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.
Small mining companies that depend on one or a few mines can be quite risky. Some large companies pay modest dividends.
Here is a table of 26 well-known gold and silver mining stocks.
| Gold and Silver Mining Stocks | ||||
Stock | Price Quote & Dividend | 1-Yr Price Chart | ||
| Agnico-Eagle Mines | ||||
| AngloGold Ashanti | ||||
| Barrick Gold | ||||
| Coeur Mining | ||||
| Compania de Minas Buenaventura | ||||
| Eldorado Gold | ||||
| Endeavour Silver | ||||
| Franco-Nevada | ||||
| Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold | ||||
| Gold Fields | ||||
| Gold Resource Corp | ||||
| GoldCorp | ||||
| Golden Star Resources | ||||
| Great Panther Silver Limited | ||||
| Harmony Gold Mining | ||||
| Hecla Mining | ||||
| IAMGOLD | ||||
| Kinross Gold | ||||
| Newmont Mining | ||||
| NovaGold Resources | ||||
| Pan American Silver | ||||
| Randgold Resources Limited | ||||
| Royal Gold | ||||
| Sandstorm Gold Ltd. | ||||
| Silver Wheaton | ||||
| Yamana Gold | ||||
| Price and dividend data from Quandl. | ||||
To inspect the performance of the Gold and Silver Mining Stocks portfolio, see the returns table and chart below. Portfolio values are computed using monthly closes for from Quandl. The 25 included in the portfolio computations are: AEM, AU, ABX, CDE, BVN, EGO, EXK, FNV, FCX, GFI, GORO, GG, GSS, GPL, HMY, HL, IAG, KGC, NEM, NG, PAAS, GOLD, RGLD, SLW and AUY. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $400.00 was invested (total of $10,000) in each at its closing weekly price for the current date in 2008. SAND was excluded from the portfolio computations because of insufficient price data.
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Gold and Silver Mining Stocks - Return Results | |
| Portfolio: | Gold and Silver Mining Stocks |
| Start date: | Jun-24-2008 |
| Start value: | $10,000 |
| End date: | Jun-24-2018 |
| End value: | $9,784 |
| Number prices | 108 |
| Minimum value occurred on Nov-30-2015 | $5,247 |
| Maximum value occurred on Apr-30-2011 | $22,334 |
| Total gain or loss (Start date to End date) | -2.16% |
| Annualized gain or loss (Start date to End date) | -0.22% |
| Total dollar value on End date of a $10,000 purchase made on Start date | $9,784 |
| Average percent return for all possible buy/sell combinations | -15.35% |
| Number returns | 5,778 |
| Number profitable returns (Winners) | 1,641 |
| Percent profitable returns | 28.40% |
| Number unprofitable returns (Losers) | 4,137 |
| Percent unprofitable returns | 71.60% |
| Winners to losers ratio | 0.40 |
| Stock Return Calculator | |
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