Some Doors Have Closed At Rocks And Stocks News While Others Are Opening
Tough times make tough people.
We are at a magical moment for gold and gold stocks. I’m seeing a vast divergence between gold and gold stocks. Looking forward, there are plenty of reasons to be bullish on gold and the gold stocks are well positioned to close the gap between the bullish action for gold and the depressed prices of gold stocks.
The depressed prices of gold stocks has caused a significant drop in corporate sponsorship for my research and reporting. In the past few months I have lost over half of my corporate sponsors. This has forced me to evaluate how I fund my research and reporting, and make decisions to change my business model.
In the past, I have been able to completely fund my work through corporate sponsorship. Losing as many sponsors as I have recently has been challenging to say the least, and it happened in an unexpected way. After 30 years in the mining business, I’ve faced challenging times before, I’m a fighter and will battle on.
Especially because I strongly believe we are heading toward a much better market for mining stocks. Additionally, I don’t think there is enough coverage of the sector producing the kind of content I do at Rocks And Stocks News.
The media doesn’t cover the sector enough, for example, after the Fed meeting with gold performing exceptionally well, the following morning I had BNN on in the background and in two hours they didn’t mention gold other than in a passing way. On CNBC it is even worse as they rarely talk about gold or mining.
Brokerage house analysts don’t cover the sector like they used to before tech stocks, weed stocks, crypto currencies and lately artificial intelligence stocks had their respective days in the sun. The brokerage houses realized that they can make a lot of commissions funding those types of stocks and have pretty much abandoned the mining sector after the 2001 to 2011 gold bull market.
The job of creating commentary now falls to online commentators like myself, the problem is that there isn’t enough high quality content being created. There is a substantial audience of investors out there for mining stocks but they just don’t see enough coverage of the sector, despite them being hungry for mining content. Especially from people that have decades of experience in the sector that have gone through several boom and bust periods.
Something that sets my work apart from my peers is that I’m able to have great guests when they put out news with timely interviews. Over the years, I spent a lot of my time in the mining sector working with top geochemists, geophysicists and geologists. I also used to regularly appear on BNN which helped me learn how to do interviews and have done hundreds of hours of interviews.
These various experiences help me to know the right questions to ask to help companies tell their stories, whether they are sponsors or picks.
I’ve also recently cranked up my writing and am able to get insightful commentary out when news is breaking. I do that here and on Twitter/X.
I really enjoy the combination of timely interviews with executives of companies shortly after they make news. Plus, I’ve been getting the writing bug again thanks to very positive comments from readers.
In the past, I only tried podcasting a few times. That is until recently when I decided to use the podcasting tool Spaces on Twitter/X. There is a very engaged audience of mining stock investors on Twitter/X and it has quickly become a new tool I plan to use to present my commentary.
Just when I’m putting out a lot of commentary on the various websites I just mentioned, I’ve lost a bunch of sponsors to fund my work.
Around six months ago I started using Substack, which is a tremendous website for publishing my written reports, video interviews and sector reports. It is also excellent for getting my reports out quickly to my audience. Another fantastic thing about it is that it makes it very easy for people to sponsor my work.
There are a couple of ways to proceed if you are interested in helping to fund my work. One is through the Substack paid subscription option. Another is if you are interested in being a larger backer and would like to discuss that further, I can be reached through my email at rocksandstocksnews@gmail.com or reply directly to this email and we can set up a meeting.
It would be a huge help to me if I didn’t need to spend so much time trying to find corporate sponsors and could spend most of my time on interviews of mining company executives, researching and writing my reports, as well as doing sector reports with podcasts and video reports.
To those that already sponsor my work through paid subscriptions here at Substack, thank you very much. It means a lot to me, as does those that send words of encouragement through emails or in the comments for posts.
To the corporate sponsors that have stuck with me, it is hard for me to express just how much that means to me.
To those that become paid sponsors or angel investors in Rocks And Stocks News during this challenging period I’m going through, I will never forget it.
We are seeing a big divergence between gold and gold stocks, now that the Fed is becoming more dovish in real time, I can clearly see the potential for gold to go higher and gold stocks to close the gap.
I’m also very bullish on silver, copper and other metals that will benefit as gold gains strength. The companies focused on those metals also are suffering from depressed valuations.
We are at a magical moment for gold stocks, silver stocks, copper stocks and other metals stocks as well. It is much like the period just prior to the 2001 to 2011 gold and metals bull market.
Rocks And Stocks News will continue to be a top source for interviews with executives of mining companies, research and reporting with written reports and sector reports on Youtube and podcasts on Twitter/X.
Thank you for taking the time to read this message and considering any way you can help.
All the best,
Allan Barry Laboucan
Rocks And Stocks News does not make buying or selling recommendations. The reports are for information purposes only. Sponsors pay a fee to Rocks And Stocks News for content creation. This funding helps cover the costs of research and reporting on the sponsors and picks that aren’t sponsors. Before making any investment decision it is important for you to speak with your financial advisors to consider your risk profile. It is also important to do your homework. To help in that process, Rocks And Stocks News means to be a gateway by doing reports and interviews of management of sponsors and picks. The reports and interviews should not be considered investment advice. Allan Barry Laboucan is the founder and owner of Rocks And Stocks News, he has worked in the mining sector since 1993 and has been reporting on the sector since 2005. He has worked with and been mentored by very talented geoscientists in geology, geochemistry and geophysics. He uses the skills he has picked up during his career to assess sponsors and picks in the reports. Whether a company is a pick or a sponsor they go through the same filter and are reported on when important news is made that Allan Barry Laboucan wants to discuss on the Rocks And Stocks News platform. He may own shares in sponsors and picks for investment purposes.