The Fund seeks capital appreciation, and a secondary goal to provide current income through dividends or interest received from its investments. The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities of gold and precious metals operation companies that mine, process, or deal in gold and other precious metals. The Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund falls in Morningstar’s Equity Precious Metals category. Funds in this category typically invest in stocks related to gold and other precious metals. These might include companies that mine gold and other minerals and precious metals. About the Gold and Precious Metals Fund. The Gold and Precious Metals Fund is the first-no load gold fund in the U.S. We have a history as pioneers in portfolio management in this specialized sector. Our team brings valuable background in geology and mining finance, important to understanding the technical side of the business. Precious metals funds are mutual funds that focus on the various mining stocks in the gold, silver, platinum and palladium industries. These funds are typically global in nature, holding stocks domiciled in the U.S. and abroad. The funds cover a variety of market caps and some precious metals funds actually hold physical gold or silver. The fund seeks capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of its net assets in the securities of companies around the world that mine, process or deal in gold or other precious metals such as silver, platinum and palladium. The Fund seeks capital appreciation, and a secondary goal to provide current income through dividends or interest received from its investments. The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities of gold and precious metals operation companies that mine, process, or deal in gold and other precious metals. The U.S. Global Investors Gold & Precious Metals Fund ("USERX") was one of the best-performing gold-focused funds of 2015, losing only 14.66%. The fund invests primarily in companies engaged in the mining, fabrication and processing of precious metals and minerals including gold, silver, platinum and diamonds.
Ranked 9 out of 106 in - Gold & Precious Metals over 12 months Since 2007, he has been the fund adviser of the Stabilitas Pacific Gold+Metals mutual fund. 25 Jul 1996 Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. B2Gold Corp. AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., ADR; Kinross Gold Corp. SSR Mining Inc.
31 Jul 2018 This is not the first time Vanguard has adjusted its precious-metals fund. Back in 2001, Vanguard removed the world gold from what was then its 31 Dec 2010 Investing in mutual funds that buy gold-company stocks is a way to the average precious-metals fund, which mostly hold gold-related stocks
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The Gold and Precious Metals Fund is the first no-load gold mutual fund in the U.S.. Morningstar Overall Rating™ among 71 Equity Precious Metals funds as of