..it is this thread's opinion and contention that AUD Gold...

..it is this thread's opinion and contention that AUD Gold provides consistent returns that so far matches gold equities without the volatility and company specific risks.
..the table has also showed that the gold majors have had a decent run so far since Dec last year, but likely more to come when more people start believing that this present gold rally has legs.
..suffice to say that I am still seeing more speculative money moving into lithium stocks than gold...it means the mania has yet to even begin. I've said that Gold would do better than lithium stocks over the next 12 months [note I said Gold, not gold stocks, but gold stocks would do well as long as gold does, though it is susceptible to an equity market correction].

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7
0	GOLD STOCKS	5/12/2023	22/01/2024	8/02/2024	9/04/2024	Chg% since 8/2	Chg% since 5/12
1	CMM	$ 4.43	$    4.33	$   5.21	$ 5.40	3.6%	21.9%
2	NST	$    12.30	$ 12.08	$ 14.43	$   15.23	5.5%	23.8%
3	PRU	$ 1.93	$    1.78	$   2.03	$ 2.33	14.8%	21.0%
4	WAF	$    0.920	$ 0.920	$ 1.045	$   1.360	30.1%	47.8%
5	BGL	$    1.765	$ 1.390	$ 1.555	$   1.965	26.4%	11.3%
6	DEG	$    1.355	$ 1.190	$ 1.305	$   1.330	1.9%	-1.8%
7	EVN	$    4.140	$ 3.060	$ 3.330	$   3.950	18.6%	-4.6%
8	US GOLD	$    2,031	$ 2,024	$ 2,179	$   2,353	8.0%	15.9%
9	XGD[/B]	$    7,226	$ 6,491	$ 6,955	$   7,774	11.8%	7.6%
10	AUD GOLD[/B]	$    3,070	$ 3,077	$ 3,289	$   3,564	8.4%	16.1%
11	GDX	$    46.84	$ 42.46	$ 45.15	$   51.77	14.7%	10.5%
12	SLR	$    1.075	$ 1.140	$ 1.210	$   1.320	9.1%	22.8%
13	RMS	$    1.650	$ 1.510	$ 1.560	$   1.980	26.9%	20.0%
14	SBM	$    0.195	$ 0.175	$ 0.180	$   0.230	27.8%	17.9%
15	RRL	$    1.880	$ 2.050	$ 2.010	$   2.090	4.0%	11.2%
16	GOR	$ 1.90	$    1.66	$   1.62	$   1.745	8.0%	-7.9%
17	RSG	$    0.428	$ 0.395	$ 0.380	$   0.475	25.0%	11.1%
18	CAI	$    0.190	$ 0.195	$ 0.145	$   0.130	-10.3%	-31.6%