RE: Bao17 Oct 2014 21:55
Trman, I think you hit the nail on the head when you say "random gamble". AIM is a gamble, miners are explorers etc a random gamble. There are no gurus here on these boards, believe me. You're right, we could all bet on horses or footie matches with equal risk, of perhaps even less random outcomes. But, there's something personal and appealing about owning a slice of adventure, whether it be a gold mine on a cliff face in Greenland, or a minnow lead and zinc mine in Namibia, or BAO in Tete province in a country I will most likely never go to. Do you ever regale your dinner guests about "your mine" in country XYZ, how well they're doing? I do lolol.
I admit to having only maybe 10% of my assets in AIM and would never go higher.
Win or lose, it makes me feel a part of an adventure and a bit of a cad.
How's that for honesty?