Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM) ranks among the best performing S&P 500 stocks in the last 3 months. On September 2, Macquarie lowered its rating of Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM) from Outperform to Neutral, with a $72 price target. The downgrade came as the mining behemoth beat its contemporaries in the gold mining industry by a significant margin. According to Macquarie, Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM) recently finished a number of strategic stages, such as renationalizing its portfolio, selling off non-c ...