With prices rising as much as 21% last August, gold looked like it was bouncing back last year from the slide that it has endured since 2013. Donald Trump’s election put an end to that, though — from the election to the end of December, the price of gold fell nearly 11%.
In the midst of this volatility, however, shares of Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX), a global leader among gold stocks, climbed more than 106%. Let’s dig into the company’s performance in 2016, and see what we can expect in 2017.