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title: "DUST jumps 28% in just one month as gold miners sink"
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description: "Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares (DUST) surged 28% in one month as gold mining stocks declined. DUST, a leveraged inverse ETF, profits when miners fall, reflecting a broad selloff in the sector where the VanEck Gold Miners ETF dropped 13%. This sharp move was driven by rising real yields and hawkish Fed signals, causing high-beta miner stocks to underperform spot gold. Despite the recent pullback, major producers like Newmont and Agnico Eagle maintain strong long-term performance and positive analyst outlooks."
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# DUST jumps 28% in just one month as gold miners sink

Quick ReadDUST surged 28% in a month, but daily-reset leverage decay has wiped out 96% of its value over five years, making it a tactical tool only.GDX dropped 13% this month while Agnico Eagle fell 17%, both sitting on massive multi-year gains that made profit-taking almost inevitable.Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset's free tool ...

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