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 20 well-known gold and silver mining stocks.

20 Gold and Silver Mining Stocks
Stock & Price Chart	Symbol	Recent Prices & Annualized Return
Agnico-Eagle Mines	AEM
AngloGold Ashanti	AU
Barrick Gold	GOLD
Coeur Mining	CDE
Endeavour Silver	EXK
Franco-Nevada	FNV
Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold	FCX
Gold Fields	GFI
Gold Resource Corp	GORO
GoldCorp	GG
Great Panther Silver Limited	GPL
Harmony Gold Mining	HMY
Hecla Mining	HL
IAMGOLD	IAG
Kinross Gold	KGC
Newmont Mining	NEM
NovaGold Resources	NG
Pan American Silver	PAAS
Royal Gold	RGLD
Yamana Gold	AUY
Price data from Quandl as of most recent close.

To inspect the performance of the Gold and Silver Mining Stocks portfolio, see the chart of portfolio below. Portfolio values are computed using monthly closes for stocks from Quandl.

All 20 stocks are included in the portfolio computations. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $500.00 was invested (total of $10,000) in each stock at its closing monthly price for the current date in 2009. All prices are adjusted for splits and dividends.

The current value of a $10,000 investment is $12,197. The percent return is 21.97%. The annualized return is 2.01%.

NOTE: The stocks included in the table and chart are representative of the industry. They are not recommendations.