High-Growth Investments
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (AEM) is a Canadian mining company focused primarily on gold. In fact, it is the third-largest gold producer in the world, with operations in Canada, Australia, Finland and Mexico. The company expects to produce between 3.33 million and 3.5 million ounces of gold in fiscal year 2025, which is attainable considering 77% of this guidance was produced in the first nine months of the year.
In the third quarter alone, Agnico Eagle Mines produced 863,445 ounces of gold, as well as sold 868,563 ounces of gold. In turn, third-quarter earnings surged 89.5% year-over-year to a record $1.09 billion, or $2.16 per share, which topped estimates for $1.96 per share.
The analyst community has now revised fourth-quarter earnings estimates 25% higher over the past three months. Fourth-quarter earnings are now forecast to jump 96% year-over-year to $2.47 per share, compared to $1.26 per share in the same quarter last year. AEM is a Conservative buy below $190.
SOM Technicals:
2-28-25: Closed at 96.28. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 101.45.
3-8-25: Closed at 98.79. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 101.45.
3-14-25: Closed at 103.60. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next targewt up is 104.49.
3-21-25: Closed at 104.34. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bullish. The next target down is 101.40.
3-28-25: Clossed at 107.35. Trade pressure are up. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 105.12.
4-5-25: Closed at 99.48. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 97.21.
4-12-25: Closed at 117.65. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 120.
4-18-25: Closed at 121.53. Trade pressures are up but declining. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 125.94.
4-26-25: Closed at 118.50. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 112.93.
5-2-25: Closed at 114.85. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 104.38.
5-10-25: Closed at 117.32. Trade pressures are down but rising. Volumes are bullish. The next target down is 111.59.
5-17-25: Closed at 107.90. Trade pressures are down but rising. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 100.69.
6-27-25: Closed at 116.12. Trade pressures are down into the neutral zone. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 105.05.
7-11-25: Closed at 119.88. Trade pressures are up. Voumes are now neutral. The next target down remains 105.05.
7-29-25: Closed at 126.30. Trade pressures are down but rising. Volumes are neutral. The next target up is the resisitance at 128.48.
8-2-25: Closed at 125.31. Trade pressures are rising into the neutral zone. Voumes are bearish. The next target down is 118.08.
8-9-25: Closed at 136.38. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. At resisitance. the next target down is 133.21.
8-16-25: Closed at 133.01. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 130.36.
8-23-25: Closed at 137.26. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 143.59.
8-29-25: Closed at 144.17. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. the next target up is 147.38.
9-16-25:: Closed at 152.09. Trade pressures are up but declining. Volumes are bullish. The next target down is 147.63.
9-20-25: Closed at 161.58. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 167.67.
11-22-25: Closed at 159.75. Trade poressures are down. Volumes are bearish. The next target up is 164.42.
11-26-25: Closed at 174.43. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The nextb target up is 187.78.
12-06-25: Closed at 169.00. Trade pressures are rising into the neutral zone. volumes are bearish. The next target up is 173.57.
12-12-25: Closed at 168.27. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bearish. The next target up is 173.45.
12-20-25: Closed at 174.21. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 187.60.
12-26-25: Closed at 183.36. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are neutral. The next target up is 186.26.
1-2-26: Closed at 170.41. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 174.46.
1-10-26: Closed at 191.14. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 182.14.
Alamos Gold, Inc.
Alamos Gold, Inc. (AGI) is a top producer of precious metals, primarily in Canada and Mexico. The company operates three mines, including two in Canada and one in Mexico, as well as has several projects in the pipeline. Full-year 2025 gold production is anticipated to be between 560,000 ounces and 580,000 ounces.
In the third quarter, strong operations at Mulatos and Island Gold District helped the company’s gold production rise 3% year-over-year to 141,700 ounces. So, Alamos Gold is on track to achieve its full-year production guidance.
Alamos Gold also achieved total third-quarter revenue of $462.3 million and adjusted earnings of $155.5 million, or $0.37 per share. That represented 28.1% year-over-year revenue growth and 99.1% year-over-year earnings growth. Analysts expected total revenue of $491.09 million and adjusted earnings of $0.36 per share.
Fourth-quarter earnings estimates have been revised higher over the past three months. The consensus estimate now calls for earnings of $0.57 per share, or 128% year-over-year earnings growth. Fourth-quarter revenue is also forecast to soar 70% year-over-year to $638.85 million. AGI is a Conservative buy below $43.
SOM Technicals:
12-20-25: Closed at 38.48. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 38.73 for a new breakout.
12-26-25 Closed at 40.83. Trade pressures are up Volumes are neutral. The next target up is 42.09.
1-2-26: Closed at 38.41. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 36.85.
1-10-26: Closed at 42.39. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 42.90.
Elbit Systems Ltd.
Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT) is an Israeli defense contractor that offers a wide range of systems and products – air, land and naval – for defense, homeland security and commercial applications. Demand for its systems and products has driven its backlog to a robust $25.2 billion, primarily thanks to an increase in European orders.
In the third quarter, Elbit Systems reported 11.9% year-over-year revenue growth and 51.5% year-over-year earnings growth. Earnings of $3.35 per share topped analysts’ expectations for $2.73 per share.
Looking ahead to its fourth quarter in fiscal year 2025, analysts anticipate earnings of $2.91 per share and revenue of $2.09 billion. That translates to 9.4% year-over-year earnings growth and 8.2% year-over-year revenue growth.
