Shark Tank Star Favors Bullion Over Gold Miners

Apr 10, 2018
Guest(s): Kevin O'Leary

Investors are better off holding physical gold rather than mining stocks, according to Shark Tank star and chairman of O’Shares ETFs, Kevin O’Leary.
O’Leary said gold miners have had a track record of bad management and poor cost control that have led to underperformance relative to physical gold. The Shark Tank investor himself maintains 5% of his portfolio in physical gold, using a combination of bullion and SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund.
“The history of mining has been abysmal,” O’Leary told Kitco News on the sidelines of the “Three Sharks In A Castle” symposium. “The value of the commodity is whatever it is every day. I don’t need to have a manager in the middle screwing up his capital cost allowance, not controlling his costs.” (show less)

Investors are better off holding physical gold rather than mining stocks, according to Shark Tank star and chairman of O’Shares ETFs, Kevin O’Leary.
O’Leary said gold miners have had a track record of bad management and poor cost control that have led to underperformance relative to physical gold. The Shark Tank investor himself maintains 5% of his portfolio in physical gold, using a combination of bullion and SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), the world’s largest ... (read more)

Daniela Cambone

Daniela Cambone

Editor-in-Chief

Three Sharks In a Castle
Hosted by Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, the symposium at the newly renovated Casa Loma in Toronto, featured fellow Shark Tank investors, Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran as keynote guests. This is the first time the three have shared the stage in Canada.

Biography
With over a decade of international experience, Daniela Cambone covers prominent industry events and interviews a number of leading analysts, financiers and political leaders for Kitco News. She began her career covering the Canadian financial and insurance industry and later worked in Europe covering the political and financial scene for the International television station, Press TV. Daniela holds a BA in Broadcast Journalism and an MA in Journalism & Communications.

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