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While self-funded retirees have never been attracted to physical gold, ETFs and equities are increasingly a different story – and a 28 per cent jump in the price of this precious metal in 2024 has justified their faith.

Gold stocks have long appealed to market aficionados, and there’s no shortage of choice with 185 miners publicly listed. To assess what’s value, and what’s not, there are some key metrics to help sort the wheat from the chaff.

Australians need to rethink their approach to their investment portfolios as they face the grim reality of a slowdown in the growth of the economy. But opportunities lie ahead. Last week the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that Australian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell 0.3 per cent in the March quarter of 2020, and…