The race for the best performing sector or asset class of 2015 is still in its nascent stages.
However, two unlikely candidates have emerged in leadership roles from beaten down areas of the globe through the first six weeks of the year.
The following ETFs represent areas of strength amid the backdrop of heightened stock market volatility.
Gold Mining Stocks
The iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF (iShares Inc.)(NYSE: RING) has shown a strong bounce in price this year after having fallen more than 17 percent in 2014.
Despite flying under the radar with just $63 million in total assets, this ETF has now jumped nearly 15 percent higher.
Those returns in RING were as high as 25 percent in January, but a dip in gold bullion prices have led to a pullback in this niche ...
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