Between the relief packages passed by Congress and monetary stimulus enacted by the Federal Reserve, we’ve already surpassed $10 trillion.. And yet it still won’t be enough to prevent further economic erosion, according to some economists.

Hopes of an economic recovery whetted investors’ appetite to turn risk prone and thus be exposed to much more vulnerable bets such as stocks at the cost of safe-haven assets like gold and bonds.

As gold prices are poised to grow, here are five gold miners picks.

The cumulative 2020 earnings power of these 12 stocks was revised down by -2.56% in the past 60 days.

These stocks have outperformed the industry, sector and the S&P 500 so far this year. These stocks are poised to carry the momentum going into 2020 backed by healthy earnings growth projections for fiscal 2020.

Gold and silver have been in a sideways correction since the start of September. Some gold and silver miners, however, have started to build the right side of their bases and move higher on volume after earnings.

Sandstorm Gold announced production figures for 2017.

There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about gold’s performance entering 2018. Investors interested in this space can consider the following gold stocks that have a Zacks Rank of #1 or 2 with price movement ahead of the industry.

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Investors should take heed of the fact that even central banks have become net buyers of gold. It’s always been my recommendation to maintain a 10 percent weighting in your portfolio—5 percent in gold bullion, another 5 percent in gold stocks.

At this point, gold stocks have significant momentum behind them. It is likely that this trend will continue going forward which makes betting on gold stocks a smart move.

Streaming companies as a whole have been the best performing sector within the metals and mining industry, easily outperforming the TSX and DOW and some outperformed even gold.

In this interview David H. Smith, Senior Analyst with The Morgan Report, provides some of the silver and platinum group metals equity names he owns and that could offer significant upside, even from current prices.

With the FED walking back expectations of significant rate hikes in 2015, the USD is correcting and gold is powering higher. Gold has broken out of a corrective technical pattern and the momentum indicators suggest additional upside is ahead.

Joe Reagor of ROTH Capital explains how looming surpluses, shortages and reduced confidence in central banks will be negative for copper but positive for silver, gold, uranium and, especially, zinc.

The stronger dollar gives gold miners real gains, not just nominal. They are paid for their production in dollars. Thus they have more purchasing power to make acquisitions and other value-added moves that promote ultimate shareholder value.