Posts Tagged ‘ Investing ’

Why You Should Avoid Zynga and the Sham “Social Gaming” Sector

Feb 8th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
Even when you’re scouring the market for fast-growing small-cap stocks, you need to remember the golden rule of investing: don’t lose money. It’s the rule that every successful investor has used to build wealth. And it’s the same rule that will destroy your trading account if you fail to heed its ...read more


One of the Most Important Breakthroughs in Modern Medicine

Feb 7th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technology
I’ve spoken with scores of doctors and scientists who are using or recommending the use of one nutraceutical. These recommendations, however, were not based on clinical evidence. Rather, they come from the personal experiences of many in the research community who have seen remarkable improvements in health. In scientific circles, this ...read more


Debunking the Super Bowl Indicator

Feb 6th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
Are you ready for some... er... stock picking? With the New York Giants’ win fresh in the minds of 111 million Super Bowl viewers, I guess it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that a slew of financial media outlets are talking about the “Super Bowl Indicator”. Here’s a bit from the ...read more


Don’t Get Trapped By Sideways Stocks

Jan 27th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
Economists expected US GDP to expand by a 3% annual rate during the fourth quarter. It didn’t — instead expanding at a 2.8% clip. Traders immediately sold futures, only to buy back stocks an hour later when the market opened. We should continue to expect this tug-of-war between bulls and bears ...read more


3 Easy Steps to an Unusual Investment “Guarantee”

Jan 26th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies
This is probably my favorite special situation of all for its simplicity. Joel Greenblatt wrote about it in his 1997 book You Can Be a Stock Market Genius. Greenblatt, at that time, was a relative unknown. But his Gotham Capital had put up 50% average annual returns for 10 years. The ...read more


Invest In This Emerging Multibillion-Dollar Market

Jan 24th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technology
The business of medical biotechnologies operates within an extraordinarily complex regulatory system. The SEC and the IRS are only the beginning of the story... In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration determines what can legally be sold. It even exercises control over what can be said by companies about medical ...read more


How Investor Confidence Shapes A New Rally

Jan 20th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
Successful trading hinges on the ability to spot meaningful turning points in sentiment and exploiting these important emotional periods during the beginning stages of a new trend. With the major averages flirting with key breakout levels, you need to be able to analyze how market participants will react to higher ...read more


Inside the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show

Jan 13th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technology
Today, the 2012 International Consumer Electronic Show (CES) comes to an end. CES is held every January and typically hosts previews of products as well as new product announcements. This year is no different... more than 20,000 new products were poised to be announced at the conference’s start. And our in-house technology ...read more


3 Potential Pharma Buyout Targets

Jan 12th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technology
The buyout frenzy that has gripped the pharmaceutical sector during the first two weeks of 2012 will more than likely continue. A long list of expiring patents and plenty of available cash are prompting large-cap pharmaceutical companies to seriously consider takeover opportunities in small-cap biotechs. But the top-line boost of a ...read more


Your 2012 Online Broker Guide

Jan 10th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Investor Education
One of the most frequent questions that come across our desks here at the Penny Sleuth is “Which broker should I use?” Finding the right broker is like finding the right car or the right house – it’s a personal decision where what’s right for one person may not be right ...read more