Iamgold Corp (IMG-T)

The question was on Iamgold and Teck Resources. IMG has declared some good news from its Quebec mine and Teck has more copper production with gold as an add-on. However both operate in some places that are less politically agreeable. He likes the gold sector but prefers bigger and more diversified companies in more stable countries including the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Chile. Following along this theme he owns both Kinross and Agnico Eagle.

Great rocks. Lousy balance sheet, which needs to be fixed with refinancing and can get ugly for existing shareholders. For most investors, he'd sell and take the tax loss. Then re-buy in 31 days depending on outcome of refinancing. New CEO is an expert in troubled companies.

Don't argue with an uptrend. Pulling back to the trendline. You can see that it was parabolic. Will probably take a pause, but moving in the right direction along with gold. Long-term investors will be fine.

Whole sector's been a pretty good place to be. If you're looking for real strength as far as opportunity goes, move downstream from the big names to mid-tier names like IMG. Those are the ones that are behaving quite robustly.

Often it works to buy a basket, and then drill down and add one name for some extra alpha.

Well-managed. Undervalued compared to its peers. It has several projects on the go. It has strong leverage going forward. Good management. Money will move in at some point. They boast low production costs, diversified assets in safe geopolitical areas. (Analysts' price target: $9.55)

Solid technical pick. Has owned for a while. One of the better names since the spring. Nice little trend, but pretty choppy. Have to stick with it. Resistance around $8.10. Only down $0.11, when gold’s down $30, so it’s held up quite well. Excellent producers. A drop to $7.25 would indicate something’s wrong. If it gets through $8, look for $9. (Analysts’ price target is $9.60.)