Investing

Today we have identified three Canadian gold miners with the highest operating margin geometric growth over five years. The market capitalizations of the stocks on our list range from $374.2 million to $26.1 billion.

All we have been hearing since 2011 is how the stock market is going to crash but these charts illustrate that the retail market is not in crash mode just yet and it is still nowhere near the overbought levels of 2007.

There's no real reason to suspect from a fundamental standpoint that the bull market in the stock market has ended. Indeed, the balance of the data suggests we aren't likely to see a recession in the U.S. until late 2018 at the earliest. Let me explain further.

The Russell 2000’s true P/E today is higher than it was at either the top of the internet bubble or the 2007 bull market peak. That’s important information in light of the Russell 2000 dropping below its 200-day moving average. Rather than providing a floor underneath the index, its true valuation will be exerting a force towards even more declines.

As it stands, everything is in place for a serious stock market correction; the question is when. With markets in record territory and momentum strong, the next crash may not be around the corner but, with valuations getting further and further out of whack, stocks will have further to fall when a crash comes.

In the early part of the 1980s, there were many seminal gold price studies that showed 5% to 10% of an investment portfolio could have been optimally allocated to gold from 1968 to 1980 to maximize a risk return allocation based on performance. Even today many high profile and alternative financial experts...say a 10% gold allocation makes sense but a closer look at the facts show that they may be a little understated in percentage terms. Let’s take a closer look as to why this may be the case.

I think Barrick Gold is one gold mining company that should outperform all the others in the months ahead. This article looks at the company’s most recent earnings report and what this report indicates for investors considering sprinkling a little gold into a portfolio in need of a little sparkle.

The U.S. small cap stocks on our list have been growing earnings per share at more than 75% compounded over the past five years making for a potentially attractive investment opportunity. These stocks have a market capitalization between $100 million – $500 million.

The S&P 500 and the Dow have accompanied the U.S. Dollar Index on its huge corrective zig-zag rise and will continue to accompany it on its coming collapse. Gold, and its miners, wait in anticipation of the U.S. Dollar Index crossing the 91.88 level before they move explosively upwards.

I plan to accumulate stakes in some of the world’s best copper deposits. Why? Because copper has become a great way to invest in the green energy super-trend and I expect to make at least 300% in the coming copper rally over the next five years.