Gold hits the big $2,000 level – are Aim miners about to play catch up?

With the price of gold shooting through $2,000 an ounce, the yellow metal looks unstoppable. Things are so bullish, even Aim-listed junior gold miners are on the way up. Here, Dominic Frisby picks one of his favourites.

Gold mine machinery © Adrian Greeman/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images
Gold miners are on the way up
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Yesterday afternoon, John and I agreed that for today’s article, I should cover bitcoin, given that the cryptocurrency is looking so strong.

Then, almost as we were talking, gold broke the $2,000 barrier. It’s a historic moment – so gold it is. How could it not be?

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Dominic Frisby

Dominic Frisby (“mercurially witty” – the Spectator) is as far as we know the world’s only financial writer and comedian. He is the author of the popular newsletter the Flying Frisby and is MoneyWeek’s main commentator on gold, commodities, currencies and cryptocurrencies. He has also taken several of his shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

His books are Daylight Robbery - How Tax Changed our Past and Will Shape our Future; Bitcoin: the Future of Money? and Life After the State - Why We Don't Need Government

Dominic was educated at St Paul's School, Manchester University and the Webber-Douglas Academy Of Dramatic Art. You can follow him on X @dominicfrisby