Tracking Returns of NYSE Arca Gold BUGS Components

The NYSE Arca Gold BUGS Index (^HUI), a compilation of 16 large-cap gold and silver mining companies.

Gold BUGS (A-Z)
Stock	Quote	Annual Dividend and Yield	Dividend Chart	Dividend Growth Rate	200-Day Moving Average	10-Year Moving Average	Daily Close and PDI	Multiyear Returns	Stock Return Map
Agnico Eagle Mines	AEM	$0.80 (2.10%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Anglogold Ashanti Ltd	AU	$1.06 (3.40%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Barrick Gold	ABX	$0.80 (2.10%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Coeur d'alene Mines	CDE	N/A	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Comp de Minas Buenaventura	BVN	$0.77 (2.00%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Eldorado Gold Corp	EGO	$0.18 (1.70%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Goldcorp	GG	$0.54 (1.50%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Gold Fields	GFI	$0.61 (5.20%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Harmony Gold Mining	HMY	$0.11 (1.20%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Hecla Mining	HL	$0.09 (2.40%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
IAMGOLD	IAG	$0.25 (2.70%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Kinross Gold	KGC	$0.16 (2.20%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
New Gold	NGD	N/A	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Newmont Mining	NEM	$1.40 (3.20%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Randgold Resources	GOLD	$0.38 (0.50%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map
Yamana Gold	AUY	$0.22 (1.70%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map

NOTE: All price and dividend data in the charts and tables are from Yahoo! Finance as of today.

To follow the day-to-day progress of the Gold BUGS portfolio, check out the returns table and chart below. Dollar values are computed using weekly closes for stocks from Yahoo!Finance.

The 11 stocks included in the value computations are: AEM, AU, ABX, CDE, BVN, GG, GFI, HMY, HL, KGC and NEM. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $909.09 was invested (total of $10,000) in each stock at its closing weekly price for the first week of January 2002. The 5 stocks excluded from the chart computations because of lack of price data are: EGO, IAG, NGD, GOLD and AUY.

Gold BUGS - Return Results
Portfolio:	Gold BUGS
Start date:	Jan-02-2002
Start value:	$10,000
End date:	May-17-2012
End value:	$34,468
Number prices	542
Total return	244.68%
Annualized return	12.61%
Sharpe Ratio	0.76
Total dollar value for $1,000 purchase made on start date	$3,447
Total percent return for all possible buy/sell combinations	52.31%
Number trades	146,611
Number winning trades	119,776
Percent winning trades	81.70%
Number losing trades	26,835
Percent losing trades	18.30%

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