“History has shown us, time and again, that the greatest leverage to gold’s rising price is owning gold exploration/development junior mining stocks. Will mainstream investors eventually catch on to the fact they need to own gold and to own gold shares?” Words: 696
August 10th, 2010 | Posted in Gold/Silver,Investing | Read More »
I had previously expressed personal interest in buying into this fund – as a relatively “safe” and diversified investment (within this sector). However, should the fund managers choose to invest heavily into derivative investments, the actual holdings of mining equities could be limited, and thus not offer an amount of diversification to justify experienced investors into putting money in this fund – and certainly the “safety” I had hoped for is also not present. Words: 868
May 4th, 2010 | Posted in Gold/Silver,Mutual/ETFunds | Read More »
In mining exploration, an “anomaly” is a geological formation that might attract a prospector’s interest. However, one rule of thumb is that you have to look at 1,000 anomalies to find one prospect and fewer than one prospect in a thousand turns into a mine. In other words, finding a mine is a million-to-one shot and that is one reason why junior mining stocks are highly speculative. Another reason is that it’s much easier to launch and promote one of these stocks than it is to build a profitable business. So junior mines attract more than their share of unscrupulous operators and stock promoters. Words: 504
March 5th, 2010 | Posted in Gold/Silver,Investing | Read More »
Focusing a significant portion of one’s portfolio into the precious metals sector provides a realistic strategy for small investors to protect themselves – versus the option of leaping from sector-to-sector as various crises unfold in the years ahead. As with all investment cycles, those who engage in such preparation first will be amongst those who benefit most from this strategy. Words: 1407
March 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Gold/Silver | Read More »
When you’re talking to a gold bug it is much like arguing with a priest about religion — it is a daunting task but to my gold bug friends here again is why I’m not that big on gold. Words: 725
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Gold/Silver | Read More »
The leverage of gold mining shares over the price performance of gold itself and the added leverage of the warrants of such companies over the stock price performance supports the possibility of amazing gains for the right warrants of the right junior miners. Words: 1106
January 9th, 2010 | Posted in Gold/Silver,Warrants / LEAPS / Options | Read More »