Welcome to Episode #12 of the Value Investor Podcast

Every week, Zacks value stock strategist and the Editor of Zacks Value Investor portfolio service, Tracey Ryniec, talks about all things happening in the value stock universe, including her top stock picks.

This week, Tracey looks into industries and sectors.

Energy is the best performing sector year-to-date in the S&P 500 followed by utilities. But you won’t find many value stocks in either group.

But there’s one industry that has stocks with cheap valuations AND the earnings are on the rise.

What is that lucky industry?

The gold miners.

Tracey has considered the gold miners to be value traps in the past, but in 2016 she has a different take. This might just be the industry where value investors can find some hidden gems.

3 Cheap Gold Mining Stocks to Buy Now

1.      Gold Fields (GFI - Free Report) : forward P/E of 14.

2.     Anglogold Ashanti (AU - Free Report) : forward P/E of 13.4

3.     Sibanye Gold : forward P/E of 8.3

Find out why Tracey is digging these gold mining stocks and more on this week’s podcast.

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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.

It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.

This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.

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