In my prior posts, I build a case to show that XGD stocks had...

In my prior posts, I build a case to show that XGD stocks had been a reliable performer over the past 5 years and if held over a longer term from now, could likely present itself as an outperforming asset class more so when gold moves higher from here.

Today, XGD added 1.68% while XJO fell 0.71% and Goldwatch (excluding specs) improved from 3.77% to 4.58% while Goldwatch (including specs) improved a tad from 5.67% to 5.74% despite the bad timing with the SVY purchase. In calculating these percentage returns, spec stock is given 1/3 the allocation of the core gold stock holdings.

Today, I included a further benchmark to show how XGD and Goldwatch stacks up against three designed categories- Mom and Pop favourite blue chips, Healthcare stalwarts and WAAX tech stocks during the period from 13 Sep 19 to today. XGD has done very well, and therefore I have elected to include Alacer Gold (AQG) as a core holding today.

XGD's 7% return in less than a month is hard to beat- Mom & Pop favourite blue chips is down -3.2%, and even resilient healthcare stocks only put on 0.6% and WAAX is still down -1.3%. Goldwatch to date has outperformed all three categories and is just waiting to catch XGD.

At each point of the market cycle, whether bull or bear, there will always be opportunities but I feel it is important to be the right asset class and be out of the wrong sectors (e.g FLT as I posted earlier, all debt related businesses, building materials and even tech as there could be a Netflix hiccup down the road). I am looking for outperforming returns as well as sustainability in this time of uncertainty although in modest exposure.  

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
0		GOLD WATCH	13/9/19	9/10/19 CLOSE	%Chg
1		GOLD USD/OZ	1,496	1,507	0.7%
2		GOLD AUD/OZ	2,178	2,237	2.7%
3	1	GOLD [BETASHARES ETF]	$ 205.04	$    210.26	2.5%
4	2	NORTHERN STAR (NST) [XGD]	$    10.23	$ 11.82	15.5%
5	3	EVOLUTION MINING (EVN) [XGD]	$ 4.54	$    4.73	4.2%
6	4	SARACEN (SAR) [XGD]	$ 3.28	$    3.74	14.0%
7	5	GDX (VAN EYK GOLD ETF)	$    39.67	$ 40.77	2.8%
8	6	CHALICE GOLD MINE (CHN)	$ 0.19	$ 0.215	16.2%
9	7	BLACK CAT SYNDICATE (BC8)	$ 0.47	$ 0.450	-4.3%
10	8	CATALYST METALS (CYL)	$ 2.32	$    2.54	9.5%
11	9	WESTGOLD RESOURCES (WGX) [XGD]	$ 2.51	$    2.47	-1.6%
12	10	KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD (KLA)	$    67.21	$ 70.91	5.5%
13	11	ALKANE RESOURCES (ALK) [XGD]	$    0.780	$ 0.800	2.6%
14	12	BELLEVUE GOLD (BGL)	$    0.625	$ 0.580	-7.2%
15	13	ALACER GOLD (AQG) [XGD]	$    6.550	$ 6.530	-0.3%
16		COMPOSITE RETURNS excl SPECS TO DATE			4.58%
17	1	ORA GOLD (OAU)	$    0.016	$ 0.030	87.5%
18	2	METEORIC RESOURCES (MEI)	$    0.070	$ 0.061	-12.9%
19	3	SPECTRUM METAL (SPX)	$    0.086	$ 0.100	16.3%
20	4	ROX RESOURCES (RXL)	$    0.027	$ 0.027	0.0%
21	5	STAVELY MINERALS (SVY)	$    1.290	$ 1.080	-16.3%
22		COMPOSITE RETURNS TO DATE			5.74%
23			13/9/19	9/10/19 CLOSE	%Chg
24		ASX200 (XJO)	6,669	6,547	-1.83%
25		ASX ALL ORDS GOLD (XGD)	7,224	7,735	7.08%

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
0	MOM & POP FAVOURITE BLUE CHIPS	13/9/19	9/10/19 CLOSE	%Chg
1	BHP	$    37.13	$ 35.13	-5.4%
2	TLS	$ 3.61	$    3.49	-3.3%
3	CBA	$    82.14	$ 78.18	-4.8%
4	WOW	$    36.43	$ 36.70	0.7%
5	COMPOSITE RETURN			-3.2%
6
7	HEALTHCARE STALWARTS	13/9/19	9/10/19 CLOSE	%Chg
8	CSL	$ 230.69	$    238.86	3.5%
9	COH	$ 211.68	$    207.45	-2.0%
10	RHC	$    65.30	$ 65.54	0.4%
11	RMD	$    19.41	$ 19.48	0.4%
12	COMPOSITE RETURN			0.6%
13
14	WAAX STOCKS	13/9/19	9/10/19 CLOSE	%Chg
15	WTC	$    34.76	$ 34.94	0.5%
16	APPEN	$    21.84	$ 21.39	-2.1%
17	ALTIUM	$    35.09	$ 32.33	-7.9%
18	XERO	$    62.15	$ 64.78	4.2%
19	COMPOSITE RETURN			-1.3%