The real issue in South Africa is that there is a very big gap in incomes.

Rick has recently warned investors not to become too bullish too soon – there will be more pullbacks and sell-offs ahead.

Although substantial external downside risks remain in the sector, the most competent and well-run of the major miners are now becoming much more attractive.

Negative sentiment around Canadian oil and gas companies has led to a unique opportunity in the past several years.

Bear markets lead to bull markets; and this bear market will end at some point.

The demand coming from China boggles the mind. Imports of gold through Beijing were somewhere on the order of 100 tons a month last fall.

Marc Faber, author of the Gloom, Boom, and Doom Report, and a Director of Sprott Inc. shared his most recent views during a recent visit to our offices… In particular, he’s seeing cracks in the broad stock market become apparent:

'I suspect that the rally we are in now is a false rally' - Rick Rule

'The best place to invest in the mining space is in the companies that have recently made a discovery that has the potential to become bigger and be high grade.'

'Gold has always been a refuge in times of crisis and I believe it’s highly likely we are about to see an era of crisis from Morocco to the Philippines.'

No matter how good the resource, if the management team is making the wrong decisions for shareholders, you could see the opportunity disappear.

The economy is really much worse than most people are prepared to admit. And this will have significant ramifications on various markets.