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swon@globeandmail.comWHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?Precious metals funds are shining the brightest this year.Gold futures surged this week after India bought 200 tonnes of the metal from the International Monetary Fund. Gold for December delivery hit a record high of $1,100 (U.S.) an ounce yesterday, but closed at $1,095.70 in New York.
Hear that? That's the sound of no major dividend cuts this earnings season.It's a welcome relief from past quarters when dividend stalwarts such as General Electric announced earnings were too weak to pass along the normal payout to shareholders.
Some recent comments by Warren Buffett should be mandatory reading for anyone who works with or plans to engage an investment adviser.
Most investors have undoubtedly noted that commodity stocks have been the place to be the past few years. Lucky are those who jumped on what was then a slow-moving freight train at the bottom of the commodity cycle around 2001 and then hung on when the pace of that train sped up dramatically.
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