The 2025 Gold Rush – 3 Top Stocks Big Money Is Buying VIEW IN BROWSER BY JASON BODNER, EDITOR, QUANTUM EDGE PRO Gold is back in the spotlight – and it’s glittering big time. The precious metal – and a famously controversial investment – has surged more than 50% in 2025. It’s on track for its biggest year since 1979. On Tuesday, it smashed through $4,000 per ounce for the first time in history. As investors rush in and Big Money piles into gold-related stocks, the buzz has reached a level we haven’t seen since the early 2010s bull market. Few investments inspire as much debate. “Gold bugs” like that it’s real, solid, and independent. “You can’t print gold,” they like to say. Paper currencies have come and gone, but gold’s value stays. It doesn’t depend on profits or politics. Gold often moves differently from stocks and bonds, so investors see it as a hedge against inflation and political and financial instability – the ultimate “safe haven.” Skeptics say gold doesn’t pay dividends. It can be expensive to store and insure. And over long stretches – like the 1980s and 1990s – it lagged far behind stocks. As for me? I’m gold agnostic. I go where the data points me. If my Quantum Edge system’s algorithms and Big Money tracking show high-probability opportunities to make money, then call me a gold bug. If they don’t, then call me a skeptic. I’m skeptical more often than not because the data tells me to be. But there is no debating the data right now. Money is pouring into gold and related stocks. Take a look at the chart below from my Quantum Edge system. The green bars show days when Big Money bought SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD). This isn’t ordinary buying. It’s unusual activity – the signature of institutions at work. 
Source: MoneyFlows.com You can see the buying frenzy from late January through April when tariff talk rattled investors. GLD shot up 23.4% in just three months as money poured in. Most recently, my system picked up 18 Big Money buy signals from Aug. 29 through Oct. 8. GLD gained another 17%. That August day was when Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at rate cuts – and gold shines when rates fall. Physical gold and bullion ETFs are getting a lot of the headlines now, but the bigger opportunities are in the best stocks benefiting from gold’s renewed glitter. | Recommended Link | | | | Nvidia gave investors a chance to make more than 150 times their money with its AI chips known as graphic processing units. Legendary investor Louis Navellier believes this new invention could be even more revolutionary and mint a new wave of millionaires. Click here to get the details. |  | | My Quantum Edge system analyzes and tracks institutional buying across more than 5,000 stocks every day. I can see where the Big Money is going and zoom in on the best of those stocks with the strongest fundamentals and technicals. Let me share the three highest-ranked gold stocks in my system according to their Quantum Scores. That’s the overall number my system assigns to each stock that tells us if it is a buy or not. These are elite companies benefitting from gold’s breakout. And because I am a data freak, I have a bonus for you this week. I’ll also share the Predictive Alpha forecast for each of these top stocks. This is TradeSmith’s AI-powered system. It is trained – and constantly retraining – on historical values to spot patterns and when they are likely to repeat. It’s an extraordinarily successful system that’s gotten a major upgrade – and now, TradeSmith CEO Keith Kaplan is deploying the tech for a new AI Super Portfolio. Keith will explain the improvements and show it in action at the Super AI Trading Event next Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. It’s free to attend. Simply secure your spot here. Now, let’s get to these “golden” stocks… Gold Stock #1: Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) is one of the top names in gold mining – a “senior producer” with operations in Canada, Finland, Mexico, and Australia. A senior producer is the equivalent of a blue-chip stock. It’s a large, established miner that produces over one million ounces of gold per year, has multiple mines, and is financially strong enough to weather shifting price cycles. AEM is outperforming in the current rally. Shares have exploded 113% this year – and more than 30% since July 22. That’s when my system detected the Big Money buy signal that started the latest run. 
Source: MoneyFlows.com AEM’s Quantum Score of 95.7 is excellent and firmly in the preferred buy zone. I especially like that it’s supported by fundamentals and technicals that also score in the 90s. This is not a momentum-only stock. In fact, AEM has appeared in my system’s elite Top 20 list six times since Aug. 1. This is a weekly list of the highest-ranked stocks seeing the biggest inflows. My data indicates higher prices are likely over time, and Predictive Alpha’s AI algorithms are also juicy. They project a robust 10.5% gain over the next month. When this pattern appears, that profit target has been hit an impressive 80.5% of the time: 
Source: TradeSmith Finance Stock #2: Newmont (NEM) Newmont Corporation (NEM) is a gold industry powerhouse. It is a senior producer like AEM… but bigger. In fact, it’s the world’s largest and most influential gold producer. Shares have soared 137% so far this year and stayed in an impressively steady uptrend amid the chaos. NEM has rallied nearly 19% just since the beginning of September. My data shows seven buy signals over the last five weeks, showing renewed and purposeful buying. My Quantum Edge system shows 19 Big Money buy signals for all of 2025… and zero sell signals. 
Source: MoneyFlows.com NEM’s Quantum Score is slightly lower than AEM’s at 93.9, but it’s still an A-rated stock. The fundamentals are also a tiny bit lower (90), but NEM’s technicals are a tad stronger (96.7). Predictive Alpha’s AI algorithms are targeting a 3.5% gain for NEM over the next week with 80.5% historical accuracy: 
Source: TradeSmith Finance Newmont is a “gold standard” in the industry, and its size helps boost profits amid rising gold prices. Stock #3: Royal Gold (RGLD) Royal Gold (RGLD) is a “streaming and royalty” company. It doesn’t dig the gold itself. Instead, it finances mining projects and receives rights to a portion of future production (streaming) or revenue (royalty). Streaming and royalty companies can profit from gold’s upside without the headaches and risks of running actual mines – no blasting, hauling, or cost overruns. RGLD has been choppier than AEM and NEM this year but still surged 28% since the beginning of August. Higher gold prices are most of that, along with its portfolio of royalty and streaming interests and a couple of recent acquisitions. RGLD’s Quantum Score is 92, which is a buy. It shares similar fundamental and technical muscle with both of those scores in the 90s. Big Money was active earlier in the year during the initial tariff turmoil, and it has been buying again in September and October with seven green bar buy signals. Shares have gained 11% in that time. 
Source: MoneyFlows.com Predictive Alpha’s short-term forecast shows a 65.6% probability of shares gaining 2.5% in the next week. That may not seem like much, but doing that consistently results in big profits. 
Source: TradeSmith Finance Whether you’re a gold bug or a skeptic, one thing is clear: The market is speaking loudly right now. The smartest and biggest investors aren’t debating gold’s merits – they’re positioning for profits. Big Money is buying. Momentum is strong. And my Quantum Edge data aligns with Predictive Alpha in forecasting higher prices for the best stocks with money pouring in. These are the best ways to play gold’s historic rally. Talk soon, 
Jason Bodner
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