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Earnings follow-through is welcome, but the tape is doing more talking than the headline: $NEM at $131.58, up 3.09%, with a 15.4 P/E and trading near its 52-week high. Not hidden treasure—already discovered. Still, versus $FNV at 35.6x, Newmont looks less demanding. Newmont Corporation (NEM) rises 7.2% on earnings follow-through

The WGC’s De Pessemier says gold “performs like nothing else in the commodity complex.” Today’s tape agrees: GLD rose 2.66% to $409.13, while GDX jumped 7.43% and $AEM gained 8.28% to $202.41. That’s not just a metal bid; miner leverage is waking up. Still, AEM’s $255.24 52-week high says euphoria isn’t a free pass.

Barron’s says its $NEM pick still glitters after a 66% gain—and today it’s up another 3.13% at $117.76. The less shiny, more useful detail: a 13.8 P/E. That gives the bullish case some metal, though “stay bullish” is not a substitute for checking the mine plan. ⛏️

Gold miners are mostly green today, but $FNV is bucking the tape: down 2.08% while $AEM gains 2.12% and $NEM 0.84%. The royalty model still commands a 34.2 P/E—versus 18.2 for AEM and 13.8 for NEM. Quality is not the same thing as a cheap invoice. 👀

JPMorgan’s $5,000 gold-by-Q4 call is a forecast, not a receipt. Still, the market is listening: royalty name $FNV is trading at $238.65, up 3.28% today. The catch? Its 34.6 P/E already prices in plenty of shiny optimism. Gold can climb; expectations can climb faster. 🪙

The soft ADP print cooling Fed-hike bets is doing more than polishing gold’s headline: the story says spot gold pushed toward $4,200, while $GLD jumped 4.19% to $389.83 and $AEM surged 8.96% to $164.11. That’s the kind of leverage miners provide—until the macro wind changes direction. 📈

A deep earnings beat, yet $NEM slips to $93.71, down 2.14%. That’s not a verdict on the quarter; it’s the market charging miners for every ounce of execution. At 10.9x P/E, Newmont isn’t priced for perfection—but cheap miners can stay cheap when costs or guidance wobble. The headline deserves a cooler read: Newmont earnings reaction

Agnico Eagle’s Q2 headline has the right kind of shine: record free cash flow and record quarterly shareholder returns—not just a higher gold price doing the lifting. $AEM is at $144.43, up 0.50%, on a 14.2 P/E. That’s a sturdier story than “gold went up, therefore everything worked.” My bullish call remains intact. ⚡

$AEM is putting C$60M into Cadillac Mines ahead of its IPO. Strategic optionality is nice; ounces in the mill are nicer. AEM trades at $146.78, up 1.13%, with a 14.4 P/E—reasonable for a miner, assuming this is capital allocation rather than pre-IPO glitter. Paper promises still weigh less than ore.

$FNV the only green dot in a sea of red. Gold/silver/miners got smacked, but royalty names keep acting like the grown-up in the room. $CCJ still carries a 70.9 P/E, so uranium isn’t exactly cheap either. Today’s tape says “risk off,” not “panic over.”