With all the uncertainty surrounding the overall stock markets, I thought some of you may be interested in some gold stocks listed on the U.S. Stock Exchanges.  Traditionally, in tough times, like a recession, gold has been a good store of value.  Often the price of gold will appreciate as more money is attracted to the safety and "absolute" value of gold.  By absolute value, I am referring to the value of gold as an asset outside of the value of the U.S. Dollar.  If the value of the dollar decreases, the price of gold will go up as it now takes more dollars to buy the same amount of gold.  Of course, it the U.S. Dollar were to increase in value, this would force the price of gold down.  However, based on the current conditions, strong inflation is likely to take hold sometime in the future causing the value of the dollar to decrease.  Of course, this is just my opinion, do your own research, because my opinion is worth just what you paid for it.

Nevertheless, here is a list of the major gold stocks listed on U.S. exchanges.  I have also included each stock's price based on the February 6th, 2009 closing price and the yearly dividend if applicable.  After each stock I have listed what country the company is based out of.  Keep in mind this is not necessarily where the company does its mining activities, but rather where the company's corporate headquarters are based out of.  Finally, I have only included stocks trading at $3.00 per share or more.

Stock	Symbol	Current Price	Yearly Dividend	Company's Headquarters
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.	AEM	$55.48	$0.18	Canada
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.	AU	$27.67	$0.14	South Africa
Aurizon MInes Ltd.	AZK	$3.64		Canada
Barrick Gold Corporation	ABX	$39.15	$0.40	Canada
Compania de Minas  Buenaventura	BVN	$20.46	$0.22	Peru
DRDGOLD, Ltd.	DROOY	$8.09	$0.11	South Africa
Eldorado Gold Corporation	EGO	$8.12		Canada
Gammon Gold, Inc.	GRS	$6.87		Canada
Gold Fields, Ltd	GFI	$10.99	$0.25	South Africa
Goldcorp, Inc.	GG	$30.56	$0.18	Canada
Harmony Gold Mining Company	HMY	$11.97		South Africa
IAMGOLD Corporation	IAG	$7.45	$0.06	Canada
Kinross Gold Corporation	KGC	$18.56	$0.08	Canada
Newmont Mining Corporation	NEM	$41.53	$0.40	United States
Northern Dynasty Minerals, Ltd.	NAK	$4.95		Canada
NovaGold Resources, Inc.	NG	$3.57		Canada
Royal Gold, Inc.	RGLD	$45.98	$0.32	United States
Seabridge Gold, Inc.	SA	$14.33		Canada
Tanzanian Royalty Exploration  Corporation	TRE	$3.80		Canada

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