Are Mining Stocks a Good Bet Again?

Are Mining Stocks a Good Bet Again?: "Mining stocks constitute one of the major sectors of the FTSE Index. These types of great returns were possible only because of the demand of commodities worldwide, especially the demand from the fast growing economies of China, India and other emerging markets. 'Mining stocks worldwide are not for the faint-hearted. As we have seen in the past few months as the demand for commodities fell, mining stocks were pulled down much more than the overall market indices. However when commodities were hot, mining stocks had an incredible run,' affirmed Mathew Collier of Rothman Research."