John Petrides
ASA Ltd.
ASA-N
TOP PICK
May 19, 2017
He typically avoids mutual funds and prefers individual stocks, but as a closed-end fund, this has a limited number of securities. It is a basket of the gold miners. Owning gold in this environment with the heightened geopolitical risks, prepares your portfolio for the unexpected. Owning gold miners makes a lot of sense. As a closed-end fund, there are limited shares, and the fund will move up and down at a premium or discount to its NAV. Right now, this is trading at a 9% discount to its NAV. Closed end funds uses leverage to enhance its value, but this fund does not use any leverage.
With gold prices having retreated and with inflation in the air, gold is a great hedge for all the “what ifs” out there. This fund holds 35 different blue chips and the fund is currently trading at a 15% discount to the NAV of the holdings within it.
It has an industrial slant to it. It pulled back with the rest of the marketplace. Around $12-13 is the support. It is pulling back today which is not a good thing but we are starting on a seasonal period at the end of January. It should do okay.
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He typically avoids mutual funds and prefers individual stocks, but as a closed-end fund, this has a limited number of securities. It is a basket of the gold miners. Owning gold in this environment with the heightened geopolitical risks, prepares your portfolio for the unexpected. Owning gold miners makes a lot of sense. As a closed-end fund, there are limited shares, and the fund will move up and down at a premium or discount to its NAV. Right now, this is trading at a 9% discount to its NAV. Closed end funds uses leverage to enhance its value, but this fund does not use any leverage.