Written on Fri, 10/08/2010 - 4:49am
By Chip Brian
Below are the top five companies in the Gold industry as measured by beta. Lower-beta stocks mean minimal volatility and are therefore generally considered to be a less risk and offer more stable returns.
Tanzanian Royalty Exploration (AMEX:TRE) ranks first with a beta of 0.5; Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) ranks second with a beta of 0.5; and OceanaGold (NASDAQ:OCANF) ranks third with a beta of 0.5.
Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) follows with a beta of 0.6 and Randgold Resources (NASDAQ:GOLD) rounds out the top five with a beta of 0.7.
SmarTrend is bullish on shares of TRE and our subscribers were alerted to Buy on April 07, 2010 at $4.47. The stock has risen 62.6% since the alert was issued.