As investors, one of our main goals is to keep various market movements in
perspective. Yesterday, January 21, 2008, the Canadian TSX stock exchange
fell over 600 points, leaving many investors with a feeling of panic. As
mining equities were dragged lower in the down draft of the TSX fall, many
precious metals investors questioned their decision to invest in commodities
and now wonder if the bull market is over.
Although it is logical to be concerned with a 600 point drop in the major
index we do not believe all markets should be lumped into one group. In other
words, just because the general stock market tumbled lower it does not mean
all markets are of poor value.
Unfortunately the market research of many investors consists of a quick
glance at the nightly news business review which displays the various markets
daily performance. It seems that once these news casts show a market such as
the TSX with a large number and red arrow pointing down beside it, investors
panic. It is understandable that such a short term perspective could cause
concern, but what about the bigger picture?
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In the above charts you will notice that we included the price performance
of the entire bull market for both silver and gold. In doing so, a minor, one
day pull back in precious metals alongside a larger pull back in Canadian
stocks can be kept in perspective. Given the recent advance in the precious
metals we believe a temporary break should be considered normal. The pull
back in stocks may strike fear in many investors, but as precious metals
investors we are less concerned and we do our best to not panic in such
situations.
It is true that many of our precious metals equities have experienced
price weakness recently. We must keep in mind that mining equities ultimately
derive their value from the commodity they are producing or exploring for,
therefore we are more concerned with the overall relative value of the
commodity itself rather than short term price fluctuations of mining
equities. In our opinion, long term silver and gold are still undervalued
relative to other asset classes.
At www.investmentscore.com we
try to keep short term market movements in perspective and seek out asset
classes that appear to be of good value relative to other asset classes. To
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