Sentences with phrase «gold index»

Even a 5 % stake in gold — perhaps in iShares S&P TSX Global Gold Index Fund (XGD)-- might improve risk - adjusted returns.»

iShares S&P / TSX Global Gold Index ETF (XGD.TO 0.56 %) I have been negative on gold stocks for years, but have found myself looking at this sector as the price seems to have bottomed.

But I'll still keep my eye on the gold miners and exchange - traded funds (ETFs) such as the BMO Junior Gold Index ETF.

The XAU is the Philadelphia Gold Index, which includes major gold producers, but is heavily weighted towards the larger cap North American names (Barrick, Freeport, Goldcorp, and Newmont represent 60 % of the index).

Between 2008 and January 2013, gold prices climbed 82 % — yet somehow, over the same period, the S&P / TSX global gold index fell about 15 %.

PUNDITS expect the new Australian Gold Index, to be launched by the Australian Stock Exchange in October, to become a «key world gold benchmark».

It has caused the S&P GSCI Gold index to lose almost half its value, -43 %, since Aug. 2011.

(Gold index used: Barrons» Gold Mining Index or BGMI)

In fact, in April I began buying the BMO Junior Gold Index ETF (ZJG), using subsequent dips to average down my entry price.

While gold bullion has soared 82 % over the last five years, gold stocks have floundered with the S&P / TSX Global Gold Index falling about 15 %.

MER: 0.35 % BMO Junior Gold Index ETF (ZJG).

On the Toronto Stock Exchange, the real estate index has outperformed the gold index for the past 27 months, he notes.

Vincent Roy, BlackRock's managing director of scientific active equity, points out that the S&P / TSX global gold index is trading at 16 times earnings, about half of where it traded in 2009.

The yield on the S&P / TSX global gold index is now 1.6 %, up from just 0.5 % in 2010.

The S&P / TSX Global Gold Index is designed to provide an investable index of global gold securities.

The S&P / TSX Global Gold Index is an international benchmark tracking the world's leading gold companies with the intent to provide an investable representative index of publicly - traded international gold companies.

OceanaGold to be included in two S&P indices starting monday 21st of June, both the S&P / TSX GLOBAL GOLD INDEX and S&P / TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX.

Over the last five years the S&P / TSX Global Gold Index, an index that tracks worldwide gold securities, is up just 1.36 %, while the price of gold has climbed 120 %.

The London Gold Market Fixing Ltd PM Fix Price / USD (Gold Index)(not available in all jurisdictions) is an international benchmark for the price of Gold.

Almost all indexed annuities will offer several indexing strategies tied to the S&P 500, but the NASDAQ, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, bond & gold indexes, and foreign exchanges are also available — many times within the same account.

With both the S&P / TSX Global Gold Index and the Horizons Enhanced Gold Income Producers ETF (HEP) down on the year, you might be thinking gold isn't a good investment year - to - date.

Each ETF tracks a particular index - equity, debt or gold indices.

The other kind of gold ETF tracks an index of gold mining stocks like, for example, the iShares CDN Gold Sector Index Fund, which follows the S&P / TSX Global Gold Index.

Yes, I've taken a bath on some of that 10 % (Ballard Power, a gold index fund, a green power index fund) but several of my gambles (including Apple, Amazon, a small cap index) have paid off, and HOW.

Investors should note that when the Philadelphia gold index (XAU) has plunged by more than 20 % over the prior 6 - month period, the general stock market has often experienced significant losses over the following 6 - 12 month period (see, for example, the losses in the XAU in mid-1990 just before the general 1990 bear market, in late - 2000 just before the 2000 - 2002 bear market, and in August 2008 — when the S&P 500 was still at 1300 — just before the general market collapsed).

For instance, West Texas Intermediate crude's 21 % year - to - date rise has helped the S&P / TSX Capped Energy Index climb 21 % since January, while gold's 24 % rise has caused the S&P / TSX Global Gold Index to jump by a whopping 76 %.

Although the underlying asset is gold, the actual holdings in an ETF or ETN may not be physical gold but gold - backed derivatives that allow an investor to mimic the performance of gold using futures, forwards and options to simulate a gold index, sometimes leveraged two or three times either on the long or short side.