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Penny Stock Investing guide 101
Written by troy on Friday, March 27, 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Penny Stock Trading, Small Caps, Stock Prices
Penny stock trading has its pros and cons. While the benefit is accruing of incredible profit minimum time period, the disadvantage is huge loss due to timely and often unwanted and unexpected fluctuation in the market. Therefore prior to investing in penny stocks there are quite a few things that a trader should bear in mind.
• To begin with the trader should at first examine the share structure and distribution of the shares of a particular stock. Doing this will help you in striking from your list of potential stocks any that indicate a highly disproportionate number of shares held in a single offshore account. For instance if you find millions of shares being held for less than a penny in a single offshore account, you can assure yourself that the moment you invest in the stock, heavy selling will result. Also the moment the stock prices begin to rise, buyers will not show any inclination towards purchasing and your shares will be rendered good for nothing. So it is preferable that you opt a stock where distribution points to a large number of holders.
• A trader should always verify the status or legitimacy of the company. The best way to do it is to contact the company. Most companies list their main contact numbers. Don’t hesitate in calling up the company. Since it is quite possible that a false line is being arranged for it, you should also contact the local operator and find business listings for the officers of the company. In case there are no listed numbers or local numbers to contact the company, drop the idea of that company completely. This is because there is a great threat of fraudulent companies hungry for your investment money. Also if the CEO attends your phone call or the number is residential, means that company is sham.
• When a particular stock is in your mind, before making a move further, take a look at the latest and long-term history of the stock and the company. If the company’s history is composed of reverse splits and reverse mergers, its future is quite precarious. Find a company that has a long and successful history. A company with a long time line can be considered to provide you fruitful returns.
• Before investing any amount, take a look at your bankroll. Bankroll refers to the amount of money you can afford to spend and lose. Since these investments are a risky affair, it is better that pertaining to your bankroll; you calculate a certain sum, losing which, will not trouble you much. Only if you can bear a big loss without hassles, go for higher risk or gain investments, otherwise don’t.
• Since the penny stock companies often do not have definitive revenue systems, measurable inventory levels, reliable quarterly financials or even a definitive product, the worth of most penny stocks can be skillfully assessed. As the stocks of these companies move on speculation, the investor should use alternative research strategies to know which stock will provide great potential in future and has high degree of accuracy.
By: Mansi Gupta
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Mansi gupta recommends that you visit http://www.pennystocksbook.com/strategy/index.html for more information on Penny Stock Investing.
How Profitable is Online Penny Stock Trading
Written by troy on Wednesday, February 04, 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Nasdaq, penny shares, penny stocks, speculative stock, Stock Market, Stock Prices
There are websites that pick penny stocks that are trading under $5.00 on both the NYSE, the NASDAQ, and other major Exchanges such as the London Stock Exchange. You have the chance to become a penny stock trading winner at any time. But the risks are very big and if you do take the advice, you could become a big winner in the penny shares market.
Simply looking at raw numerical data is not going to help you if you are new to the stock market. But you can get the advice that you need from almost any penny stocks trading website; these companies do not want to see you fail in the stock trading world. Instead they would rather see you succeed, so that they can then add another success story to their website and so they can continue to collect commissions on your trades.
There are hundreds of penny stocks trading websites available all over the Internet and you can sign up for any one of them. You get all the usual services that you would expect from a stock trading website. You get the portfolio management tools and the updated stock prices.
But some of these penny stocks trading websites will offer you the chance to sign-up to their weekly newsletter, which will contain which companies they believe will be the next big winner on the stock market.
One of the best that I have come across is the Red Hot Penny Share system, by Fleet Street Publications. Some years ago, I drew all of my various employment pensions ( which were sinking in value fast) and put them into a Self Invested Pension Plan (SIPP) , which is only available to UK taxpayers, although there may well be equivalents in the US.
By enjoying periods of very profitable online Penny Stocks Trading I actually managed to transform my $122,000 pension fund into an amount approaching $430,000 – and in less than 3 years.
The other major benefit of using the SIPP as an investment vehicle of course was that all the profitable investment returns were tax free – no capital gains tax due.
In this facility, you can actually act as you very own Pension Fund manager, only unlike the usual City Fat Cats, you have a real and determined desire to make your money work at its hardest for you.
As long as you are willing to subscribe to this sort of service, and when they say BUY you buy and when they say SELL you sell, you can make quite an improvement to what may probably be a pathetic little pension nest egg. And the further beauty is that with SIPP’s, you don’t have to cash it in at age 65 for some hit and miss annuity – you can continue to trade profitably until you are 75.
Take your time when you are looking for a penny stocks trading website. There are many websites that won’t actually offer as much services as other stock trading websites. So take your time and choose the site that best suits your needs as a trader.
By: Geoff Morris
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using Penny Shares. Check out his
Penny Shares Online Trading Resource Guide