Buy Gold Stocks Now?
Dumpster Diving: Is It Time To Buy Gold Stocks?
Over the past year, I’ve heard plenty of theories from mining stock analysts as to why investors should load up on gold stocks.
“… they’re cheap…”
“… the industry as a whole is under-valued…”
“… mining stocks are drastically oversold from a long-term technical standpoint…”
But just when you thought gold mining stocks couldn’t go any lower, they did just that.
Over the past few weeks, the mining space succumbed to a viscous downturn. In fact, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF $GDX, a great representation of overall gold stock performance, has declined 24% over the past month.
No doubt about it, gold mining stocks are getting crushed.
Take a look…
As you can see, investors have been dumping $GDX without hesitation. Once multi-month technical support in the $19 area gave way in late June, there was no stopping the ensuing downturn.
But with this gold mining ETF down 30% since mid-May, is it finally time to buy gold stocks?
Only if you’re quick.
Let me explain…
You see, despite trading at it cheapest price in nearly seven years, $GDX is likely heading even lower over the next few months.
Why?
For starters, the price of the commodity gold miners produce is falling off a cliff.
With gold breaking below important long-term technical support the past few weeks, the door is now open for additional losses. In fact, I wouldn’t be one bit surprised to see the yellow metal trading at $1,000 an ounce before this year is done.
Here’s a gold chart…
Clearly, the tide has turned sharply in favor of gold market bears in recent weeks. The metal is down 7.8% in the past month, which puts it 16% lower over the past year.
But here’s the deal…
I wouldn’t be surprised to see a snap back rally for gold and gold miners in coming days. Since these markets are drastically oversold from a short-term technical standpoint, the odds favor some degree of relief rally.
How do you capitalize on this situation?
If you’re quick, you may be able to catch a few points on the looming upturn. You could not only buy the aforementioned $GDX, but you can also catch some upside with the ETFs listed here.
However, don’t fall in love with your long positions…
Once gold and gold miners work off their current oversold condition, bears will likely send these markets to new yearly lows.
Keep in mind, earlier this week the Federal Reserve confirmed they’ll likely start raising interest rates soon. Of course, rising rates is bad news for gold, which offers no yield.
Trade accordingly.
Until Next Time,
Justin Bennett
Commodity Trading Research
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BIO: Justin Bennett is the head commodity research analyst at Commoditytradingresearch.com. With over a decade of real world trading experience, he finds ways for you to consistently profit from movements in commodities and the companies producing them. Sign up for our free reports and commodity newsletter at http://commoditytradingresearch.com/free-sign-up.
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