Gold Fever Heats Up Precious Metals Funds
Mutual funds and ETFs that invest in gold and silver have gained 7.6% in the past week as metal prices climb.
11:37AM 09/04/09
Foreign Funds Gain on U.S. Inflation Fears
Mutual funds that focus on regions and precious metals performed the best last month, helped by U.S. fears of inflation.
11:39AM 06/04/09
Sector Focus: Metals, Mining Funds Cave In
Metals and mining funds were the worst performers this week as investors grew fearful of a deeper recession.
12:15PM 05/15/09
Precious Metals Funds Outperform in November
The sharp rise in precious metals prices in November provided a boost to these open-end stock mutual funds.
02:11PM 12/02/08
Precious Metals Funds Flop This Week
These are the worst-performing precious metals funds for the week ended Oct. 16.
03:32PM 10/17/08
Even the worst-performing funds in the sector made money on the week.
12:01PM 05/10/08
Gold Funds Jump on Record Prices
Here are some of the best and worst performers among gold funds in the past week.
10:40AM 02/23/08
Metals Funds Boosted by Bhutto Assassination
Funds also benefit from weak dollar.
04:25PM 12/28/07
New Capital Rushes Into Gold Mining Funds
October was a big month for the mining mutual funds and ETFs.
10:10AM 12/10/07
Gold Funds Stall as Dollar Steadies
The average precious metals fund tracked by TheStreet.com Ratings lost 8.47% of its value over the week ended Thursday.
05:22PM 11/16/07
Miner ETF Not Quite as Good as Gold
The new offering doesn't have many of the trading advantages of the popular metal-tracking funds.
07:33AM 06/06/06
The Weekly Scorecard: This Week's Mutual Fund Winners and Losers
How the best, worst and biggest mutual funds did; also, the sector scorecard.
10:44AM 05/12/01
The Weekly Scorecard: This Week's Mutual Fund Winners and Losers
How the best, worst and biggest mutual funds did; also, the sector scorecard.
11:59AM 04/07/01
Fool's Gold? Precious Metal Funds Are Up, But Prospects Aren't
Investors may be tempted to rush in for safety in this tough market.
11:36AM 03/16/01
You Can Learn a Lot From Losers
Lessons from funds on the bottom of the 10-year heap.
12:24PM 12/18/00



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