Image source: Getty Images. My two favorite precious metal stocks The two companies I'm most excited about happen to be my two largest portfolio holdings (yes, there's some obvious bias here): SSR Mining (NASDAQ: SSRM) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE: AG). Inclusive of dividend reinvestment, and when adjusted for inflation, it's returned an average of about 7% per year, working out to a historic doubling of wealth about once per decade.