Gold has been on its biggest run in years, but most investors who bought ETFs or bullion captured only a fraction of the move. The real leverage has been in the miners — when gold climbs 20%, a well-positioned junior miner can move several multiples of that. Chris Rowe's free weekly research identifies three tickers sitting at the center of the market's biggest developing stories, including opportunities in the gold mining space that most investors miss entirely. This week's three picks are ready.

Decades ago, Washington sold the American public on ditching cash for credit cards to protect us from theft and stop criminals, but instead of stopping crime, it gave the government an unprecedented window into our daily lives—every flight, restaurant, and gallon of gas leaving a permanent data trail. Through a new initiative outlined in Federal Reserve Docket No. OP-1670, known as FedNow, the government is rolling out the ultimate financial tracking web that routes all those fragmented private transactions through a single centralized hub operated by the Federal Reserve itself, giving the federal government real-time 24/7 visibility into virtually every dollar moving through the U.S. economy with the power to flag or freeze your money with a single keystroke.