GOAU: When The Crowd Gets Excited, I Cash Out

  • U.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF holds 34 precious metals producers and streamers and trades at an expensive 36x earnings multiple. The high fees and turnover are a concern. The mining sector is capital-intensive and cyclical, and has delivered poor long-term returns over the decades. While GOAU is better than other gold mining ETFs when it comes to business quality, it's still a high-valuation basket of below-average businesses.