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 23 well-known gold and silver mining stocks.

Gold and Silver Mining Stocks
Stock	Price Quote & Dividend	Interactive Price Chart	10-Year Moving Average	Dividend Growth Rate & Chart	Return Calculator	Return Map	Comments
Agnico-Eagle Mines	AEM	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Canada
AngloGold Ashanti	AU	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Worldwide
Barrick Gold	ABX	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Canada and United States
Compania de Minas Buenaventura	BVN	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Peru
Coeur D'Alene Mines	CDE	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	United States
Eldorado Gold	EGO	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Brazil, Turkey, and China
Franco-Nevada	FNV	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Royalty Trust
Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold	FCX	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Indonesia
GoldCorp	GG	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Americas
Golden Star Resources	GSS	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	West Africa
Gold Fields	GFI	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	South Africa
Harmony Gold Mining	HMY	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	South Africa
Hecla Mining	HL	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	United States, Mexico and Venezuela
IAMGOLD	IAG	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	North and South America
Kinross Gold	KGC	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Worldwide
Newmont Mining	NEM	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	North America
NovaGold Resources	NG	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	North America
Pan American Silver	PAAS	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Bolivia
Royal Gold	RGLD	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Royalty Trust
Sandstorm Gold Ltd.	SAND	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Royalty Trust
Silver Standard Resources	SSRI	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Argentina and Mexico
Silver Wheaton	SLW	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Royalty Trust
Yamana Gold	AUY	Chart	Chart	Chart	Table	Map	Brazil, Chile and U.S.

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

The 16 stocks included in the value computations are: AEM, AU, ABX, BVN, CDE, FCX, GG, GSS, GFI, HMY, HL, KGC, NEM, PAAS, RGLD and SSRI. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $625.00 was invested (total of $10,000) in each stock at its closing weekly price for the first week of January 2003. The 7 stocks excluded from the chart computations because of insufficient price data are: EGO, FNV, IAG, NG, SAND, SLW and AUY.

Gold and Silver Mining Stocks - Return Results
Portfolio:	Gold and Silver Mining Stocks
Start date:	Jan-02-2003
Start value:	$10,000
End date:	May-25-2013
End value:	$14,573
Number prices	543
Minimum value occurred on Mar-17-2003	$7,418
Maximum value occurred on Dec-27-2010	$34,654
Total gain or loss (Start date to End date)	45.73%
Annualized gain or loss (Start date to End date)	3.67%
Sharpe Ratio	0.28
Total dollar value on End date of a $10,000 purchase made on Start date	$14,573
Average percent return for all possible buy/sell combinations	45.16%
Number returns	147,153
Number profitable returns (Winners)	111,690
Percent profitable returns	75.90%
Number unprofitable returns (Losers)	35,463
Percent unprofitable returns	24.10%
Winners to losers ratio	3.15

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