Buy Gold Now Before it Gets to $2,000: Newmont CEO
At a time when investors want to invest in gold exchange-traded funds rather than the gold miners that pull the metal from the ground, Newmont CEO Richard O'Brien said either option is an "opportunity to participate in a bull market."

But investing in Newmont gets you a dividend pegged to the gold price, and if gold does hit $2,000, as O'Brien predicts, investors would be getting a boost. Last year, when O'Brien predicted gold at $1,750an ounce in 2012, Newmont's dividend rose in each quarter and was 35 cents a share in the fourth quarter.

Right now, the company pays a 2.3 percent dividend, he said, but "when we get to $1,700 gold, it will go up to 2.5 percent. When we get to $2,000, we'd be 3.5 percent to 4 percent higher." He did not say when he expects gold to rise to $2,000 an ounce but did say the company sees flat production and escalating costs this year.