Barrick Gold (ABX.TO)

Gold is not the best sector here. Had a great run. You get the grand prize by buying financials and industrials. Gold is probably still in a bull run, and you want to buy when there's doubt. Not a bad entry at these levels. Of the seniors, his favourite is Agnico Eagle, exceedingly well run with a great dividend.

He prefers Kirkland Lake and Agnico Eagle among the big producers, because they have better leverage and are streamlined. He always puts Barrick and Kinross in the same category. Kinross buys assets at low prices, but he'd rather buy the companies they buy than Kinross itself. The one positive with Barrick is Warren Buffet coming on board; big-value investors will buy Barrick and won't bother researching the mid-tiered players. That said, he expects a better-levered move from KL and AE. He has a $45 target on Barrick as a buy. Also, he's not investing in copper or base metals.

A huge gold company. He took a good look at them two years ago and then last week, and he feels KL-T is the best premier gold company in Canada. He thinks all gold companies will benefit if gold does what he thinks it will do.

He thinks the macro fundamentals for gold are positive for the first time in a while. He is adding it to his portfolio. We are crossing into a new paradigm with how much government support is driving this market. There will eventually be a cost for this and gold is a good hedge to the "fiscal recklessness". He purchased ABX, because of the dividend yield that went with it.

He does not like this ETF. He would prefer to own the shares, not just holding derivatives. This can cause discounts to NAV at times. He would prefer to hold solid producers like FNV or ABX. If you want an ETF, he would pick HGGG.

He is not a big gold bug. During the last financial crisis he bought gold and used ABX-T for about a year. He is not a believer. It does not pay a yield and does not serve a purpose. They have had a troubled history. Stocks tied to everyone staying at home are going up NFLX, Dominos Pizza (DPZ-N), video game manufacturers, and AMZN-Q, for example. He likes high yield stocks but they have proved to be very disappointing.