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Small Cap Stocks
The last time I was on the Business News Network ("BNN") television, I was asked to participate in the Small Caps segment. What I found interesting about my interview on BNN was the amount of e-mails the producer sent me before I appeared on the show. I was asked to pick five or so companies that I could or would comment upon. There were 75 e-mails from viewers who wanted my opinion on junior resource companies. What was amazing is the fact that I had heard of so few of these companies. Certainly, with more than 4,000 junior resource companies, no one can know them all.
So, after reading all 75 e-mails, I actually felt relieved that I could comment with conviction on a few more than five companies. Taking junior resource companies at random and knowing about 7% in a significant enough way to comment is perhaps acceptable, but it brought to my attention the whole "investing/speculation" genre that surrounds the junior mining sector.
Many of us (and perhaps I am guilty as well) give a false sense of what most of the companies really represent. In many cases these companies are nothing more than a dream, and a good measure of hope is mixed in to keep investors holding their stock.
I refer to these types of companies as "story stocks"; each one has a unique "story"—about how it used to be a mine, or the previous owner did not perform the correct analysis or looked in the wrong place, or was right next to the greatest discovery in the history of mankind. On and on the stories go, and this is quite entertaining at cocktail parties. However, very few are bragging these days about the type of money they are making in these markets.
Last August I was interviewed on Michael Campbell's Money Talks and mentioned to the listeners that not only had the credit crisis begun, but also that some in the junior resource sector were done! In fact, on another Michael Campbell show I went way out on a limb and said the uranium sector would be especially hard hit. Many companies would not be able to raise more money and subsequently would basically go out of business.
Here it is, a years later, and indeed numerous Uranium companies are indeed –"no more".
During the BNN interview I ranted a bit, stating that when people things they usually buy the best they can afford. But when it comes to stock investing, many people look for the cheapest stocks they can find. This is not the way to invest—to be successful, you want your money to purchase the very best companies as well. Generally, cheap stocks are cheap for a reason.
There is a paradox here, though, and I did not have time to state it on the TV show. Many junior and senior resource companies are at very attractive levels right now, and astute investors should be carefully selecting bargains at this time. August is historically the best month to buy in to the precious metals, and many of the better-run companies are selling at attractive valuations.
In summary, don't let the summertime blues get you down. Look at the opportunities available, but please, if you are deciding between companies where one sells at $50.00 and one at $0.25, be as certain as humanly possible that the cheaper one truly is superior, not just cheaper.
David Morgan
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About the Author
David Morgan started investing in the stock market while still a teenager. A precious metals aficionado armed with degrees in finance and economics as well as engineering, he created the Silver-Investor.com website and originated The Morgan Report, a monthly report that covers economic news, overall financial health of the global economy, currency problems ahead and reasons for investing in precious metals. Visit www.silver-investor.com to sign up.
