A Quick Look at the Volatility of Precious Metal Miners
With the revival of the US dollar, the precious metal and mining stocks have tumbled significantly over the last few months. The Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL) and the VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) have also been heavily impacted. These two funds have declined ~1.8% and ~4.6%, respectively, during the last month, and they saw respective YTD losses of 5.6% and 11.3%.