How Are Mining Stocks Reacting to the Slump in Gold?
Following the revival of the US dollar, precious metals and mining stocks have tumbled significantly over the last few months. Among the top precious metal mining funds, the Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL) and the VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) have also been impacted. These two funds have fallen about 7.6% and 1.8%, respectively, during the last month. They also have respective YTD (year-to-date) losses of 13.1% and 5.6%.