Gold stocks are being hammered again and why investors should not try to catch the falling knife

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Broad-based selling dominated the stock market session today. Gold stocks stood out as the weakest of the weak, with the Fidelity Select Gold fund (FSAGX, last change: -4.10%) dropping the most out of all Fidelity mutual funds. We have warned about the weakness in this sector multiple times in the last six months. Now it is becoming even clearer, that individual investors are well served to stay clear of this sector until the market regime changes again.

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Bear corner: gold stocks no longer shine

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We wrote more than a month ago, that gold stocks are one of the weakest performers so far in 2012. The trend accelerated to the downside in the last few weeks. The Fidelity Select Gold fund (FSAGX, last change: 1.62%) is now the most bearish Fidelity fun in our survey with a -5.35% three month return.

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