Investing Strategies
This quarter, we’re all but guaranteed to witness more companies go public than we’ve seen in the last three quarters combined. That’s a prediction that isn’t just significant for investors who want to buy shares of the latest IPOs – this latest trend in the public offering world could mean ...read more
Are the Bears Turning Bullish?
Sep 30th, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
Some of Wall Street’s most prominent bears are turning bullish right now. But that doesn’t mean that your small-cap portfolio is safe. Here’s why these brilliant minds think that we’re back on the path to recovery -- and why they’re wrong.
I was in Manhattan last week attending Grant’s Fall Investment ...read more
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
How to Know When It’s Time to Sell
Sep 24th, 2009 | By Jonas Elmerraji | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technical Analysis
All too often investors only concern themselves with when to buy a stock, even when poor selling strategy can easily be an investor’s quickest path to losses. But it doesn’t have to be that way… Good selling execution can mean enormous gains for your portfolio, but only if you know ...read more
Three Must-Know Rules to Profit from Options
Sep 17th, 2009 | By Jonas Elmerraji | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
Whether you’re a novice options investor or you’ve been trading options for years, three simple rules could mean the difference between serious gains and major losses. Here’s everything you need to know to go from optionless to an options whiz…
Every day, scores of novice options investors get burned. It’s not ...read more
These Utility ETFs Are Set to Soar
Sep 11th, 2009 | By Jonas Elmerraji | Category: Energy, Featured, International, Investing Strategies
In the last six months the S&P 500 has been on a tear, rocketing 42%. But while the masses celebrate their investment gains, that overreaching rebound has smart investors pretty nervous. That’s why it’s time to turn to a recession resistant industry that’s set to soar right now – today, ...read more
The Secret of Wall Street’s Most Powerful Number
Sep 9th, 2009 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
Wall Street’s most powerful number is also one of its most understood. But in the next ten minutes, I’m going to show you everything you need to know to efficiently analyze this important metric – and potentially profit as a result.
You've probably heard a lot of people talk about the ...read more
A New Age of Corporate Takeovers Could Soon Emerge
Sep 3rd, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
Inflation can do tricky things to markets. It creates distortions. In those distortions, an intrepid investor can find some big moneymaking ideas. I think we've got one opening up in oil and gas, and it is not without precedent in financial markets. In fact, it's starting to look a little ...read more
The Ugly Truth About Bank Stocks
Aug 31st, 2009 | By Dan Amoss | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
Don't let this stock market rally fool you -- all isn’t well on Wall Street.
And that financial malady is now traveling to Main Street as banks – including the latest FDIC rescue operation here in Baltimore on Friday – crumble all around us. Here’s what you need to know to ...read more
Make Profitable Investments by Understanding “Broker Basics”
Aug 27th, 2009 | By Jonas Elmerraji | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Over the Counter Markets, Penny stocks, Pink sheet stocks
Which broker should I choose? How do I buy shares of penny stocks? Can I invest in companies that trade overseas?
Without a doubt, the most common reader questions we get here at the Penny Sleuth are about brokers. That’s really no surprise – for a new investor the broker business ...read more
