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A popular valuation multiple within the resource industry is to take a company’s market cap and divide it by its gold equivalent ounces in the ground. This ratio gives an indication as to how pricey one company’s gold is in comparison to another's. As a reference, Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) trades a 145 times its gold equivalent ounces in the ground, while Goldcorp (TSE:G) trades at 181x. That being said, the 5 low indebted gold stocks on our list today are trading below 55x.

The 4 mining stocks on our list today have exposure to silver. In addition, they have the best free cash flow figures compared to their competitors during the last 12 months.

In the face of low commodity prices, investors should give more preference to miners with lean cost structures. With that in mind, the 4 companies on our list today exhibit a low (below 5%) SG&A Expense as a % of Revenues ratio compared to the industry average of 30%.

As earnings fall, and particularly as earnings expectations fall one would expect stock prices to fall but, as we see, earnings are falling and stock values are rising.

Today's article identifies 5 junior gold stocks that are currently trading at a large discount to their peer group in terms of Price/Book Value and, based on that metric, could well represent good value.

Investors are paying more and more attention to how certain strategies, asset classes or investments perform over shorter and shorter time frames, constantly looking for the best or worst performing sector/smart beta style/ETF/hedge fund/portfolio strategy during the latest two day or even two month sell-off or rebound. That’s not how you build a long-lasting portfolio. This article discusses some of the misconceptions about diversification.

A dividend-paying stock provides protection against capital depreciation, as well as a constant stream of income. The stocks on our list today have a track record of increasing their dividend payouts by more than 10% compounded.

This article offers a tutorial on warrants as an underused investment vehicle, disabuses myths about warrants, shares the names of some warrants that warrant attention and makes the case for adding warrants to one's portfolio.

From a trading perspective, gold appears to be a buy but, unfortunately…the price of the metal moves up or down suddenly, seemingly for no reason other than a reaction to breaking news…To minimize the risk of a downside surprise in gold…[we have identified]  four gold stocks that offer long-term investors a degree of safety, and the chance to participate in …

Always remember that there is no such thing as a free lunch when it comes to the search for yield. Higher yield investments equate to a higher degree to capital at risk.