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Frank Holmes

Affiliation: U.S. Global Investors

Frank Holmes is CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors, Inc., which manages a diversified family of mutual funds and hedge funds specializing in natural resources, emerging markets and infrastructure.

The company’s funds have earned more than two dozen Lipper Fund Awards and certificates since 2000. The Global Resources Fund (PSPFX) was Lipper’s top-performing global natural resources fund in 2010. In 2009, the World Precious Minerals Fund (UNWPX) was Lipper’s top-performing gold fund, the second time in four years for that achievement. In addition, both funds received 2007 and 2008 Lipper Fund Awards as the best overall funds in their respective categories.

Mr. Holmes was 2006 mining fund manager of the year for Mining Journal, a leading publication for the global resources industry, and he is co-author of “The Goldwatcher: Demystifying Gold Investing.”

He is also an advisor to the International Crisis Group, which works to resolve global conflict, and the William J. Clinton Foundation on sustainable development in nations with resource-based economies.

Mr. Holmes is a much-sought-after conference speaker and a regular commentator on financial television. He has been profiled by Fortune, Barron’s, The Financial Times and other publications.

Visit: U.S. Global Investors




Frank Holmes's Latest Articles | 189

Pocket of Strength: Turkey Retail Stocks Rally

May 23, 2012| 

To add alpha, we believe investors need to continually seek pockets of strength amidst today’s mire of pessimism. One bright spot we’ve seen lies just east of... Read »

How Gold Demand Remains Resilient

May 18, 2012| 

Demand for gold was relatively resilient in the first quarter of 2012, with global demand falling 5 percent on a year-over-year basis, says the World Gold Council.... Read »

Apple (AAPL) is a Want—Global Resources are Needs

May 4, 2012| 1

Last week, U.S. Global’s Tadas Misiunas and I spent some time with financial advisors from Florida, providing an update on natural resources investments. Many... Read »

Sell in May and Go Away? Not this Year

Apr 29, 2012| 

One catchy investing maxim that’s popular this time of year is “sell in May and go away,” the notion that investors should cash in their investments and take... Read »

Weighing the Evidence of Oil and Gold Stocks

Apr 22, 2012| 

The MSCI Emerging Markets and the S&P 500 indices have increased double digits since the beginning of the year. Investors should be thrilled, but instead of... Read »

Where’s the Beef for Gold Equities?

Apr 14, 2012| 

Gold bulls have plenty of room to graze in the stockyard these days as the investing herd migrated to other assets during the market’s steep climb in 2012. For... Read »

Why Gold Should Thrive

Apr 6, 2012| 

It’s been a challenging week for gold investors. As I often say, investing, like life, is about managing expectations. Over the past 11 years during gold’s spectacular... Read »

Gold and China: Where the Bulls and Bears Square Off

Mar 26, 2012| 

To paraphrase the great Steve Martin, today’s investors are very passionate people and passionate people tend to overreact at times. An overreaction is exactly... Read »

Appreciating China to its Fullest

Mar 12, 2012| 

Wine expert and social media guru Gary Vaynerchuk attributes his ability to detect subtleties in wine that others might not recognize because of his unique taste-testing... Read »

The Apple (AAPL) Doesn’t Fall Far From the Global Resources Tree

Mar 7, 2012| 

After Apple (AAPL) reached $500 billion in market capitalization, it was inducted into a very elite club of businesses that have reached this size. Only Cisco, ExxonMobil,... Read »

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