... over the last ten days.
Nickel stocks up 7,9% ! I would like to see NOT following this "pack" as well as leading the RoF pack again.
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/...
Gold, silver stocks take heavy punishment as investors switch to base metals
The past 10 days has witnessed significant switching from miners of gold, silver and platinum into specialised miners of copper, zinc, tin and nickel.
Author: Barry Sergeant
Posted: Monday , 06 Apr 2009
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GLOBAL LISTED RESOURCES STOCKS
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Composite weighted 12-month net price gains/losses
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Main
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10-day
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IMC*
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Stock
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result
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change
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USD bn
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sample
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Diamond stocks
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-29.8%
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16.3%
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0.9
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41
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Tier I coal stocks (Asia)**
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4.6%
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11.6%
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105.9
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20
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Uranium stocks
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55.7%
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8.5%
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16.4
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117
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Tier II iron ore stocks**
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-3.9%
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8.4%
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38.1
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19
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Zinc stocks
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66.3%
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8.2%
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5.1
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16
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Nickel stocks
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22.8%
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7.9%
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27.7
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32
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Coal stocks
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-1.0%
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7.4%
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232.2
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96
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Copper stocks
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76.7%
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6.3%
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68.8
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93
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Molybdenum stocks
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31.4%
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5.7%
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9.3
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20
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Uranium producer stocks**
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37.9%
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4.7%
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11.4
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4
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Tin stocks
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44.2%
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3.4%
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2.2
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12
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Oil stocks
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-9.2%
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-0.8%
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1787.0
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47
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Iron ore stocks
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20.2%
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-1.1%
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129.4
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84
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Oil sand stocks
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-11.3%
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-1.2%
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30.9
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15
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Potash producers
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12.5%
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-1.4%
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77.6
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12
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Aluminium stocks
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23.0%
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-2.2%
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56.6
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19
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Tier I coal stocks (non-Asia)**
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-14.6%
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-3.9%
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39.0
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30
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Mining majors**
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14.0%
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-4.8%
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584.4
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20
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Tier I iron ore stocks**
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30.8%
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-6.0%
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80.8
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3
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Gold ETFs
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13.4%
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-15.7%
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41.8
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9
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Platinum stocks
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-5.2%
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-20.2%
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44.0
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51
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Silver ETFs
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6.0%
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-21.7%
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3.6
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3
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Silver stocks
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113.7%
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-23.8%
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12.9
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43
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Tier I platinum stocks**
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-7.1%
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-24.3%
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36.0
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3
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Gold stocks
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79.2%
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-35.9%
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207.6
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247
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Tier I gold stocks**
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65.7%
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-35.9%
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150.2
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13
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Tier II gold stocks**
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140.7%
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-47.5%
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36.5
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18
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TOTALS
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2708.7
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945
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* Investible market capitalization
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** IMC counted in other sub-sectors
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Source: Analysis by Barry Sergeant
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Note: All samplings are operating companies, with the exception of ETFs
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Note: the 12-month price gain/loss calculation assumes
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1. A weighted amount of USDs are invested in each of 945 stocks
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2. At the stock's lowest price in the past 12 months, and
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3. That each stock is still held at the current date.
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