| It’s baaack… That’s right, I’m talking about gold hedging, the gold stock investor’s bane. You see, gold miners “hedge” by agreeing to sell a portion of their future gold production at a fixed price. That way, if prices fall, they’re guaranteed a better profit.
Hedging was all the rage during the late 1990s and early 2000s, a period in which gold lost more than half its value. At the time, even mining company executives didn’t think gold prices would move up. But with most of their production hedged at relatively low prices, many miners missed out on the gold price boom of the last decade...............................................Full Article: Source
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