| Taking many investors by surprise, natural resource investing has dominated the headlines this year thanks to the global growth worries following the initiation of the taper. Both gold and silver have followed this trend, and while both types of bullion have performed well, the surge was more intense in the mining ETF space, as the latter often trades as a leveraged play on the underlying metal.
Notably, between gold and silver mining ETFs, the second has seen more gains this year and its Zacks Industry Rank is also more favorable. Silver mining ETFs, which shed about 50% in 2013, gained 25% in contrast to 22.48% gain seen in gold mining ETFs...............................................Full Article: Source
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