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3 Gold Mining Stocks To Consider
Over the past few months, despite the stock market’s rally to an all-time high, shares of gold mining companies have been under severe selling pressure. However, at this point, in my opinion, it is time to consider buying some of these beaten down names. In particular, Gold Fields Ltd (NYSE: GFI), Goldcorp (NYSE: GG), and Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (NYSE: AEM)
Dividend
As shown by the chart below, GFI, GG, and AEM are all currently yielding about 2%. While this is by no means a massive dividend, it is enough of a payout to matter. This is especially true given the historically low interest rate environment. Gold miners paying strong dividends should be a part of all income investors portfolio because of their diversification property. For the most part, given any inflationary environment dividend paying stocks such as Verizon or Johnson & Johnson will not do well as their yield becomes less appealing relative to treasury bonds. However, this is not the case for gold miners as they benefit from any inflationary environment.
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