9 Experts Share Highest-Conviction Sectors for 2026

1. John Rubino — Silver

2. Peter Schiff — Silver, mining stocks

Peter Schiff of Euro Pacific Asset Management and Schiff Gold mentioned silver too, although he also said he sees mining stocks overall doing well.

3. Craig Hemke — Silver-mining stocks

Similarly, Craig Hemke of TFMetalsReport.com is bullish on silver, but said his choice for top-performing asset of 2026 would be silver-mining stocks.

4. Byron King — Gold

5. Chris Temple — Uranium

6. Lobo Tiggre — Copper

7. Rick Rule — Oil/gas, small-scale community banks in the US

Unsurprisingly, Rick Rule of Rule Investment Media went outside the box.

8. Gareth Soloway — ‘Defensive names’ like Pfizer (NYSE:PFE)

Gareth Soloway of VerifiedInvesting.com also had an alternate take. Although he believes gold will perform well in 2026, he said it won’t necessarily be the top-performing asset.

9. Clem Chambers — Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)

Finally, Clem Chambers of aNewFN.com spoke about why he sees promise in Intel.