The price of gold has doubled in the past 18 months, and is technically supported by inflation and rising interest rates.

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Gold stocks, or shares of companies involved in mining or streaming the precious metal, offer investors a way to participate indirectly in gold price booms.

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Companies involved in the mining and exploration of gold, a precious metal.

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Medium to long term bonds are an important hedge for investors in gold markets, particularly when money is tight and interest rates are high.

Gold and precious metals typically crash in dollar value once inflation is brought under control and the Federal Reserve relaxes monetary policy and lowers interest rates. Bondholders anticipate a windfall in that scenario.

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AngloGold Ashanti and Newmont were in a group of four gold miners that led 13 stocks onto best stock lists Wednesday.

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Gold stocks probably have a place in a diversified investment portfolio mostly depending on personal interests or tastes.

“Total Bond Funds” have reportedly performed very poorly as the prices of gold futures and gold mining stocks skyrocketed, but bonds are becoming interesting once again after a very long period of near-zero interest rates.

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A total bond fund is a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund that seeks to replicate a broad bond index.

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Bonds and gold seem to balance each other out in a diversified portfolio, and can work together to achieve performance while reducing volatility.