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Want big returns? Look at small stocks!
Penny stocks are low-cost equities that often make large price moves, potentially leading to big gains-or losses-for investors. Penny Stocks For Dummies will help you determine whether this wild ride is right for you. With this hands-on guide, you can grasp the basics, find smart investments, avoid scams, and look for big success, even if you only have pocket change to start out with.
This latest edition takes you right into today's unique penny stock market. You'll learn how to read penny stock charts, evaluate the strength of small companies, recognize price manipulations, and use smart trading strategies to maximize your returns. Buying and selling penny stocks can be extremely lucrative-if you know exactly what you're doing. This book will make a penny trader out of you, so you can start making money for the future. (Heads up: you're going to need a bigger piggy bank!)
With Penny Stocks For Dummies, you will:
Autorentext
Peter Leeds, also known as The Penny Stock Professional, is the publisher of Peter Leeds Penny Stocks, a popular financial publication with over 50,000 subscribers. He is also the author of Invest in Penny Stocks.
Klappentext
Your guide to making money with penny stocks
With Penny Stocks For Dummies, you'll gain the know-how to make lucrative trades with just your loose change. Let us introduce you to the investing wilderness that is low-cost equities. We'll get you outfitted with everything you need to develop a trading strategy, avoid trouble, manage your risk, and pick winners. Learn the best ways to research smaller companies, and get good at reading between the lines to uncover the potential to profit. If you know how to pick 'em, some of those penny stocks could be worth a mint. Inside
Zusammenfassung
Want big returns? Look at small stocks!
Penny stocks are low-cost equities that often make large price moves, potentially leading to big gainsor lossesfor investors. Penny Stocks For Dummies will help you determine whether this wild ride is right for you. With this hands-on guide, you can grasp the basics, find smart investments, avoid scams, and look for big success, even if you only have pocket change to start out with.
This latest edition takes you right into today's unique penny stock market. You'll learn how to read penny stock charts, evaluate the strength of small companies, recognize price manipulations, and use smart trading strategies to maximize your returns. Buying and selling penny stocks can be extremely lucrativeif you know exactly what you're doing. This book will make a penny trader out of you, so you can start making money for the future. (Heads up: you're going to need a bigger piggy bank!)
With Penny Stocks For Dummies, you will:
Inhalt
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 3
Beyond the Book 4
Where to Go from Here 4
Part 1: Getting Started with Penny Stocks 5
Chapter 1: Getting to Know Penny Stocks 7
A Big, Fat, Tiny Penny Stock Summary 8
Defining Penny Stocks 9
Price per share 10
Market capitalization 10
Stock market 10
Mix and match 11
Why does it matter? 11
Comparing Penny Stocks to Their Blue-Chip Cousins 13
Volatility and speed 14
Safety and risk 14
Investor following and visibility 15
Larger stones take more force to move 16
Chapter 2: Deciding If Penny Stocks Are Right for You 19
Gauging the Popularity of Penny Stocks 20
A high risk/reward ratio 20
Limited funds 22
Risky misconceptions 22
Taking Stock of the Big Business of Penny Stocks 23
You're not alone 23
Room to grow 24
Making Sense of What You've Heard (Much of Which is True!) 25
Penny stocks represent low-quality companies 25
Penny stocks are subject to price manipulation scams 26
Trading penny stocks is a game of chance 26
Making a Fast Million Not! 27
Penny stocks appeal to the impatient 27
Newer investors gravitate to penny stocks 28
Penny stocks appeal to smaller portfolios 29
Being Honest with Yourself: Are Penny Stocks Right For You? 29
Chapter 3: Buying and Selling Penny Stocks 31
The Ins and Outs of the Stock Market 32
Factors influencing which exchange a company lists on 32
A who's who of stock exchanges 34
Issuing Shares 37
Diluting a good thing 38
How dilution affects investors 39
When new share issues are a good thing 40
When new share issues are not a good thing 41
Stock Buybacks 42
Acquisitions and Takeovers 43
Why penny stock companies are frequently bought 45
Resisting a takeover 46
Understanding which companies are takeover targets 46
Being the buyer 48
Mergers and Amalgamations 49
Stock splits and reverse splits 50
Why you don't see splits in low-priced shares 51
Why reverse splits are common in penny stocks 51
Bankruptcies 52
Chapter 4: Avoiding Promotions, Scams, and Bribes 53
Why Penny Stocks Are Perfect for Price Manipulation 53
Who is Moving the Price? 57
Promoters 58
Investor or public relations 58
The touter 59
The advisor 59
Rooting Out Poor Quality Companies 60
A good story 60
Financially broken 61
Weak business model 61
Swimming against the trend 62
The 2-pound gorilla 62
Obstacles That Even High-Quality Companies Face 63
Lawsuits 65
Lost customers 66
The 500-pound gorilla 67
Even the Good Can Die Young 67
Part 2: Research and Investment Strategies 69
Chapter 5: Developing a Strategy 71
Trading Risk Free without Using Real Money 72
Keeping it simple: What you need to get started 72
Setting your paper trading parameters 73
Some paper trading considerations 74
Tracking the success (or failure) of your paper trades 75
What You Need Before Your First Trade 76
Choosing a Great Broker 77
Penny-stock-friendly brokers 78
When to upgrade your broker 79
Types of Trading Orders 79
Bids, asks, and spreads 79
Limit orders 80
Market orders 81 Other types of orders 82<...