one of my non-traditional ways to look at sentiment is just watching the message traffic on these stock boards... primarily stockhouse, agoracom and investorvillage...

the number of people posting messages has also dropped off the cliff... in particular... the last few days... there has been a marked reduction of messages...

This will dampen any uplift juniors have when good news is released... just not enough eyes watching that care anymore...

can you tell my optimism is waning on making $$ anytime soon....

the flip side of course is this just prolongs the buying opportunity. I'm 100% certain that this year is the best opportunity to buy stocks so far in my life. It may even prove to be the best for my entire life.

I was impressed that the Vancouver show was well attended... that was a surprise to me and maybe a sign that there are a lot of interested investors on the sidelines just waiting for the right "sign" to get in...