Namzes Cycles
Hurst Cycle & Technical Analyst, Commodities/Crypto/Equity Indices, Risk Management Background
Albemarle and other miners are too cyclical and unpredictable for long-term buy-and-hold, so they are best avoided except as small speculative positions for unique scenarios, as MP Materials was a few years ago. x.comÂ
Gold miners have further to fall because gold is acting as just another risk asset. Rising oil, rising yields and a stronger dollar are pressuring gold, silver and the precious-metal miners. x.com x.comÂ
Wheaton Precious Metals is UBS's clearest buy in a mining sell-off driven by the dollar and rates rather than fundamentals. Per UBS, gold, copper and mining stocks fell more than 20% as a stronger dollar and higher rate expectations overwhelmed the safe-haven bid. UBS also points to Wheaton's 70% volume growth path to 2030 and a 30% discount to its five-year EV/EBITDA. x.comÂ
Gold miners look like most of the damage is done: gold is down over $1,500 from its top and miners about 40%, with sentiment and positioning near capitulation. Gold's Daily Sentiment Index fell to 14% bullish, speculative open interest is below the late-2015 bottom, the miners' bullish percent index hit 0% and gold's RSI is the lowest since October 2023. Gold could still fall on Hormuz, dollar strength and seasonality, but Chinese buying, de-dollarization and miners' cash flows remain. x.comÂ
Gold miners, unlike gold itself, turn a higher gold price into compounding cash returns. On a path to $8,000 gold, margins would widen far beyond today's roughly $2,400 an ounce even if all-in sustaining costs rose a third to $2,650. Free cash flow per share is at a record of about $15.70, roughly tripled since 2024, and the industry is buying back stock rather than mines, a combination never seen before. Relative to the S&P 500, miners have never been cheaper, not in 2008, 2015 or 2020. x.com … Show more
Gold mining stocks are worth owning heavily because the sector is generating extraordinary profits at current metal prices. Per Tavi Costa, gold miners are doing more share buybacks than at any point in history, on a scale never seen before, as a direct result of that profitability. You can't own enough gold stocks in view of what is coming. x.comÂ
Steel is in a strong bull market since the tariff-panic lows, driven by strong demand and a weakening US dollar. All metals are moving higher, though miners are hampered by higher oil prices. x.comÂ
Gold miners Agnico Eagle, B2Gold and Newmont are worth buying aggressively because, per Willem Middelkoop (@wmiddelkoop), gold mining shares are dirt cheap again compared with gold. x.comÂ
Capital is rotating out of crude oil, gold and silver into equities, with crypto to follow, giving the bull market fresh legs. All three commodities look exhausted after their melt-up, though their longer-term debasement, deficit and industrial-demand stories remain intact. Lower energy and commodity prices mean better margins and less inflation pressure. US large caps and the Nasdaq-100 show no signs of topping as AI earnings lift the S&P 500, and bitcoin is likely bottoming in the mid-$60Ks. … Show more