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im sure someone has picked it up............. A gov bond has limited risk of capital loss, hence it has a comensurate rate of return. I think we would be economically stuffed real quick if BHPP investors put their money into Gov bonds instead, remembering that Govs generally dont produce, but...

thats one thing that I will agree on. Any economy that is one sided in anything is exposed to changes in world trends. ta rolf'

The value and contribution proposition is a VERY slippery slope. Often, the cost to get a resource to the first bit of cashflow can require decades of exploration and allied risk, and huge development and infrastructure. An investor takes on those risks knowing that the outcome may be x, and...

Hey why not :) we already have a few instances of corporatised profit and socialised loss. maybe every time a miner makes a loss we can get the Feds to apply a $ 10 Ansett style levy to every tank of fuel or the like ??.......bugger, we already do that, maybe a dollar for every cubic...