Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM):High-Yield, Low-Beta Gold Stocks

Time: 5/25/2010 08:15:00 AM
The stock markets have been volatile recently, and only on Monday, the NYSE composite index fell by 1.6%. Last month, the index fell by 13.4% to a growth of 2.8% of the spot price of gold compared to the New York Mercantile Exchange. In the same period, won gold and Barrick Gold Corp. about 1.63% and 1.58%, while Newmont fell 1.43%.

These five stocks of gold provide an attractive opportunity for investors to overcome the uncertainty in the equity markets. Due to their stable income such as dividends, these gold reserves low beta, which increase or decrease (in percent) less than the indexes have meant.

By market capitalization, are the three most important gold producer Barrick Gold Corp. and Newmont Gold. Betas are 0.67, 0.67 and 0.80, respectively.


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