Analyzing Miners’ Trends in October

Mining stocks’ correlation with precious metals Most of the time, mining stocks’ performance follows that of precious metals. However, they can deviate. Correlational analysis can give investors some insight into how mining stocks relate to gold and silver. In this part of our series, we’ll compare Royal Gold (RGLD), Goldcorp (GG), New Gold (NGD), and Newmont Mining (NEM). Mining […]

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Nov. 1 2017, Updated 2:50 p.m. ET

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Mining stocks’ correlation with precious metals

Most of the time, mining stocks’ performance follows that of precious metals. However, they can deviate. Correlational analysis can give investors some insight into how mining stocks relate to gold and silver. In this part of our series, we’ll compare Royal Gold (RGLD), Goldcorp (GG), New Gold (NGD), and Newmont Mining (NEM).

Mining funds such as the iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF (RING) and the Sprott Gold Miners ETF (SGDM) also tend to track precious metals. These funds fell 4% and 1.2%, respectively, in October, whereas gold fell 1.1%.

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Correlation trends

Among the four miners we’re examining, Goldcorp has had the lowest correlation with gold this year, while Royal Gold has had the highest correlation with gold. Among the four mining stocks, Goldcorp’s and New Gold’s gold correlation has risen, while Newmont’s has fallen.

New Gold has risen from a three-year correlation of 0.67 to a one-year correlation of 0.88. A correlation of 0.88 suggests that New Gold has moved in the same direction as gold ~88% of the time.

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