Sean Brodrick – Gold And Gold Stocks Are Beneficiaries As Investors Flee Other US Assets
Sean Brodrick, Editor of Wealth Megatrends and contributing analyst to Weiss Ratings Daily, joins us to outline why he is tightening up his portfolio by exiting some sectors, holding only the highest conviction sectors and equities, and only really adding to gold and precious metals stocks in this current environment of uncertainty.
We start off discussing how gold continues to attract a global bid, where bonds and the US dollar are really not, because some of the trade barriers mean that people in other countries need less dollars and less dollar-denominated assets. We also find out if Sean sees a recession or even depression is on the horizon in light of the Trump administration economic strategy with tariffs and global trade policies, and how Jerome Powell and the Fed may respond to incoming economic data. Sean points to several larger banks that have a recession forecasted as a 45%-60% likelihood, and dive into readings from the NY Fed Manufacturing Index, inflation trends, and jobs numbers for other macroeconomic signals.
Shifting over to commodities, we not just how volatile the copper pricing moves have been over the last month, and look ahead to where things may settle out in this economics indicator. This brings China into the discussion, their potential infrastructure and economic plans, and their recent bans on many critical minerals from flowing into the US. Sean notes that both uranium and oil are in corrective periods, and the only oil stocks he is holding are those that offer attractive dividends so that he is paid to wait.
This leads into a discussion of which dividend-paying sectors are more safe, like certain utilities, and which ones could see their dividends cut, like higher cost energy companies or hotel stocks. When discussing other sectors Sean feels could offer some refuge from economic contraction and uncertainty, he mentions holding positions in European stocks, bank stocks, some medical stocks, Bitcoin, and cybersecurity stocks. The value plays lead the conversation full-circle back to gold though, where Sean is expecting $4,000 gold by the end of the year. For this reason he still sees opportunities in the gold stocks that capitalize on these higher prices and also likes the silver stocks at current levels.
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