Insider: Gold Could Hit $1,500 by Year End

Chris’ note: Gold will hit $1,500 by the end of this year…

That was the big call from colleague E.B. Tucker, one of the top gold experts here at Legacy Research. Gold was trading at $1,237 when he first made that call back in December. And it was down 35% from its 2011 peak. So E.B.’s call sounded pretty “out there” to most folks.

Below, he shows why $1,500 an ounce by the end of the year doesn’t seem so crazy anymore. In fact, as he puts it, “it’s a lock.”

He also shares two ways to profit… including an exclusive offer he’s opening up to Daily Cut readers for the first time.

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Gold is up 11% over the last two months.

While that might not seem like much, it signals the start of a new bull market.

As the chart below shows, the gold price moved higher quickly.

And it just broke out of a key level it hasn’t hit since 2013.

In the June issue of my Strategic Investor newsletter (which subscribers can access here), we said we expected a huge rally. We pointed out that we couldn’t find one fund manager positive on gold.

Now, we can’t find one who thinks the $141 run in the gold price is real. That tells us there’s more to come.

You see, at the beginning of a new bull market, even the most loyal industry veterans don’t trust higher prices. At the end of a bull market, every fool tells you there’s more to come.

There’s more to this new bull market in gold than lines on a chart. The three largest central banks in the developed world declared they’ll do anything to stimulate their economies. That’s central bank lingo for “create more money.”

Keep in mind, the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet was $800 billion before the 2008 crisis. It rose more than five-fold to $4.5 trillion by the end of 2014.

The Fed promised to “normalize” its involvement in the U.S. economy. After reducing its bloated balance sheet by a mere 15%, it cried uncle, promising to reverse course.

Gold sniffed that in advance of the announcement. As plans for the Fed’s next monetary ruse formalize, we expect gold to know first.

We think $1,500 per ounce this year is a lock. In an interview with the popular gold industry news network Kitco News, I made this prediction last December, again in March, and recently in May. Each time, the $1,500 call seemed crazy. After moving up $104 per ounce in June alone, my prediction doesn’t seem so crazy.

A decisive move over $1,500 will wake up asset managers who haven’t looked at gold in years. They’ll buy exchange-traded funds and mutual funds.

But those asset managers don’t realize funds own a declining number of mining stocks. You see, the mining industry is in the middle of a consolidation wave. (This is a rising trend… and my colleague Teeka Tiwari came up with a unique way to profit from it. Go here to learn more.)

Everything looks to be in place for the mother of all gold rallies. If you don’t own any gold, start with buying physical ounces.

The Power of Leverage

After owning physical gold, mining stocks can provide leverage to a rising gold price.

The word “leverage” usually means borrowing. That’s not the case at all in the gold market.

If you aren’t familiar with the concept of leverage in gold stocks, here’s a quick example of how powerful it can be…

Say the price of gold rises from $1,300 to $1,400. That’s roughly an 8% gain. If you own physical gold, you’re up 8%.

Now, say a mining company owns a million ounces of gold in the ground, and gold is trading at $1,300. The value of the gold in the ground isn’t simply $1.3 billion (1 million ounces x $1,300 per ounce). Instead, the gold in the ground is worth much less than that, because it will cost a lot of money to extract.

Say it costs the company $1,250 per ounce, all-in, to mine the gold. At a gold price of $1,300, the company has a potential profit of $50 on each ounce of gold.

However, if the price of gold rises only 8% to $1,400, the company’s profits per ounce increase by 200% ($1,400 – $1,250 = $150 profit per ounce). This small move in gold can cause the stock price to increase 40%, 50%, or more.

This is why a small increase in the price of gold can cause a gold stock to soar many times that amount.

It’s happened before…

Gold producers boomed during three separate cycles when gold surged: 1979-1980, mid-1990s, and 2001-2006.

First up, the king of all gold bull markets: 1979-1980…

Gold more than doubled during this period. But gold stocks more than tripled.

This wasn’t the only time gold stocks ran further than gold itself…

There was another boom in the 1990s. The average gold producer went up more than 200%…

Cambior rose 124%. Kinross Gold returned more than 190%. And Manhattan Gold & Silver skyrocketed over 760%.

All while gold only rose 8%.

Then, another big boom hit from 2001-2006.

Gold returned 158%, while the average gold producer gained over 400%.

Newmont shot up 270%. Gold Fields soared over 500%. And Goldcorp returned over 800%.

As you can see, an increase in the price of gold (even a small one) can lead to huge returns.

Now’s the Time to Take Advantage

Trade tensions, political dysfunction, and ballooning deficits set the stage for gold today. On top of that, central banks like the Federal Reserve have more power over the economy than ever before. That means this rally could be bigger than any of the past rallies we mentioned earlier.

You don’t want to be sitting on the sidelines while the motherlode of all gold rallies gains momentum…

Remember, before owning a gold stock, it’s wise to have some physical gold. If you’re new to gold, start with common 1-ounce coins like the ones offered here by Gainesville Coins.

(By the way, we asked them to create this page as a starting point for my Strategic Investor and Strategic Trader subscribers who are new to physical gold. But because of gold’s recent moves, we’re making it available to all Daily Cut readers. We do not receive any compensation from Gainesville Coins for bringing you this offer.)

Then, you can speculate on higher gold prices by buying gold miners, which gives you the chance to multiply your money in a gold bull market.

Regards,

E.B. Tucker
Editor, Strategic Investor

P.S. As I mentioned earlier, my colleague Teeka Tiwari has a unique way to profit in the gold market. In fact, he says you could make $1 million (or more) over the next 12 months.

As a gold expert myself… I would be remiss not to tell you to sign up for his special event happening tomorrow (Friday) at 1 p.m. ET. I want you all to be able to capture these gains… so I’ll be making a special appearance, too… Sign up here.