Many a frustrated junior resource investor is asking when will the pain end? It is one thing to be entirely wrong on the market, it dents the ego and you get over it. It is quite another to be right and still not make any money! That's been the case for most junior resource stock investors. W ... Read more

There is one path in investing that is sure to lead to ruin. It's a dangerous path because it lacks one critical ingredient for success - thought! The path we are speaking about is called "following the consensus". It is both intellectually and emotionally easy to follow a majority of bullish ... Read more

A fundamental question we get asked a lot is whether forecasting is of any use whatsoever? We think it is, and offer up an intriguing comparison between Australia's current economic situation and the road the US is going down -- to its detriment. Is forecasting any use whatsoever? Let's face ... Read more

Countless arguments have been put forward to explain the disconnect between commodity prices and commodity stocks. Regardless of the reasons, it is now clear that investors need to own a mixture of both. Underlying Commodities through exchange traded funds and commodity stocks. Take Gold for e ... Read more

In our experience, for any serious move to get underway, the Bond, Commodity and Equity markets have to be aligned. That is about to happen shortly... I've had the good fortune of meeting many Excellent Investors. Some were equity men and women, others were commodity and still others fixed inc ... Read more

There is an old market saying that nobody rings a bell at the bottom. Case in point, the industrial metals complex. Whilst the entire world has been fixated on slowdowns, recessions and deflations, a funny thing has been happening down at the London Mercantile Exchange. Chart 1 - Cop ... Read more

We have received a number of emails asking us to explain what a junior miner is and why they remain so undervalued with Gold at fresh all time highs? There is no `official' definition for a junior but it is generally accepted to be a mining company producing 50,000 to 150,000 ounces per annum ... Read more

Juniors will move once a stock market bounce gets underway: Whilst we spend most of our time talking about Gold in US Dollars we often fail to recognize that this is truly a global business. Chart 1 - 2006 Gold Production courtesy Gold Links The Gold Sheet Links show South Afri ... Read more

Large Cap Gold Stocks are up over 20% since their December lows. Does it mean that it's too late to jump onboard? Hardly, we think a lot more upside awaits if you know where to look... In this business the best acknowledgement you can receive is being called a good investor. Whilst it doesn't ... Read more

Gold Stocks are up 1,000% since 2000 and Oil Stocks 300% since 2003. Yet the public remains conspicuously absent. Not for long if the Fed has anything to say about it... Around the end of 2005 a funny thing started to happen! Chart 1 - Homebuilders have CRASHED The once HOT homeb ... Read more