Thematic: $GOLD, a Personal History, with Ice Cream Mixers

By Paul Sankey Published on November 23, 2024 at 11:54 AM

Barrick Gold held an investor day yesterday Friday 22nd November 2024, which had us pondering the extent to which: Major investors have little interest in gold mining stocks. I have asked them. Thus gold mining stocks trade at muted multiples Despite the fact that investors clearly love gold, which has been hitting record price highs The argument outlined in this somewhat eccentric note – I will be the first to admit that the full biography …

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“Everybody off the Bus. I want the Shiny People over here…”

By Paul Sankey Published on September 27, 2024 at 10:36 AM

Boy, was I happy after our Happy Hour last evening in terms of content. We had Rob Raymond lined up to talk about private equity in energy with a focus on data centers, when the first dial-in appeared and was a major long only natural resources portfolio manager – one of the biggest in the world – dialed in from an Uber in Houston on his way back from a field field trip to Guyana. …

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Sunday Masters and Servants

By Paul Sankey Published on April 14, 2024 at 4:21 PM

What with violent gales yesterday, hostile, cold, windy, wet weather here in Brooklyn, and Patricia busy, there was me loafing around the apartment with bored dogs. I found myself non-plussed after a couple of pretty bad Premier League games, and descended into watching The Masters Saturday golf for three hours straight. I barely follow golf. Pondering the emergence of a world #1, Scottie Scheffler, who I had literally never heard of, who plays amazing, with …

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