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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 Rare “Second Chance” at Making a Fortune

Aug 13th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, International, Investing Strategies, Technology
Today you have a rare “second chance” at making a fortune. Let me explain… From 1990 to 2004 the number of internet users in the US absolutely exploded — going from less than 1% of the population back in 1990 all the way up to over 65% in 2004. Check out the US’s ...read more

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Finding Caterpillar’s Tell Could Lead to Astronomical Profits

Jul 21st, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies
The story on Wall Street that’s got everyone worked up one way or the other is the recent profits at Goldman Sacs and Bank of America. Some are pleased and view this as a telltale sign of a recovery. They look at these banks profits and argue that TARP is ...read more

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Looking for Quadruple-Digit Gains in the Far East “Test” Market

Jul 7th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, International
Finding penny stocks capable of doubling or tripling in value is not the hard part. It’s finding the ones capable of reaching quadruple digits that’s difficult. To do that, you need to first find an investment climate that can produce such results. Unfortunately, today’s market isn’t presenting nearly as many of ...read more

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Profit from the Generation Y-New Media Connection

Jun 25th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, Penny stocks, Technology
Newspapers and nightly television news programs are as good as dead. A study performed by Drs. Reynol Junco and Jeanna Mastrodicasa found that Generation Y (born between1981-1992) gets 34% of its news from the Internet, compared with only 11% from newspapers. Web sites like Digg and The Drudge Report are sending ...read more

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How to Tell When a Penny Stock Will Pop

Jun 12th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
When you are about to invest in a penny stock, the number one question you need to ask yourself is: What’s the catalyst? Without some big event or monolithic development coming down the road, there’s no reason for investors to care about these tiny companies. You see, the majority of investors are ...read more

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Own a Piece of the U.K. Grid

Jun 9th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Commodities, Featured, Investing Strategies
Last week, I told you about a semimonopoly in the water business. Water, as you probably know, is a favorite theme of ours here at Penny Sleuth. It’s a commodity that most take for granted, but someday soon, will be a huge issue for billions of people. Actually, it already ...read more

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Retire Rich with This Legal Monopoly

Jun 3rd, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Commodities, Featured, Investing Strategies
Water is, by far, the most important element we need to survive. You can go a month without eating, but not even a week without water. Lack of adequate drinking water has killed almost 800,000 people this year. Now politicians are throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at water and wastewater ...read more

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The Perfect Refinery Penny Play

May 21st, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Commodities, Energy, Featured, Penny stocks
Last year, oil prices went crazy. In a matter of weeks, oil shot up as high as $147 and came right back down. Today, oil is sneaking back up. The obvious temptation is to try and time it again. The smart money, however, is looking elsewhere to take advantage. We found ...read more

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A Second Chance to Buy AT&T at the Turn of the Century

May 8th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies
Wall Street is constantly hung up on finding the next giant economy. Is China going to continue to grow as a superpower? What about India? The suits on the Street ask themselves these questions every day. They don’t realize that these superpowers aren’t the only places you can make big money. Indonesia ...read more

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Could a Hulu IPO Decimate Google’s YouTube Franchise?

May 1st, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies
While 99% of companies are fending off questions about how the recession is affecting business this earnings season, one small company doesn’t have worry about that. We all know that print advertising is dead, and the economy is putting a major strain on television advertising. But one small segment of the ...read more

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