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Gold Mining Stocks Lag Climbing Gold Spot Prices

In spite of the steady climb in gold’s spot price since the beginning of 2011, the overall share price of gold mining companies has not followed suit, particularly in the majors. Gold is up about 4.6 percent since January while gold mining stock indexes have shown a drop of as much as 10 percent.

Gold Price Trends

Overall, the gold price is up 11 percent in the last three months, and over the last year the spot price is up by 24 percent. The price of physical gold has outperformed most other major asset classes following the global financial crisis, appreciating by approximately 67 percent while equity markets, are still in negative territory.