Gold Stocks for a Breakout: IAMGOLD Corp (IAG) Although it's tempting to pick up cheap gold stocks during a deflationary cycle, I recommend higher-quality names like IAMGOLD Corp (USA) (NYSE: IAG ). The reason I prefer IAG is that they're willing to make hard decisions to promote longer-term sustainability. But over the past four years, IAG is actually up 14%, which is a rare achievement for gold stocks.