Major miners yielding 3.5%, 4.3% WOW

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murphy_p_t
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Major miners yielding 3.5%, 4.3% WOW

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look at the dividend yield on these! (now that share price is crashing) anyone getting trigger happy on these miners? and done some due diligence?

is this solid speculation?
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Which major miners?
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smurff wrote: Which major miners?
ABX 3.5%
NEM 4.7%

Even the latest yield on GDX is 3.5%
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I own some FCX in my VP.  I think that will be a great long term investment for many reasons, including a nice dividend.
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Isn't the term "major miners" an oxymoron?
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Reub wrote: Isn't the term "major miners" an oxymoron?
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