Gold is considered to be one of safest assets of storage as well as value since centuries. Today, the gold industry covers many facets. They include Gold bullion (as a precious metal), manufacturing (jewelery and design), safe-keeping, and the gold mining, extraction and purification is a big industry in itself. A lot of companies are involved in the gold mining, which involves extracting gold from earth, and may also include extraction and purification to make it usable. Many exchange-traded funds (ETF) are available which cover the gold mining industry. This article lists the Gold Miners ETFs available for trading in the U.S. markets as of writing. Following is the list of all 13 exchange-traded funds that FKnol has in its database for ETFs which belong to the Gold Miners category:
The Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear ETF provides 2X inverse exposure to a market-cap-weighted index of global gold and silver mining firms. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly Dividend History
Asset Class: Equity
The VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of global gold-mining firms. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Annually Dividend History
Asset Class: Equity
The VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of global gold- and silver-mining firms, focusing on small-caps. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Annually Dividend History
Asset Class: Equity
The investment seeks the return on the notes is linked to a three times leveraged participation in the daily performance of the S-Network MicroSectorsTM Go ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: NA
Asset Class: Equity
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ETF Gold Miners ZVZZT Corp Ltd. (ZVZZT)
The ETF Gold Miners belonging to the Equity category, Multi-Cap sub-sector and trading in the US market has the following ETF profile. ...See
The Global X Gold Explorers ETF tracks an index of companies engaged in the exploration and early stage production of gold. The index uses market cap selection and a modified market cap weighting scheme. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Annually Dividend History
Asset Class: Equity
Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares (JDST)
Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bear 2X Shares provides daily -2X exposure to an index of junior gold and silver mining companies from developed as well as emerging markets. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly Dividend History
Asset Class: Equity
The Gold mining companies may be operating at local (U.S.) or global level. Stocks of such companies are available for trading on the leading stock exchanges. The Gold Miner ETFs use the investors' pooled capital to invest in stocks of these gold mining companies as per the defined investment objective of the ETF. Investors should pay attention to whether the ETF intends to cover global gold mining companies, or only local. The expense ratio of the fund, and the returns of the fund, may get impacted due to regional coverage and the foreign currency risk.
Where do Gold Miners ETFs Invest?
A long list of companies and different financial instruments exist where the Gold Miners exchange-traded funds may invest the money collected from the ETF investors. Below is a small sample of companies whose stocks may qualify for investment by Gold Miners ETFs, though there can be many more businesses and financial instruments where these ETFs can park the capital for returns:
▶ Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (WPM): Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. operates as a silver and gold streaming company in Canada and internationally. It has streaming agreements for 20 operating mines and 9 development stage projects. The company was formerly known as Silver Wheaton Corp. and changed its name to Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. in May 2017. ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. (KL): Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. engages in the exploration and development of gold properties. The company owns and operates four underground gold mines, including the Macassa mine, the Holt mine, and the Taylor mine i....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ AngloGold Ashanti Limited (AU): AngloGold Ashanti Limited operates as a gold mining company. It also produces silver, uranium, and sulphuric acid; and dóre bars. The company operates 14 mines and 3 projects in 10 countries in South....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
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▶ Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (AEM): Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (Agnico Eagle), incorporated on June 1, 1972, is a gold producer with mining operations in northwestern Quebec, northern Mexico, northern Finland and Nunavut and exploration activities ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ Royal Gold, Inc. (RGLD): Royal Gold, Inc., incorporated on January 5, 1981, together with its subsidiaries, is engaged in acquiring and managing precious metal streams, royalties and similar interests. The Company operates through two ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC): Kinross Gold Corporation is a gold mining company. The Company is engaged in gold mining and related activities, including exploration and acquisition of gold-bearing properties, the extraction and processing of ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History