Some new factors have driven up the price of gold. You might want to buy bullion and gold producers to diversify. Just keep its long-run disadvantages in mind.

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Haywood Securities mining analysts expect a positive backdrop for precious metals and related equities to remain. They name their six favourite gold stocks.

Since the all-time high of US$1,921 per ounce   Read More

The world’s largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold, earned much less than expected in the first quarter. That largely reflected less-than-expected gold production and higher-than-expected all-in sustaining costs. The company   Read More

Near-term production and district-scale potential has attracted some of Canada’s biggest and best-known gold investors to this junior gold mining stock. Investor’s Digest of Canada columnist Richard Buzbuzian says Golden   Read More