here is an example of a mining company stock that will show how explosive this area can be. Investing in junior miners can make you poor or rich. The trick is to not be greedy. Aurelian Resources was trading in the $2.50 range in 2005. It fell to less than 50 cents over the next six months. All of the sudden it exploded from 46 cents per share to 43 dollars per share. We are in the midst of a renewal in mineral resource exploration world wide and there will be other aurelians out there. How do you spot them? The best way is to subscribe to a metals advisor who is reputable in the field. Unfortunately, I missed aurelian, if I had latched onto it, I would be in the bahamas right now. Here is thehttp://www.aurelian.ca/investors.php link to aurelian:
It is all risk, but the worlds appetite for gold, silver, oil and other resources is going to continue to grow.

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geeeze, that link did not come out on that last post of mine. Here is the link to Aurelian:

http://www.aurelian.ca/

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Well, I'm back from school for the weekend, and this is the first time I've been able to pull up my portfolio on my computer. Scottrade wouldn't let me trade Esperanza, so I went with IAMGOLD (IAG) instead. Its another mining company, and this one has a 5 star rating. Its a shame too, since ESPZF continues to grow...

Seems like we have a lot of investment gurus on this board!

About 3 years ago I used to teach 8 classes on investing. The stock maker and mutual funds can become an addiction!

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Thats why I left a few on line brokers in the past, they ended up costing me money because they did not execute or would not execute the trades I wanted. I'm now with Schwab and they have exceeded my expectations. Iamgold is a good mid-tier producer, probably can't go wrong with it. I'm not really familiar with it but I read the reports. They have a good base of proven ounces in the ground to draw from. About the only thing that can go really wrong with it or any gold producer like it is political turmoil resulting in the loss of its assets. For my gold/silver mine portfolio I am currently doing my best to limit it to Mexico, USA and canada, with a few exceptions. Bolivia is out and El Salvador is now out with the recent election of Ortega. My funds that I invest in junior mining interests are funds that won't hurt me a lot if I lose. Investing in juniors is the high risk in mining ventures, but potentially the most profitable. Aurelian was a junior and traded in the junior range until its big strike. There is absolutley no way to be sure but, I do get good advice from different pro investors in the metals market. Good luck with Iamgold. Some info: it is now estimated that it costs somewhere between two hundred - three hundred and fifty U.S. dollars to mine one ounce of gold out of the ground. Any time you find a miner who is producing gold at the low end of the scale or less, the stock may have room to go higher than a less efficient producer.

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Gold is up, and the mining companies are reaping the benefits. Esperanza is trading at $3.25. If Scottrade would have let me buy, I would've picked up 500 shares at $2.51. That would've made for a nice Xmas stock bonus. No worries though, IAMGold is slowly crawling up too. I still have my dark horse Baidu slugging it out in my corner. This time it paid to hold on. My daughter has been puking on her Carters baby clothes, and I'm getting sick over the stock. Maybe when the figures from this weekend come in I'll sing some carols, but until then this stock is dead. Humor me and run your numbers on a stock for me: WebMethods (WEBM). I bought this one cheap in October after 2 consecutive quarterly losses, and I'm wondering if it has any promise.

Sorry I have neglected this thread for awhile. There are diverging thoughts about where the economy and equity markets are headed from here, as always. The one thing I do know is that anyone invested in the commodity sector will not go wrong for the next few years. There could be further pullbacks in commodities but they will continue to rise for the long term. The future of equities from here all depends on if the liquidity stays in equities. many think the DOW is at or near a top and due a substantial pullback and others think it is headed over 13000. It is a crap shoot. I think it will remain a stock pickers market subject to downward pressure from market corrections whether thos corrections are substantial or not. Now, does that sound like the typical gray advice heard on most financial networks? Silver remains the most lucrative investment with high up potential.

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I personally don't hold any equity in my portfolio except for highly risky speculative or trading plays. I no longer buy and hold, it is too easy to lose. A trading strategy takes more of my time to stay on top of but so far I have not lost. I see there has been some insider selling in Carters, whether that is good or not for this specific company, I'm not sure but, in a time when companies have been buying back their stock it doesn't seem to signal a positive. The webm seems overvalued to me, if it has lost for 2 consecutive quarters it is probably time to cut losses and take the tax deduction. As always, these are just my opinions based on my personal investing experience and research. Your decisions are your own based on how much loss you can withstand. For companies you find to be solid and fairly or undervalued, buy when they are heading down and sell when they are rising, don't try to time a bottom or a top, no one can. Trade on the movement, not the idleness.

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The best investment advice I ever received was to go out and buy silver American Eagle bullion in 2002. I did and since that time silver has gone up substantially in price. I am one of those who think silver is still a great investment as it is the most widely consumed precious precious metal and its supplies are getting shorter, as are all commodities. Silver has the unique position of being a big industrial commity as well as 'the poor mans gold'. It is not easy to go out and buy bullion as all transactions must be in cash, bank checks or the dealer must have the money in hand (i.e. personal check) before he will hand over the bullion. No dealers accept credit cards for such transactions and I would never advocate going into debt to buy bullion HOWEVER, there is a way to purchase minor quatities of bullion by credit, over the internet and they deliver to APO. see next post.

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Sorry for the typo's but I had to finish before I got timed out and dumped. Anyway, if you are interested in purchansing some precious metals over the internet from a secure source you need to go to the "Northwest Territorial Mint. NWTMINT.COM They sell a variety of objects in their on line store and you can purchase up to 39 ounces of silver in the form of Pan american one ounce bars or rounds with your credit card. They charge twenty dollars for shipping and they will ship to APO. There are a few other bullion forms of metals available for purchase by credit card also. AGAIN, I by no means advocate going in debt, but if you are a person who uses your CC's to purchase then you pay them off intotal each month, and you want to purchase some bullion but don't have access or don't know how, this is a very good way to do it. Buy a little each month with money you can afford to invest. Silver will come down but for the long term, I believe it will go much higher.

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