Are you a value investor looking for your next investment opportunity? Natural resources stocks have had a horrendous time but now could be the time to invest

If you're prepared to go against the market masses, natural resources could be presenting themselves as a perfect investment opportunity.

These stocks have had it hard. They include companies involved in gold, coal, uranium, platinum and copper.

But there are a few factors that suggest now is the time to get into natural resources.

Read on to find out more…

If you’re a value investor, now is the time to invest in natural resources stocks

There are a number of reasons why you should consider investing in natural resources shares…

Reason #1:
The vast majority of investors hate this sector. Thanks to their selling of shares over the past few years, shares are selling at bargain prices.

Reason #2:
Many big banks have shut down their natural resource trading units. This includes JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank.

Reason #3:
Many companies in these sectors are under severe financial strain. Smaller companies are disappearing and many are mothballing operations to deal with the current situation.

Bear markets are opportunities for value investors

If you’re a value investor, you need to sniff out unloved sectors. This means investing when other investors are turning their backs.

This involves:

• Buying sectors of the market that are unloved, but still valuable.
• Being risk averse.
• Investing in companies that have great management and great track records.
• Buying shares in these companies for much less than their true value.

If you stick to these guidelines, you’re less likely to invest in the highly risky companies operating in the natural resources sector.

And you could invest in companies that will award you handsomely over the next few years.

As a value investor, you want to buy shares in quality assets that are trading at a discount to their true value, Dan Ferris in Daily Wealth explains. Then it’s a case of sitting back and waiting for the market to realise the value of these assets.

With many stocks trading near their highs, finding value is a hard thing to do. But they do exist in the natural resources sector.

So there you have it, why natural resources stocks could be the next investment opportunity for value investors.


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