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
Precious Metal Funds Fall as Much as 13%
Precious metal funds tumbled as much as 13% this week as commodities slumped.
01:22PM 06/19/09
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
Gold Funds Shine as Economies Sink
The price of bullion is rising close to its all-time high as demand has never been stronger.
11:12AM 02/02/09
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
10 Best, 10 Worst Precious Metals Funds
Last week's volatile market proved a boon for gold-related precious metals funds as investors rushed to gold for safety.
11:41AM 09/22/08
Metals, Not Miners, Are This Week's Villains
Only two funds on the best-performing precious-metals list this week managed to gain ground.
12:27PM 08/16/08
Even the worst-performing funds in the sector made money on the week.
12:01PM 05/10/08
In Commodities Funds, Short Was Best This Week
With oil and gold tumbling, here's how funds linked to the commodities sector have performed.
12:58PM 03/22/08
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
Vanguard Fund Misses Gold Rally
The firm's Precious Metals & Mining fund has barely budged since the start of the year.
05:56PM 01/11/08
Metals Funds Boosted by Bhutto Assassination
Funds also benefit from weak dollar.
04:25PM 12/28/07
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



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