Industry description
The investment seeks long-term growth of capital plus protection against inflation and monetary instability; current income is a secondary objective.
Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity and equity-related securities of companies principally involved in the mining, fabrication, processing, marketing or distribution of precious metals including gold, silver, platinum group, palladium, as well as diamonds. The fund may also short positions in the fund's portfolio that are considered by the Adviser to be overvalued in an effort to realize a valuation discrepancy. The fund is non-diversified.
Market Cap
The average market capitalization across the US Global Investors Gld & Prec Mtls MF is 6.24B. The market cap for tickers in the group ranges from 103.98M to 29.62B. AEM holds the highest valuation in this group at 29.62B. The lowest valued company is VOXR at 103.98M.
Volume
The average weekly volume growth across all stocks in the US Global Investors Gld & Prec Mtls MF was -11%. For the same stocks of the MF, the average monthly volume growth was -74% and the average quarterly volume growth was -7%
Fundamental Analysis Ratings
The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
Valuation Rating: 68
P/E Growth Rating: 52
Price Growth Rating: 51
SMR Rating: 74
Profit Risk Rating: 37
Seasonality Score: -27 (-100 ... +100)