Gold’s tumble has created opportunities to buy these stocks at bargain prices

Gold’s tumble has created opportunities to buy these stocks at bargain pricesListen(3 min)Listen(3 min)Shares of gold miners have been in the dumps this month, as investors have expressed fears over how the Iran war will tarnish the value of the precious metal. But as famed investor Warren Buffett has said, the time to be greedy is when others are fearful.The market shocks created by the Iran war have given investors excuses to take profits on gold. Although the precious metal has historically been used as a hedge against inflation, the current market narrative is that inflation expectations fueled by surging oil prices have boosted yields on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes BX:TMUBMUSD10Y enough to make them attractive relative to gold, which doesn’t pay interest.About the AuthorTomi Kilgore is MarketWatch's Managing Editor, Companies, and is based in New York. You can follow him on Twitter @TomiKilgore.Philip van Doorn writes the Deep Dive investing column for MarketWatch. Follow him on Twitter @PhilipvanDoorn.A Dow Jones CompanyCopyright © 2026 MarketWatch, Inc. All rights reserved.