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Huron Consulting Group Inc. (Nasdaq:HURN), Radian Group Inc. (Nasdaq:RDN) and Johnson Outdoors Inc. (Nasdaq:JOUT) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Tuesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: IncrediMail Ltd. (Nasdaq:MAIL), Primeenergy Corp. (Nasdaq:PNRG), Tenneco Inc. (Nasdaq:TEN), Amrep Corp. (Nasdaq:AXR), SmartHeat Inc. (Nasdaq:HEAT) and Crocs Inc. (Nasdaq:CROX).

Sterling Bancorp (Nasdaq:STL), Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (Nasdaq:ENER) and Amrep Corp. (Nasdaq:AXR) are among the new 52-week lows in Thursday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Amrep Corp. (NYSE:AXR) is the sole 52-week on Tuesday's session.

Amrep Corp. (Nasdaq:AXR), Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. (Nasdaq:SKH) and S&T Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq:STBA) are among the new 52-week lows in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. (Nasdaq:SKH), National Penn Bancshares Inc. (Nasdaq:NPBC) and Amrep Corp. (Nasdaq:AXR) are among the new 52-week lows in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Legacy Reserves Units (Nasdaq:LGCY), Pharmaxis Depository Receipt (Nasdaq:PXSL) and Dynamics Research Corp (Nasdaq:DRCO) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: UAL Corp. (Nasdaq:UAUA), Amrep Corp. (Nasdaq:AXR), Forest City Enterprises (Nasdaq:FCE.A), VanceInfo Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:VIT), Dendreon Corp. (Nasdaq:DNDN) and MF Global Ltd. (Nasdaq:MF).

Kaman Corp. (Nasdaq:KAMN), NCI Building Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:NCS) and W&T Offshore Inc. (Nasdaq:WTI) are among the new 52-week lows in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: Kronos Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq:KRO), Care Investment Trust Inc. (Nasdaq:CRE), Deckers Outdoor Corp. (Nasdaq:DECK), Amrep Corp (Nasdaq:AXR), eLong Inc. (Nasdaq:LONG) and China Medical Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:CMED).

Gehl Co. (Nasdaq:GEHL), Nevada Chemicals Inc.(Nasdaq:NCEM) and Meritage Homes Corp. (Nasdaq:MTH) are among the new 52-week highs in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

Also included among the results: America's Car-Mart Inc. (Nasdaq:CRMT), United Financial Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq:UBNK), Amrep Corp. (Nasdaq:AXR), AMERISAFE Inc. (Nasdaq:AMSF), Suffolk Bankcorp (Nasdaq:SUBK) and Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. (Nasdaq:HGR).

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Arrow Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:AROW), Danvers Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq:DNBK) and Alpha Security Group Corp. (Nasdaq:HDS) are among the new 52-week highs in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.

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AMREP Corporation (NYSE:AXR) is down nearly 12% today after announcing ahead of the opening its fourth-quarter profits and full year net income had declined. For the quarter ended April 30, net income was $0.53 million, or $0.09 per share, compared with $6.3 million, or $0.95 a share, for the same quarter a year ago. Revenues were $35.2 million compared with $48.3 million for the quarter a year earlier.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, net income was $13.7 million, or $2.19 per share, compared with $45.1 million, or $6.78 per share, in the previous fiscal year.

The Princeton, N.J.-based company said the drop was from costs incurred in connection with the settlement of all litigation related to the company’s El Dorado, N.M., water utility subsidiary.

In today’s trading, AMREP is down $5.55 at $43.90. The company’s shares have ranged from $26.17 to $58.25 during the past year.

There are numerous risks involved in investing in junior mining companies. They are dependent on the price of metals and investor sentiment toward metals. They may be highly leveraged and each individual miner firm has operating risk, management risk, financial risk and of course, the development risk of finding the metals for which they are mining.

On the other hand, many of these same factors can result in upside opportunity; there are junior mining stocks that do indeed hit "pay dirt."

Given the risks and challenges, it is essential to rely on advisors with proven, long-standing records of expertise in the sector. Such is the case with the three advisors we turn to today: Adrian Day, Brien Lundin and Doug Casey.

"When building a portfolio of junior mining stocks, stick with the best—not just the cheapest," says Adrian Day, in his industry-leading The Global Analyst.

Though he is cautious near term, the money manager and advisor forecasts that gold is still only part way through its current bull move and still likely has years to run.

Day says that if he were to build a gold and resource portfolio today, from scratch, his favorites would be Vista Gold Corp. (AMEX: VGZ), Virginia Mines Inc. (TSE: VGQ) and Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (AMEX: ANV).

"Vista Gold, which has a market cap of $194 million, owns about 0.4 oz of gold per share in the ground, making it cheap on an asset basis. The company has a strong balance sheet and is moving to monetize its assets, including moving forward on production from one advanced property,” Day says. “The business model, with lots of known but high-cost ounces in the ground, gives it good leverage to the gold prices.”

 Day says he likes Virginia Mines, which he calls “a successful prospect generator” in Quebec, because the company has cash and a royalty on a gold property it sold last year, and on an asset basis, remains a good value. He says the small cap has over a dozen active projects, with four current drill programs, mostly in joint-venture with others who spend the money to earn into Virginia's projects.

China Technology Development Group Corp. (Nasdaq: CTDC), Novatel Inc. (Nasdaq: NGPS) and AMREP Corp. (NYSE: AXR) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Monday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $750 million.

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Delta Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: DFC), Orchids Paper Products Co. (AMEX: TIS) and BSD Medical Corp. (AMEX: BSM) are among the biggest percentage gainers in Friday's trading among companies with market capitalizations under $500 million.

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