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Gregory Church has two big contrarian plays for investors. One is as good as gold, and the other involves another refining process.
The founder and chief investment officer of Church Capital Management thinks gold still has some headroom.
"Even the Financial Times, in January, that's been no fan of gold...said, 'The new currency of the world is gold," he told CNBC. "If the dollar is not going to be the lead currency, I'm not ready to anoint the euro as the new world currency. Gold's a good place to be...I think it goes a lot higher."
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He also has his eyes on oil refiners.
"I think they've just been sold off completely," he said.
"Tesoro [TSO
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Disclosures:
Disclosure information for Gregory Church was not immediately available.
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Refiners & Refinery Plays:
- Valero Energy [VLO
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- Exxon Mobil [XOM
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- United States Oil Fund [USO
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- PowerShares DB Oil Fund [DBO
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