No bank was safe from the cold, hard facts. Write-downs at Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Bear Sterns reached epic proportions. Citigroup, the largest financial name in the United States, led its brethren to lows not seen since almost five years ago.

Much as a rising tide lifts all boats, a fierce riptide can claim many innocent victims. That’s exactly what’s been happening lately. Stocks across the board get smashed right along with the financial sector — even securities that have little or nothing to do with the high-risk exposure linked to subprime loans and other shoddy investment vehicles…

Sure, a meltdown like this can be a bit frightening. But it can alo point you in the direction of some amazing opportunities…

It’s no secret — many banks are on shaky ground. But much like a powerful riptide, the entire financial sector — and almost every business associated with it — has been pulled out to sea.

There are two sectors that have suffered greatly during the market’s recent throes. Stocks in these sectors have been practically beaten down and left for dead on the side of the road. The average investor — and Wall Street, for that matter — wants little to do with a company involved in both the tech and financial sectors.

But there is one company prepared to break free from the powerful currents of the financial meltdown riptides and swim back safely to shore. This company has grown revenue, profits and profit margins steadily for the past three fiscal years. The banking crisis has dragged this company down to new 52-week lows as the economic outlook for 2008 becomes unclear…

However, you can’t keep a great company down forever. Even with its strong ties to out-of-favor sectors, this stock is ready to make up the 50% it has dropped since November. And it will do it by being the best at providing the essential services that every smart business needs to succeed…

Intelligent Data for Intelligent Businesses

Financial institutions and other big businesses work with an almost infinite amount of data. And these huge corporations have to be able to organize and access these data in the best way possible. If they fail at this important task, efficiency, time and money are lost.

This one company develops business intelligence systems. It makes the software that keeps companies’ precious data together and helps companies share them within the company, as well as with their customers. Business operational information, client and account information, charts, outlooks, tables and reports — this company deals with all of this information.

The company’s main product is Java-based, open source software. It also provides spreadsheet reporting for large user pools and “Brochure-Quality Reporting” for customer interaction, such as personal account and data sharing.

So how much data can this company help these big players handle? In a recent test run at the IBM Innovation Center, the company’s business solutions supported 43,000 active users generating up to 1.8 billion report pages per day. All of this is achieved by helping businesses leverage custom software that’s developed by some of the best around…

Best,

Greg Guenthner
March 14, 2008

P.S.: Jim Nelson is also finishing his recommendation of another penny stock that will go out to the Penny Stock Fortunes readers today. The company is a saving grace for a lot of homeowners that are strapped for cash.

Editor’s Note: As always, you can send any questions or concerns to us at jim@pennysleuth.com.

On a much different subject, I just wanted to let you know that Ed Bugos — you know, our gold expert — is putting the finishing touches on his brand new junior mining newsletter. It’s the perfect addition to any penny stock fan’s collection of resources, especially with gold near $1,000 an ounce. It’ll be ready very soon. So get ready… It’ll be huge…

How the Big, Scary Bank Meltdown Will Boost Your Portfolio was originally featured in the Penny Sleuth.