Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE): up 11.6%. When stocks fall and concerns about the economy's health loom large, investors flee to safe haven assets like gold and silver, which helps drive prices of the precious metals higher. EXK data by YCharts To give you an example from among the stocks listed in this article, Iamgold may have beaten first-quarter revenue and earnings estimates earlier this month, but the miner also expects significantly higher capital expenditure on its Côté gold project in Ontario because of inflation.