I should add that Elbit Systems plans to pay a quarterly dividend of $0.75 per share on January 5, 2026. All shareholders of record on December 22 will receive the dividend. The stock has a 0.6% dividend yield. ESLT is a Conservative buy below $592.
SOM Technicals:
6-27-25: Closed at 434.10. Trade pressures are up into the neutral zone. Volumes are neutral. The next target up is 444.93.
7-11-25: Closed at 447.42. Trade pressures are in the neutral zone. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 463.46.
7-29-25: Closed at 453.83. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 463.46.
8-2-25: Closed at 465.01. Trade pressures are up but declining. Volumes are bullish. The next targetup is 476.04.
8-9-25: Closed at 449.44. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 412.87.
8-16-25: Closed at 464.00. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are neutral. The next target down is 412.87.
8-23-25: Closed at 450.85. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 416.63.
8-29-25: Closed at 480.21. Trade pressures are up but declining. Volumes are neutral. The next target down is 469.43.
9-16-25: Closed at 509.92. Trade pressures are down into the neutral zone. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 511.60.
9-20-25: Closed at 487.97. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are now neutral. The next target down is 460.24.
9-26-25: Closed at 493.57. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are neutral. The next target up is 513.04.
10-5-25: Closed at 514.99. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 506.68.
10-11-25: Closed at 491.47. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bearish. Thenext target down is 479.65.
10-17-25: Closed at 480.00. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 479.65. resistance at 501.00.
11-8-25: Closed at 468.50. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bullish. The next target down is 448.54.
11-15-25: Closed at 473.03. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are neutral. The next target up is 485.05.
11-22-25: Closed at 473.71. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 462.11.
11-26-25: Closed at 469.79. Trade pressures are rising into the neutral zone. Volumes are neutral. The next target up is 473.88.
12-6-25: Closed at 483.00. Trade pressures are up but turning down. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 499.01.
12-12-25: Closed at 515.24. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 527.19.
12-20-25: Closed at 554.25. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 630.35.
12-26-25: Closed at 570.15. Trade pressures are up but declining. Volumes are neutral. The next target down is 551.34.
1-2-26: Closed at 593.00. Trade pressures are up but declining. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 630.35.
1-10-26: Closed at 687.01. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 692.60.
Kinross Gold Corporation
Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC) is one of my top gold stocks at the moment. Based primarily in Canada, Kinross Gold operates the Great Bear project in Red Lake, Ontario, as well as three gold mines and a development project in the U.S. The company also has a mine in Brazil, a mine and development project in Chile and a mine in Mauritania.
Kinross Gold produced 503,862 gold equivalent ounces during the third quarter, as well as sold 504,111 gold equivalent ounces. Total metal sales increased 25.8% year-over-year to $1.8 billion. Adjusted third-quarter earnings soared 77.3% year-over-year to $529.6 million, or $0.44 per share, which beat estimates for $0.39 per share.
In the wake of the strong quarterly results, the analyst community has revised fourth-quarter earnings estimates 43.5% higher in the past three months. Earnings are now expected to surge 194.7% year-over-year to $0.56 per share.
Positive analyst revisions typically precede future earnings surprises, and Kinross Gold has achieved a positive earnings surprise in each of the first three quarters of 2025. KGC is a Conservative buy below $32.
SOM Technicals:
8-28-25: Closed at 20.90. Trade pressures are up. Volum es are bullish. the nbext target up is 24.54.
9-16-25: Closed at 22.89. Trade pressures are up but declining. Volumes are bullish. The next target down is 21.83.
9-20-25: Closed at 23.55. Trade pressures are down but rising. The next target up is 24.54.
11-22-25: Closed at 24.39. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 22.53.
11-26-25: Closed at 28.11. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 28.81.
12-6-25: Closed at 27.40. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bullish. The next target down is 25.90.
12-12-25: Closed at 27.92. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bearish. The next target down is 26.75.
12-20-25: Closed at 28.81. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 29.07.
12-26-25: Closed at 29.7. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are neutral. the next target up is 30.73.
1-2-26: Closed at 28.29. Trade pressures are down. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 29.22.
1-10-26: Closed at 31.32. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 31.49.
Seagate Technology Holdings plc
Seagate Technology Holdings plc (STX) was a new addition to the High-Growth Investments Buy List in the December 2025 Monthly Issue. The company develops AI-capable hard drives better than any other company. As a result, it’s a global leader in storage, providing more than four zettabytes of capacity that covers the cloud, the edge and endpoint devices.
For the second quarter in fiscal year 2026, Seagate Technology expects total revenue of about $2.7 billion and earnings of about $2.75 per share. That compares to revenue of $2.33 billion and earnings of $2.03 per share in the second quarter of 2025.
Given the positive outlook, analysts have increased second-quarter earnings estimates by 7.7% in the past three months. Second-quarter earnings are now forecast to grow 37.4% year-over-year to $2.79 per share.
As you know, positive analyst revisions typically precede future earnings surprises – and Seagate Technology has posted positive earnings surprises in each of the last four quarters. STX is a Moderately Aggressive buy below $347.
SOM Technicals:
12-20-25: Closed at 300.01. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are neutral. The next target up is 312.94.
12-26-25: Closed at 286.22. Trade pressures are uup. Volumes are neutral. The next target down is 278.82.
1-2-26: Closed at 288.10. Trade pressures are up. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 294.35.
1-10-26: Closed at 304.48. Trade pressures are down, but rising. Volumes are bullish. The next target up is 310.73.