Stock price when the opinion was issued
Laggard compared to other stocks and to gold itself. Mystery as to why it's not breaking out, but it's probably something fundamental. A wall around $19-20, needs to break that.
Good news is that the lows aren't getting lower. It's in a trading band. You can buy when it moves to the bottom and trade the bands, or you can buy on a breakout.
Pretty big strength in the last 6 months. If you look at the chart, seeing pretty big moves within a band. It wants to get above $24.50 before it takes a shot at $31, which is the peak from 2022. Want to see it break out and then keep momentum going.
Sometimes the biggest in any sector, especially gold, can be kind of mushy. Can be safe, but sometimes acts like dead money. The risk/reward may not be there.
He's been lightening up on gold. With a strong USD, and interest rates possibly being higher, gold may take a few steps back. The two biggest names, NGT and ABX, have really shown miserable production growth. Underperformed the group for a number of years now. They don't have the growth assets and their size means they can't accelerate as much.
If you're bullish on gold, a good strategy. He'd prefer to do it with AEM, but hard to do given that the stock price is so high.
Fine company, good assets, above-average quality base. Really good optionality to grow. Very cheap at 11.2x PE for 2025. Recent problems in different jurisdictions. Gold has suffered with the USD screaming higher. Might even be subject to tax-loss selling.
You could make $19-20 the strike price, and get paid a nice premium, but the trouble often is that you're right about the direction of the stock, but you don't end up owning it. If it goes to $30, you miss out on making the big money. Options are a great tool that can add to your portfolio, but not always the way to go.