Monday, March 29, 2010

The 2010 Small Silver Sweepstakes

In 2009 we ran a whole series that compared nine different "small silvers" and also the silver ETF, (SLV) to see which company had the best 2009 perfromance (the winner was EDR.to).

So now that 2010 is nearly a quarter old, it's time to see how the same companies have been getting on so far this year. Here's the chart:

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(or steal for your bullboard post,
and as usual there's no need at all
to give links to
the original...i mean, why should a dumbass like
you start pretending to be polite
after all these years, eh?)

In first place is MAG Silver (MAG.to), which is a bit of a zero-to-hero story as last year it was one of the worst performers. Next comes Fortuna Silver (FVI.to) that's also batting 20%+ win so far this year. Bronze medal position is currently held by Bear Creek Mining (BCM.v).

Then after that comes our benchmark, the silver ETF (SLV), that marks spot silver for us pretty accurately. So all the other stocks, so far this year at least, haven't managed to outperform their main metal product. Also, they're all in plenty negative territory so far this year. For sure we'd expect that from a scummydog like ECU Silver (ECU.to), but tail-ender First Majestic's (FR.to) year to date has been poor.

We'll check on further developments in the small silver sweepstakes in a few weeks' time. Mojitos served, the end.