Under promise and over deliver is what every adviser tells every company listing on AIM. One might say that Ariana (AAU) has not kept to that script with perfection since it listed all those years ago back in the black and white era. But as we move though 2018 with the 50% owned Red Rabbit mine now operational Ariana is doing what it should as we saw in a cracking operational update this week.

Gold seems to be in an uptrend so maybe it is time to get a bit of exposure to the gold sector once more? But how? We adsked ten writers connected to this site and/or speaking at UK Investor show on Saturday if they had to bet the ranch on one stock what would it be?

You know that I am a bear of equities and a bull of commodities on fundamentals. But you do not need to be glued to CNN to know that there are a few things kicking off in Iraq and the Ukraine and elsewhere that could be game changers. Jeb Handwerger, the editor of Gold Stock review, was interviewed this week on this theme by my colleagues at Palisade Capital on which black swan events could spark the great commodity rally.