eastern demand, particularly from China, and finally more interest in precious metals from Western investors lately.
With regards to the resource stocks Brien reiterates that any pullbacks in the metals and weakness like we are seeing this week, is a buying opportunity as the larger bull market trends are solidly in place. We discuss the positive margin expansion we should be seeing in gold and silver producers as they report Q2 earnings over the next month. He points to companies where he likes the current risk/reward set up in companies like Heliostar Metals (TSXV: HSTR) (OTCQX: HSTXF), Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN) (OTCQB: BYAGF), Vizsla Silver (TSXV: VZLA) (NYSE: VZLA), and a wider swath of the silver stocks.
With uranium stocks, he is bullish on the demand drivers for growing nuclear power demand, and thinks the recent weakness provides a good place for positioning for the longer-term thesis. Copper has corrected, but Brien believes the price will double in the next 3 years, but that investors need to be more selective with juniors, as they really need a larger strategic partnership with senior producers to advance the expensive drilling and long timelines, and points to Filo Corp. (TSX: FIL) (OTCQX: FLMMF) as a unique story because the Lundin family was able to move it forward internally using their own capital and mining expertise.
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