Portfolio of Gold and Silver Mining Stocks

Stock prices of gold and silver mining companies tend to follow the underlying prices of gold and silver. Therefore, the prices of the mining stocks are quite volatile.

Before you buy a gold or silver stock, be sure you know about the company and where prices are in the gold and silver price cycle. Use the Price Direction Indicator (PDI) to determine if prices are on the upside or downside before you buy mining stocks.

Small mining companies that depend on one or a few mines can be quite risky. Some large companies pay modest dividends.

The following table lists major gold and silver mining stocks.

Gold and Silver Stocks
Company	Symbol	10-Year Moving Average Chart	Price and PDI Chart	Multiyear Returns	Principal Mine Locations
Agnico-Eagle Mines	AEM	Chart	Chart	Table	Canada
AngloGold Ashanti	AU	Chart	Chart	Table	Worldwide
Barrick Gold	ABX	Chart	Chart	Table	Canada and United States
Compania de Minas Buenaventura	BVN	Chart	Chart	Table	Peru
Coeur D'Alene Mines	CDE	Chart	Chart	Table	United States
Eldorado Gold	EGO	Chart	Chart	Table	Brazil, Turkey, and China
Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold	FCX	Chart	Chart	Table	Indonesia
GoldCorp	GG	Chart	Chart	Table	Americas
Golden Star Resources	GSS	Chart	Chart	Table	West Africa
Gold Fields	GFI	Chart	Chart	Table	South Africa
Harmony Gold Mining	HMY	Chart	Chart	Table	South Africa
Hecla Mining	HL	Chart	Chart	Table	United States, Mexico and Venezuela
IAMGOLD	IAG	Chart	Chart	Table	North and South America
Kinross Gold	KGC	Chart	Chart	Table	Worldwide
Lihir	LIHR	Chart	Chart	Table	Australia
Newmont Mining	NEM	Chart	Chart	Table	North America
NovaGold Resources	NG	Chart	Chart	Table	North America
Pan American Silver	PAAS	Chart	Chart	Table	Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Bolivia
Royal Gold	RGLD	Chart	Chart	Table	United States, Canada, Mexico, Africa, Argentina, and Chile
Silver Standard Resources	SSRI	Chart	Chart	Table	Argentina and Mexico
Silver Wheaton	SLW	Chart	Chart	Table	Buys silver
Yamana Gold	AUY	Chart	Chart	Table	Brazil, Chile and U.S.

To follow the day-to-day progress of the Gold and Silver portfolio, check out the chart below. It is updated each day, so the portfolio values are always current. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $588.24 was invested (total of $10,000) in each of the 17 stocks at its closing weekly price for the first week of January 2001.

The following stocks are not included in the portfolio because of lack of data: EGO, GSS, IAG, NG, SLW and AUY.

Click chart to enlarge it.

For more daily updated charts of gold stocks, see:

Follow Gold With the AMEX Gold BUGS Index
Follow Gold With the SPDR Gold Shares ETF
Tracking Returns of AMEX Gold Bug Components
Barrack (ABX) - price and PDI chart
Royal Gold (RGLD) - price and PDI chart

You can also buy iShares COMEX Gold Trust (IAU), iShares Silver Trust (SLV), Market Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), exchange traded funds that track the price of gold and silver.

Related Articles and Links:

Portfolio of Dividend-Paying Gold and Silver Mining Stocks
Portfolio of Platinum Mining Stocks
Portfolio of Silver Stocks
Seven Ways to Track Gold and Silver
Tracking Gold and Silver Prices
Uranium Mining Stocks

Updated Mar-18-2010.