what gold stocks are worth investing in?
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Symbols: LIHRY,FCX,GLG AND GG.
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Check out gold and other commodity markets.  See Newmont Mining as an example of a gold company.  The oil companies are also producers of crude oil so they get to charge the current market rate for crude oil.  Major oil companies tend to be vertically integrated so folks don't see the commodity side of the business.
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Anyone can give you 10 stocks.  You need to decide if they're worth it.  Here are my picks:\n\n1. America Movil (AMX)\n2. Royal Bancshares of Pa. (RBPAA)\n3. Turkcell (TKC)\n4. Tata Motors (TTM)\n5. Tempur-Pedic (TPX) \n6.  BanColombia (CIB)\n7.  Satyam Computer Services (SAY)\n8.  Home Depot (HD)\n9.  Capital One (COF)\n10. FirstFed Financial (FED)\n\nThese are based on our analysis of their growth potential and valuation.  We're not momentum players, but select stocks based upon their intrinsic value, and potential for future growth.  Hope you can find some profit.  Best of luck to you.
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I had long term gains in one of mine, so I took them. I may regret the move, but too many eggs in one basket is not the smartest consideration. I don't think I would sell VLO. It is better than gold. Actually, they all are but our congress is quite capable of doing really stupid things and they are painting big oil as the big boogy man. Keep that in mind, too.
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When the performace of an investment becomes front page news, like gold has recently, that says only one thing to me:\n\n     BUBBLE!\n\nMaybe gold has had some fundamental reasons for going up thus far, such as inflation and weak dollar, but if it continues to skyrocket, I think it's mainly a speculative bubble. Remember, gold doesn't do squat for you while you own it.  No dividends, no interest payments, nothing. (In fact, you have to pay to store it securely.) To make money on gold, you have to hope someone will want to buy it from you later at a higher price. \n\nSo to answer your question, now might be a fantastic time to buy gold, as long as you have psychic powers to know when the price will suddenly collapse.
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For up to date gold graphs look here:\n\nhttp://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html\n\nOther precious metals on the same site.
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Well, generally, there are three things you can do (to sum up what others have said as well): 1) you take hold of physical gold (you buy the gold and have it sent to you) 2) you can invest in gold indexes or funds 3) you can invest in gold mining equities. I would suggest 2. You won't have a bunch of gold lying around your house and you won't have to figure out which gold miners are good and which aren't. That being said, you still need to figure out what kind of index or fund you will buy, and that may take some research. I would also wait a little on gold, I think we will see a bit of a pullback.
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A few companies that I would recommend you look into are BRNC, INSP, and YHOO.  While these don't quite fall in the $10-$20 range that you specified, this shouldn't matter, a 10% gain is a 10% gain no matter how many shares you own.  \n\nBRNC operates in the oilfield drilling industry, and are expected to see growth rates of over 35% annually for the next few years.  From their current levels, I see a 80% upside within the next year.\n\nINSP operates in the search and mobile phone service industries.  While their growth rates in their mobile initiatives may be enough to warrant a buy, I am attracted to this stock by their cash position.  They have over half of their market cap in cash, and no debt on hand.  They are a growth company currently trading at value stock type levels.  Should result in  nice gain if you invest at these levels.\n\nLast but not least in YHOO.  You are using one of their newer offerings at the moment, just one of the many facets that will contribute to their future growth.  Forget Google, Yahoo! is the king of the internet sector.  While I see Google's shares falling over the next 12 months, I see Yahoo gaining nicely.  I'm not going to talk in terms of 12 months for Yahoo though, as they are a company that I view as a leftime investment.  Their is absolutely no reason that Yahoo should not remain the leading internet presence 20 years from today.\n\nFor more stock ideas, check out TheNewWallStreet.com.  Dont be shy feel free to leave a comment.
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There is a site specialized in precious metal values, you can find all the information regarding gold, silver, platinum etc, the name of the site is KITCO.COM.. ☺
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There are some solid energy stocks up there. Take a look at NXY, ECA, or some of the Canadian energy trusts such as Canadian Oil Sands Trust. The trusts offer some steady returns from a predictable and valuable asset base (oil and gas reserves). Plus you get more bang for oyur buck if you figure the Canadian dollar will rise versus the US dollar over time.
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There is a lot of bogus advice out there.  Does gold never lose value?  No, look at the chart below.  Is it a good hedge against inflation?  No, it was $850 back in 1980 and is worth less than that now, even without adjusting for inflation. After adjusting for inflation, it is worth less than half what it was worth in 1980.\nThere are many "experts" out there that claim gold will go up.  Other "experts"  claim it will go down.  The best writers I have read on the subject  admit that gold prices are horrendously difficult to predict, and recommend buying gold only for those that like to gamble.\nI did buy gold jewelry for my wife and she liked it.  I don't consider in an investment, though.
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I don't know, but i would not be buying gold right now because it is like $700 dollars an ounce. :(
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Cameco is the largest and has mines in Canada and the US.  It trades in New York and Toronto.\n\nUranium mining is extremely speculative.  Hot stocks that look like they have great "upward momentum" will crash unexpectedly.  Good luck.
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Gold is a lousy speculative investment. Invest in a diversified portfolio of mutual funds over many years and don't worry about inflation.\n\nGold has increased in value at the rate of 1.47%/year since 1988. Gold is currently very near its high for the period . . . If you had bought it at its lowest point since 1988 you would have made over 100% as of today.\n\nIf you bought an S&P 500 fund at its lowest point since 1988, you would have made over 600% as of today . . .
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Buy the symbol GLD. It's an ETF Gold Trust is an investment trust whose shares strive to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trusts expenses.
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Best thing would be to go to a pawn/antique shop, buy a bunch of stuff made with those metals, melt them down, and make a bar.\n\nIndividual investors cannot just buy a bar of metal.. however since those metals are more common, go to Home Depot and look for them, ie. Copper Wire. \n\nIf you want to invest in them to make money because you think their price will go up, buy an ETF or a large producer/distributor of those metals, stock.
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I don't know of any funds that are a pure play on industrial metals.  Go to Yahoo Finance and check out the holdings on the natural resource and basic materials funds.  \n\nTwo funds that come to mind are the BlackRock Global Resource Fund (formerly State Street), symbol SSGRX or the Rydex Basic Materials fund, symbol RYBMX.