 names in the sector. Despite the plethora of speculative miners, GOLD combines robust market returns with stable fundamentals. One of the consequences of the precious metals purge that began in earnest in 2013 was a flight to quality. Investors are no longer satisfied with just the mere association with precious metals — they want to see actual results.
Exposure to GOLD stock provides exactly that. It operates multiple mining projects in Africa, and most of its key mines are already producing the yellow metal. For this year, Randgold is targeting an aggregate haul of 1.25 million to 1.3 million ounces. With the North Korean crisis worrying Wall Street, prospects for higher metal prices are very reasonable.
Royal Gold, Inc (USA) (NASDAQ:RGLD) is another name among high-caliber gold stocks that has performed outstandingly. Even before the North Korean crisis reared its ugly head, RGLD was up nearly 41% for the year. Now, Royal Gold stands at over 44% YTD, thanks in large part to the escalating situation in Asia.
If political trends are anything to go by, we can expect no peaceful resolution to the North Korea standoff. The most desirable outcome requires either President Trump or “Dear Leader” Kim to acquiesce to the other. Neither situation seems likely, given their personality traits. Adding further fuel to the fire is the embattled administration of Japan’s Prime Minister Abe. Reeling from an ugly cronyism scandal, Abe’s best chance to recover is to milk the North Korean crisis for all it’s worth.
Of course, RGLD has nothing to do with this geopolitical back story. But what it does offer is a continued engine for capital growth in Royal Gold shares. In contrast to the underlying asset, RGLD has been charting a series of higher highs and higher lows this year. Prior to the North Korean missile launch, shares appeared to soften.
But due to the heightened tensions, no one is thinking about market consolidation anymore. Instead, circumstances worsened, which means a fear-trade opportunity for RGLD.
With the world’s attention firmly focused on the devolving North Korea crisis, it’s easy to forget about silver stocks. However, ignoring the white metal would be a mistake, especially in this geopolitical epicenter. Historically, silver prices have correlated strongly with gold, and that dynamic holds true to this day. And despite their “secondary” status, silver miners have performed remarkably well in 2017.
Just take a look at Pan American Silver Corp. (USA) (NASDAQ:PAAS) shares. On a YTD basis, PAAS is up nearly 22%, with a portion of that haul directly resultant from North Korea. While I don’t want to sound cynical, the Asia-Pacific turmoil couldn’t have come at a better time. After peaking in early February, PAAS began to chart a distinctly worrying pattern. The crisis quickly turned its fortunes around.
Even if the fear trade wanes for silver stocks, PAAS is still in great shape. Since the precious metals market peaked in 2011, and collapsed in 2013, Pan American Silver got busy streamlining its operations. Cutting costs and expenses wherever they could, the mining firm is a much tougher organization today. As a result of its earlier discipline, PAAS is significantly more profitable than its competitors.
Traditionally associated with second place, quality silver stocks like PAAS are as good as gold.
Whenever I have the pleasure of discussing precious metals, I like to throw in a speculative name. Few investments carry the potential of rip-roaring gains quite like silver stocks. Presently, one of my favorite speculative ideas is Great Panther Silver Ltd (NYSEMKT:GPL).
I’m looking at GPL stock as a “riches to rags back to riches” play. In 2016, Great Panther Silver shocked the investment community with a mind-blowing 220% return. GPL carried the momentum into 2017, at one point moving up to a 36% lead. However, a pretty bad earnings miss in the first quarter cratered market sentiment. With other options on the table, people simply abandoned GPL, and it’s down 20% YTD.
However, that’s looking like a mistake. Furthermore, speculative buyers can capitalize on this potential error, and I’m not just referring to the North Korea crisis. Against other silver stocks, GPL stacks up nicely in terms of profitability margins. Also, Great Panther features better revenue growth than the vast majority of mining companies. On top of that, GPL is a rarity among silver miners for its clean, zero debt balance sheet.
