The prospects for companies in the gold mining sector have rarely ever looked better.
Balance sheets are strong, management is experienced, outlook for the underlying gold & silver precious metals is optimistic, and many of the big players are nicely profitable and have solid cash flows.
M&A activity is starting to pick up in the smaller development & exploration players, which is where Axel Merk, manager of a gold mining fund, expects the biggest returns to take place.
And most important, he thinks we are still in the early phase of this bull market in miners.