If I could only hold ONE of these stocks through 2026, I’d pick Barrick because it is at the confluence of: 1. debasement trade; 2. AI infrastructure; 3. prolonged under investment in the mining sector; each of which is sufficient to fuel a game changing bull over the coming years.

Personally, I prefer to study the fundamentals of the stock.  But there is probably a large segment of the market that follow such analysis, when buying and selling, making it a self fulfilling prophecy.  As such, it is worth learning.. I guess!