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Jim Nelson

Jim Nelson is the managing editor of Penny Sleuth. He has been playing the stock market since he was 14, always with a preference toward smaller companies. He has honed his stock picking skills at Agora Financial since 2004, effectively combining a growth and value approach. Like Greg Guenthner, Jim also contributes to Penny Stock Fortunes on top of bringing you the Penny Sleuth every weekday.

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A Lesson from 1930: Avoid the Second Collapse with This 6.9% Brazilian Yield

Nov 19th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, International, Macroeconomics
The name Richard Norris Williams II might not ring a bell to you. But in the 1920s, everyone knew who he was. In 1912, 21-year-old Williams gained fame as a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Later that year, he went on to earn his first U.S. mixed tennis championship. Now ...read more

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Two Brazilian Plays to Beat the Market

Nov 6th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Commodities, Featured, International, Macroeconomics
With this morning's news of unemployment reaching 10.2% — the highest it's been in 26 years — prospects for many U.S. investments look bleak. But you’re not out of luck just yet… Many countries around the world will be able to steer around this extended recession. Some are even in prime position ...read more

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Get Paid When Your Neighbor Turns on His Kitchen Light

Oct 27th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Commodities, Energy, Featured, Macroeconomics
Every time you pay your electricity or gas bill, someone just like you is taking a cut. It’s not just executives at your local electric company that benefit from your power usage. Regular investors can actually take a cut of every single bill payment you and your neighbors make. Today, we’ll ...read more

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Finding Option-Sized Gains from $25 Silver

Oct 7th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Commodities, Featured, Macroeconomics
The global economy is in a lull right now. Some expect a recovery sooner, rather than later. Others, like us, think that we could see a second downturn. Either way, there’s one investment you need to own right now: silver. Silver is the most flexible metal on earth. We’re not talking ...read more

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Your Guaranteed Triple with the Stock Market “Trump Card”

Sep 29th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies
The market’s rally so far this year has given way to a flood of profits for investors. Since early March, the Dow is up more than 49%. But starting today, you can begin cashing in even larger gains using the stock market “Trump Card,” which can guarantee you at least ...read more

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Natural Gas’ Triple Could Give Us a 416% Gain By Year-End

Sep 23rd, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Commodities, Energy, Featured, Macroeconomics
The past 18 months have taken a serious toll on normal supply and demand in many industries. But no industry was impacted more than energy… Oil peaked at $147 per barrel in July 2008 — right before the house of cards came crashing down on the global economy. Once banks started ...read more

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Grab Secret Penny Stock Gains from the World’s Best Blue Chips

Aug 25th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, Penny stocks
So far this year, three of the world’s safest blue chip stocks returned 58.5%, 85.2%, and 112.5%, but most investors weren’t even able to touch them. Today, I’ll show you how you can… Those gains came from companies you are probably already familiar with: Roche Holdings, Wal-Mart of Mexico, and Adidas. ...read more

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How Mexico’s Second Manifesto Could Pay You a Fortune

Aug 24th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, International, Macroeconomics
Francisco Madero was a revolutionary Mexican leader in the fight for property rights in the early part of the 20th century. Madero, a longtime politician, upset the very powerful seven-time Mexican President Porfirio Diaz by running against him in the 1910 election. Diaz was willing to give up his presidency, but ...read more

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How You Can Own a Quarter of the Internet… And Why You Don’t Want to

Aug 18th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies
Sometime over the next 16 months, one-quarter of the Internet will go on sale. But you shouldn’t be suckered into this deal… Before we get into the ins and outs of this sale, we need to clarify what it means to actually buy one-fourth of the Internet. Of course, you can’t ...read more

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How to Profit from the Asian Internet Boom

Aug 14th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, International, Penny stocks
The number of Chinese with Internet access is increasing at an astronomical rate – after all right now, the region’s penetration rate is only 17% compared with 75% here in the U.S. And along with that growth, opportunities are emerging for a select few investors to get in on tech ...read more

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