The Fuse for Juniors Has Been Lit! Cash Flow for Producers Jumps in Q2

-Jeff Clark, TheGoldAdvisor.com
I’m calling it. The countdown to when money starts flowing into the junior stocks has begun.
I hate making predictions, and I’m not saying it’s imminent, but in my opinion the fuse for what will drive investors into our sector has been lit.
There are lots of reasons one could come to this conclusion. A relentlessly rising gold price. The Fed cutting interest rates. Recession, stock market decline, monetary easing. In my opinion all those things will come. But the fuse has been lit by another factor, based on a table you gotta see…
The average gold price in Q2 this year was $2,337.98. It averaged $1977.84 in Q2 a year ago. That’s an increase of $360.14, or 18.2%, over 12 months. That’s a significant gain in 12 months for what is essentially a static metal.
And it had a significant bearing on the profits of producing companies. Inflation had been rising of course but had begun to plateau and was already figured into costs. So, the higher gold price went directly to the bottom line.
We tracked six large gold producers and documented what happened to their earnings and free cash flow
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