Hi Ya Sandy and all The one thing that I learnt this years (the hard way) was to not own any mining or oil stocks both small and large. I will stick to my Bio's some of the good ones are still near or at the top of yearly highs and all time highs. Like most things the bad ones are the opp. As you finish laughing at what I just said, it has worked out pretty well in a bad market with a lot of PD's at there lows. Cheers GL Russell