Replies to post #16934 on Value Microcaps Junior Miners

[stock_peeker]

Cramer likes the GDXJ ETF:

The Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF [GDXJ] just launched on Wednesday, and it allows shareholders to own 38 different medium and small gold and silver miners. Cramer said the fund, with its younger stable of miners, has more room to run than the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF [GDX], which follows the larger gold miners. And given that the GDX is up 47% year-to-date compared with the GLD’s 27%, the GDXJ could be in store for similar, if not better, returns.

My comment: ETF inclusion rules are pretty restrictive:

"Constituent stocks for the Junior Gold Miners Index must have a market capitalization of greater than $150 million on a rebalancing date to be eligible for the Junior Gold Miners Index. Stocks whose market capitalization falls below $75 million as of any rebalancing date will no longer be eligible for the Junior Gold Miners Index. Stocks must have a three-month average daily trading volume of at least $1 million to be eligible for the Junior Gold Miners Index and issuers of such stocks must have traded at least 250,000 shares each month over the last six months."

[MontyHigh]

GDXJ... Could be really useful

if you can buy puts. Could be the best hedge to get against another disaster like 2008.

MontyHigh