By Winnie Hsu
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Friday, October 3, 2025
Despite all the hype over artificial intelligence and the surge in chip stocks this year, gold miners have actually been the better buy.
A gauge of gold equities from MSCI Inc. has soared about 135% this year, tracking gains in the precious metal. It's on course for its greatest-ever outperformance versus the index compiler's measure of major global semiconductor firms, which is up 40%.
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The surprisingly large gap underscores a key dynamic in this year's global markets: Even as a sense of FOMO drives investors to chase gains in anything related to AI, they are also lured by the relentless rally in gold as central banks accumulate the metal. ...
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