Lydon: Gold miners can both protect and boost a portfolio now

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Tom Lydon, editor at ETFTrends.com, said that with interest rates going down andcentral bankers working to manage inflation, many investors should be looking towards gold, both for its traditional role as an inflation hedge but also because it can turbocharge results. He made GOAU, the US Global GO GOLD and Precious Metals Miners ETF his 'ETF of the Week,' noting that the fund has shot up but that the market gives it room for even more growth. Also on the show, author Michael B. Horn talks about keeping perspective while making appropriate college choices, Jill Gonzalez of WalletHub.com covers a survey on how consumers expect to spend less on their cell phones, even with the new iPhone coming out, and Tom McIntyre of McIntyre, Freedman and Flynn mixes news and fundamentals as he talks stocks in the Market Call.