Mining stocks have several benefits over physical gold investments. Firstly, paper-backed gold doesn’t need to be insured or stored in bank vaults. Conversely, a mining company’s stocks increase significantly higher than prices of spot gold. If you’re interested in making an investment in paper gold, here are 3 mining stocks to consider in 2014:

Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY)
Harmony Gold were one of the most sought-after companies dealing mining stocks during 2011, being traded at $15.33 per stock. However, it got hit really hard when the U.S. Fed stopped the QE2 bond buying program. But everything is in the past now, since its shares this year have finally evened out and are being expected to increase by 47% this August.

Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE: GG)
Goldcorp Inc. has exceeded the expectations of mining investors this year by doing a great job of controlling its expenditures and altering its mine plans in order to have a more profitable production line. Investors believe that the company’s gold production this year could increase by more than 40%, and even reduce its gold mining costs to around $40 – $80 per ounce. Investors of Goldcorp Inc. are now being offered at a 2.1% dividend, and its consensus price aim is at $29.37.

Yamana Gold (NYSE: AUY)
Yamana Gold is a mining company known for declaring its reserves in a very conservative manner. Its production costs were reduced by a few ounces in 2013, and its resources continue to grow significantly every year. Now, its investors are paid a 1.4% dividend. Its consensus price target used to be at $11.44, but analysts at Morgan Stanley increased it to $12 a share, which represents a 41% increase from its current status.

Remember, mining stocks are great but they aren’t without risks. Mining company stocks shoot up when the precious yellow metal’s price increases, but that also means they fall 3 times faster if the price of gold decreases. In addition, the exchange rate of currencies can significantly affect the profitability of mines because of currency translation adjustments. Investors can find more information on buying gold mining stocks at Bullion Vault. Read up on the advantages and disadvantages of gold mining stocks over physical gold to get an idea on how both investments can affect your portfolio.

As can be seen by the chart below, two down days followed after the 52 week high of 1.36 was reached last Wednesday leading into the weekend. Most of this selling was more than likely the result of traders taking profits and closing their positions before heading into the weekend. This week opened Monday with buyers completing a white candle for a positive up day, however bulls did run into some selling pressure evident from the long shadow on top of Monday’s candle.

The struggle continued in today’s trading as buyers were able to win the day with a small gain of 1.59% on 808,268 shares traded. Selling pressure was forceful today but the bulls were strong shown in the long lower shadow on today’s candlestick. FCSC nevertheless will be interesting to watch in the coming days to see if a new area of support is established or a pullback is in the cards.

DUCP closed last Friday at .25 and opened today with a small gap up at .30, pulled back and printed the low for the session at .27 before buyers quickly came in an pushed the stock up to the intraday high of .34 as of 15 minutes before the closing bell. The three month daily average volume is 50,766 with today’s volume on the news at over 2.1 million shares traded. Momentum traders should keep DUCP on their watch list as possible trend continuation trade as momentum in the stock may continue to push the stock higher based on the upward trend and recent news.

Force Energy Corp is a lithium based exploration company which is a hot sector within the markets presently. The company did have news released on the news wires today with Rimini Investments updating their coverage of FORC because of the recent interest in stocks within the lithium sector. Last Friday the company announced Force Energy was now listed in Standard and Poor’s  Corporation Records Listing Program.

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Going into the last hour of trading BESE had posted a 26% gain and a 150% gain on the week. Other than financials being released by the company on April 19, no other significant news has been released in quite some time. BESE has a 52 week high of .05 and traded sub-penny for most of the year in a sideways pattern. The three month average daily trading volume is 115,508 with over 3.4 million shares traded today. A good sign for BESE is no selling pressure going into the close as is normal before the weekend.  The stock may pullback and consolidate the gains for a few days before moving higher next week. Traders should keep BESE on their watch list for continuation of this upward move. The stock closed at the high of the day, .028, up 40%.