We love a good growth story. After all, that's why we invest in the tiniest companies on the market. It gives us the chance to get in on the ground floor -- before the rest of the world tunes in to the potential that a particular company has to offer. But ...read more

Picking a broker is one of the toughest things for new investors to do. As a result, we constantly get e-mails like this one from our readers here at the Penny Sleuth… To: PennySleuth@agorafinancial.com Subject: Brokerage Do you have a particular brokerage firm you use to buy penny stocks? I have a Sharebuilder ...read more

“[During a recession] small stocks outperformed T-Bills, bonds, and the S&P about two-thirds of the time -- and they did so by a ridiculous margin,” claims the Motley Fool’s Ilan Moscovitz. While safe, stable stocks are usually the first place investors flock to when markets turn sour, maybe you should be ...read more

Let’s face it — penny stocks get a bad rap in the financial news media. But despite what the pundits tell you, the jabs at cheap stocks are rarely justified. It’s time to bust Five Myths About Penny Stocks. 1.) They’re Riskier Than Other Investments While this was once true, if you’ve ...read more

On Monday, former retail giant Circuit City (CC: NYSE) announced that it would be closing 155 stores and cutting thousands of jobs in hopes of staving off bankruptcy. Adding insult to injury, Circuit City received notification from the NYSE on October 30 that there stock was in danger of being ...read more

“Subsea processing” is the new black — the sexiest fashion in the world of oil extraction. Based on figures put out by the International Energy Agency (IEA), “nontraditional” methods will play a large role in replacing future oil production. And many of those non-traditional methods will operate more than 1,000 ...read more

This past week, a 77-square-foot London flat sans electricity hit the market for $335,000. Apparently, the rather intimate proximity to Harrods and Hyde Park will reap an impressive $4,350 per square foot. So in case you desire something more generous than a glorified walk-in closet, say, a 500-square-foot studio, perhaps, be ...read more

Irwin Greenstein reports from Baltimore, 40 miles south of the Mason-Dixon line... *** Hansen Natural Corp. really has juice. This small-cap peach, which we originally targeted in our issue of Nov. 9, 2004 (http://www.pennysleuth.com/alertholder/11.09.04), has fattened the wallets of investors who had the patience to wait for this ...read more

*** James Boric reports from  a snow-covered Victorian district in Baltimore called Mt. Vernon... *** It was a meeting of the minds. The editors of Outstanding Investments, The GRIP, Fleet Street, Penny Stock Fortunes, MST Trader Alert, Vantage Point Investment Advisory and Penny Sleuth were all locked ...read more