Hi Neil,
I must admit I almost like looking for the most horrendous looking stock charts of small 20c mining stocks that move up to a $1 then down to 10c and back to 50c all because I know I have defined my risk beforehand.
It can work!
I don't AIM ETF's or mutual funds (I have 2 mf's left, and I am waiting for their 'day in the sun', so I could blow them out).
It's ironic, but my deepest diver stock, GAC.TO, which dropped 89% from my initial buy price, is now my biggest all-time AIM money maker, in actual dollar terms. Everyone has their own experience AIMing, and the experience I have had, has somehow left me with a sense that I am more comfortable AIMing individual stocks than mutual funds.
I have several mining stocks, but only one penny mining stock, which I posted recently, and this account is showing a small profit, even though the stock is down 54% from my intial buy price.
Regards,
Jack