Resource Stocks

Resource stocks can be an important part of an investment portfolio. These are basically companies extracting and processing oil and gas and various minerals. Major minerals are copper, iron, aluminum, nickel, zinc, lead and uranium, plus the precious metals: gold, silver, platinum and palladium.

Oil & Gas (integrated): Chevron (CVX), Exxon Mobile (XOM), Imperial Oil (IMO), Suncor (SU)

Oil & Gas (extraction): Tourmaline (TOU), Arc Resources (ARX), Tamarack Valley (TVE), Baytex (BTE)

Oil & Gas (royalty): Topaz (TPZ), Freehold Royalties (FRU)

Gold & Silver: Newmont (NEM), Barrick (ABX), Agnico-Eagle (AEM)

Minerals (various): Anglo American (AAL), BHP Group (BHP), Glencore (GLEN), Teck Resources (TECK.B)

Minerals Specialized

Coal: Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Stanmore Resources (SMR.AX), Yancoal (YAL.AX)

Copper: Freeport McMoRan (FCX)

Uranium: Cameco (CCO)

Resource ETFs

Silver: GlobalX Silver Miners (SIL), iShares Silver Trust (SLV)

Uranium: Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (U.UN)

Doug Casey

A long time advocate of alternative investing and international diversification, Doug Casey is a valuable resource for those seeking a safe haven in these perilous times.

His website, International Man, has many articles and resources to aid in designing a strategy of wealth diversification. He also has a free newsletter available at Crisis Investing.

Similar to Andrew Henderson's Nomad Capitalist, Doug advocates "going where you are treated best"®, which means typically moving to a non-Western country that does not over-tax and over-regulate your economic life. He also is a critic of fiat currencies and advocates protecting your wealth with some exposure to precious metals and other hard resources. For political freedom he recommends having multiple passports.