Metal production companies prepare as investors plan to buy.

Can we grab the bull by the horns as we slowly emerge back into the bull market?

‘Yes we can’ say the top Asset Management firms.

Templeton’s Mark Mobious who overseas on average $26 Billion in assets, feels that 2009 will be the year of recovery for the stock market.

He also has a keen interest in the producers of Gold, Nickel, Iron, Ore, Platinum and Palladium. These words will come much to the delight of new producers like Eland Platinum.

However, not everyone will agree with Mobious interests. In December 2008 Norilsk Nickel, one of the world’s top producers of Nickel and Platinum group metal Palladium said they would cut output of the metals in 2009, however they retained Copper and Nickel and reduced the production of platinum.

Does this mean that the buying prices are cheaper? Our sources say “yes”.

As previously predicted in 2008 by people like the legendary Dr. Marc Faber who advised that the gold shares had become “incredibly cheap”.

So how can we get on board on investments with metals?

Here are our top five investment metal favourites for March/April 2009…