""The one thing that I learnt this years (the hard way) was to not own any mining or oil stocks both small and large""
you are not alone, plenty of people in the same boat. me included.
people should realize "the odds are stacked against you in the small end of town".
I expect to hear from our financial guy that we did well this year. I didn't do anywhere near as good with my own punting. I stuck with pennies in Resource & Energy sectors.
