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The Daily Screen: The Best Natural Resources Funds
This year, natural resources funds have been the warm, dry place in the market's tempest.
These funds, which are the subject of today's Daily Screen, typically invest in stocks of companies that look for, refine and/or sell oil and natural gas. As you might imagine, these stocks rise and fall with the prices of commodities like oil and gas. With those prices skyrocketing this year, these funds have had a solid run in a tough environment for growth stocks, gaining 18% on average since Jan. 1, compared to the S&P 500's 
8.7% loss.
| It's Been a Very Good Year The past 12 months have been better to natural resources funds than the previous four | ||
| Natural Resources Funds | S&P 500 | |
| YTD | 18% | -8.7% |
| 1-Year | 25.4 | 6.4 |
| 5-Year | 9.9 | 20.6 |
| Source: Morningstar. Annualized performance figures through Oct. 19. | ||
Recent Comments
| Dow Jones | S&P 500 | NASDAQ | 10-Year Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,441.12 | 1,109.18 | 2,206.91 | 35.20 |
Oil *
73.38
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DOWN
10.88
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UP
1.25
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UP
5.86
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DOWN
0.76
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10 Yr
3.52%
SPDR Gold
111.59
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-0.10%
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+0.11%
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+0.27%
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-2.11%
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