EagleWing Research compares 21 gold funds Weekly Market Update

August 28

Data for the week of August 21 - August 27, 2010



Gold continued to climb, closing at 1236.0, and silver jumped to 19.03. All gold funds had a good week with XAU surging to 184.14, a two month high. The dollar slid slightly to 82.91 and the long bond yield may have bottomed, closing up at 3.70%.

Funds are ranked by percentage change in nav for this week.

fn         Fund                    1wk   3wks   6wks   2010     nav
24 SLV   iShrs Silver Trust ETF    6.3    3.5    6.9   13.1   18.70
22 GDX   Mkt V Gold Miners ETF.    4.0    6.3    9.9   15.4   53.34
25 HUI   Amex Gold Bugs Index .    3.9    5.8    9.6   13.2  486.52
14 INPMX Riversource Prec MtlsA    3.8    5.9   13.7   12.7   13.79
 3 BGEIX Amer Cent Global Gold.    3.7    6.6   11.6   19.9   24.29
13 PMPIX Profund Prec Mtls Ultr    3.7    5.6   14.2   13.6   36.07
20 INIVX Van Eck Intl Inv GoldA    3.5    6.1   13.2   21.7   23.02
 4 SGDAX DWS Gold & Prec Mtls A    3.4    5.6   10.9   17.0   22.46
10 MIDSX Midas Fund           .    3.4    2.1    9.6    4.2    3.98
26 XAU   Phlx Gold/Silver Index    3.4    4.9   10.0    9.4  184.14
15 RYPMX Rydex Prec Metals    .    3.3    4.0   10.9    7.9   68.75
11 OCMGX OCM Gold             .    3.1    5.5   10.7   17.9   26.47
 2 FGLDX AIM Gold & Pr Mtls Inv    3.0    5.9   11.8   15.5    9.30
 5 EKWBX Evergreen Prec Mtls B.    3.0    5.3   11.2   18.0   79.06
 6 FSAGX Fidelity Select Gold .    2.9    5.2   10.1   14.5   49.05
12 OPGSX Oppenheimer Gold A   .    2.8    5.3   14.4   22.1   43.88
19 USAGX USAA Precious Metals .    2.6    5.2   11.7   17.7   40.01
 9 GOLDX GAMCO Gold AAA       .    2.5    4.0    9.2   15.6   34.64
17 USERX US Global Gold Shares.    2.4    3.4    9.3    9.6   16.95
 1 ASA   ASA Ltd              .    2.3    4.9    7.4          28.13
 7 SGGDX First Eagle Gold A   .    2.1    3.4    8.0   14.0   30.44
16 TGLDX Tocqueville Gold     .    1.9    4.5   10.9   23.4   70.84
18 UNWPX US Global World Pr Mns    1.7    2.2   10.2    7.6   18.75
 8 FKRCX Franklin Gold & PrMt A    1.3    2.6    9.0   17.1   46.58
23 GLD   SPDR Gold Shares     .    0.9    2.7    3.7   12.8  121.01
21 VGPMX Vanguard Prec Metals .    0.6   -1.6    4.9    0.1   20.47

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