EagleWing Research compares 21 gold funds Weekly Market Update

February 27

Data for the week of February 20 - February 26, 2010



Gold slipped to 1117.0 and silver edged up to 16.46 as gold funds had a losing week. XAU finished down slightly at 161.39. The dollar slid slightly to 80.31. The long bond yield fell to 4.53%.

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

fn         Fund                    1wk   3wks   6wks   2010     nav
24 SLV   iShrs Silver Trust ETF    0.6    7.9  -11.0   -2.8   16.07
23 GLD   SPDR Gold Shares     .   -0.0    4.5   -1.3    2.0  109.43
 1 ASA   ASA Ltd              .   -0.2    5.8   -8.3   -7.3   71.82
16 TGLDX Tocqueville Gold     .   -0.4    6.0   -5.3   -1.6   56.47
11 OCMGX OCM Gold             .   -0.9    4.7   -6.6   -2.3   21.94
19 USAGX USAA Precious Metals .   -1.1    4.0   -7.9   -3.7   32.75
12 OPGSX Oppenheimer Gold A   .   -1.2    6.4   -7.8   -2.4   35.05
17 USERX US Global Gold Shares.   -1.3    2.9   -9.2   -4.5   14.77
10 MIDSX Midas Fund           .   -1.4    4.9  -10.5   -4.5    3.65
 7 SGGDX First Eagle Gold A   .   -1.4    3.5   -8.0   -4.8   25.42
 5 EKWBX Evergreen Prec Mtls B.   -1.4    4.9   -8.0   -4.1   64.25
 6 FSAGX Fidelity Select Gold .   -1.4    3.7   -7.3   -4.6   40.85
20 INIVX Van Eck Intl Inv GoldA   -1.5    5.1   -7.4   -3.3   18.30
 9 GOLDX GAMCO Gold AAA       .   -1.5    4.0   -9.2   -6.1   28.15
22 GDX   Mkt V Gold Miners ETF.   -1.5    3.5   -7.4   -5.0   43.89
 4 SGDAX DWS Gold & Prec Mtls A   -1.6    4.6   -7.0   -4.1   18.40
25 HUI   Amex Gold Bugs Index .   -1.6    3.8   -7.9   -6.0  404.18
 8 FKRCX Franklin Gold & PrMt A   -1.6    5.2   -8.7   -4.7   37.89
 3 BGEIX Amer Cent Global Gold.   -1.6    4.3   -7.9   -4.6   19.32
14 INPMX Riversource Prec MtlsA   -1.7    5.4   -8.2   -3.5   11.81
15 RYPMX Rydex Prec Metals    .   -1.8    4.0   -8.8   -6.0   59.94
26 XAU   Phlx Gold/Silver Index   -1.9    4.6   -6.6   -4.1  161.39
18 UNWPX US Global World Pr Mns   -1.9    6.0   -6.7   -3.2   16.87
 2 FGLDX AIM Gold & Pr Mtls Inv   -1.9    4.2   -8.4   -4.3    7.70
21 VGPMX Vanguard Prec Metals .   -2.2    4.5  -11.6   -5.9   19.23
13 PMPIX Profund Prec Mtls Ultr   -3.2    6.3  -11.0   -8.1   29.18

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