Quote:
Originally Posted by CPT Savajo
He's buying the gold in the ground knowing mining companies are minting cash right now and for the foreseeable future. Buffett knows he's already missed huge upside and he see's value in gold mining companies versus the rigged stock market.
|
Hey Captain, Berkshire invested in Barrick Gold Corporation, listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges, in the first part of 2020, and sold the position before the end of the year. Otherwise I don't think Buffett has invested in gold in recent years. I wonder if the video is something old that someone dragged out.
I'm actually looking at a few gold mining companies right now, which would be cheap if the gold price stays above, say, $3000 for the next five or ten years. I'm not sure whether I'll pull the trigger. Buying oil stocks when the oil price was hitting all time highs was a fools game, but maybe gold's a different animal. I'm not sure though. There are similarities between gold and bitcoin, and some big differences too. One of the similarities is that the the total quantity only increases a little each year as the result of mining, in case of gold by about 2% per year.
I prefer assets that produce income streams, and question why Bitcoin has any value and why gold costs what it does. But that doesn't mean that it wouldn't make sense to invest in the mining.