Why you should focus on junior mining and junior developer stocks instead of senior mining firms.
(Tangent about Silver near the end).
Let's Go!
1) Are you willing to do the work (as Rick Rule says)?
Then junior resource companies are a better option for investors and speculators seeking growth and capital appreciation.
If not, close this thread and carry on with your scrolling.
2) Juniors have better reward vs. risk.
Let me explain.
Juniors have far greater upside potential and leverage in a cyclical bull market, while senior miners do not necessarily possess a material advantage in protecting against the downside.
Neither should be held throughout a bear market like blue-chip stocks. Senior mining firms are not blue chip stocks.
Here is some data from within the last secular bull market in precious metals.
From 2004 to 2007, GDXJ gained 299%, while from 2004 to the peak in early 2008, GDX's parent index gained 187%.
During the global financial crisis, GDX declined 71%, while GDXJ lost 81%.
Then, from the 2008 low to the 2011 peak, GDXJ surged 578% while GDX gained 311%.