If you want to protect against geopolitical volatility, gold is a solid bet. If you want to profit from it, take a good look at GPL.
As of this writing, Josh Enomoto is long gold and silver.
Article printed from InvestorPlace Media, https://investorplace.com/2017/08/gold-stocks-silver-stocks-north-korea-gold-rgld-paas-gpl/.Tolstoy may not be the my fave writer; yet his thoughts of “dying” come forward this morning. He watched his two brothers die slowly of tuberculosis and spent most of his life in fear of contracting the dread disease. He survived an acute attack of malaria, a serious infection in both lungs, and typhoid fever. In 1908 he had a series of minor strokes and developed phlebitis. He finally passed away of pneumonia.
Yet another movie I watched recently has become my fave of all time. Tear-jerking “Painted Veil” starring Edward Norton (again!) has revealed the most basic idea of human and husband-wife relationship. In the movie, Norton played as volunteered physicist and died not very long after handling cholera epidemic in China.
Today, in Kompas, stats said that Bush has made his country go down the drain with mounting debts.  Eventually, he’d die as divine decree of other living thing in this universe. He has sent many to fight and die on behalf of patriotism, yet everyone knows he just aimed for black gold. His decision cannot be tried, even if he is thrown away for a reason of coup de ‘etat (which is a fat chance, by the way).
Yes, Tolstoy is right. The death of each and every human being occurs only when this death becomes necessary for his own good and for the good of others. And yet, a leader with bad deeds shall face terrible death indeed.
We are an independent record store located in St Austell Cornwall. We stock new releases, used and original records, Cds and Tapes. We add stock weekly (generally on a Friday) after we have graded items. 99% of our Lps and tapes are play tested,. Cds and 7" singles are generally graded by eye but if they look like they need play testing, they are (all play tested items will be advertised as such). We are proud to be members of Record store Day, offering exclusive versions throughout the year.Why would friends treat you like that?  Anyway, if it’s all in good fun the best thing IMO is to not show it gets to you.  Just laugh or as mentioned already say something funny.  If you show it gets to you it will make it worse.

However, sounds like you should ask yourself why you hang out with people that are negative to you and most likely others.  Life is short.  Instead of trying to build skills to deal with it, instead work on finding and building relationships with people that are good for you.  The saying “you are the average of the 5 closest people to you.”  Is true and eventually you will hopefully see that.  Having the skill to deal with this stuff is for the occasional incident not for ongoing abuse.  If it’s ongoing then something is wrong.  My 2 cents.The most popular car in the world is the Toyota Corolla. In 2017, it was the third most popular car in the world (just behind the Ford Focus and the Kia Soul). This is because it’s a good all-around car that’s not too expensive.
1. What is the most popular car ever made?
2. What is the most popular car today?
4. The 12 best selling cars ever - can YOU guess them?
What is the most popular car ever made?
The most popular car ever made is the Ford Fiesta. This has been the best selling car in the UK for over a decade. It was also voted ‘Car of the Year’ in 2016 by Evans car awards and is also one of the most popular cars in the world.
What is the most popular car today?
If you are looking for a car that people are actually buying and driving, then the most popular car will be the 2018 Toyota Corolla. The 2018 Toyota Corolla was named the most popular car in Edmunds 2018 Car Buyer Interesst Index.The 2018 Corolla received top honors in 11 categories including overall car, small car, and value. The Corolla also won prestigious awards for safety, refinement, connectivity, and infotainment.Edmunds also named the 2018 Corolla its Best All-Around Car. Narrowing down the list of categories, the Corolla came in at number 2 in Minivans/SUVs and number 5 in Cars.And that is the most popular car the Toyota Corolla!
The 12 best selling cars ever – can YOU guess them?For the third time, the Reagan administration has an opportunity to assert this nation's democratic principles and work toward progressive change in an oppressive government. After successful efforts in influencing political reforms in Haiti and the Philippines, the United States