Penny Stock Investing Guide 101

Penny stocks are also known small caps, micro caps and nano caps. Penny stocks are low-priced issues that are often highly speculative. Usually a penny stock sells for less than one dollar and is highly volatile.

How to Trade Stocks

Understanding how the economy works isn’t the only fundamental analysis tools that are important while trading stocks. You also need to read financial statements to understand the financial status of the companies you want to buy. A Company’s income statements on the other hand give you a look at the results of the most recent period and provide a basis for comparison with prior years and periods. You can use these statements to look at whether revenues are growing, and if they are by what percentage. You also can see how much profit the company is keeping from the revenue it generates.

Stock Markets Crash of 2006

A Mid-May meltdown in emerging markets and commodities has pressed the panic button of fund managers globally. In the past month mayhem nearly 2 trillion of wealth has been wiped out.

When to Sell

When to Sell: The toughest decision of all.

Stock Market Prediction

Predicting the stock market has always been a fascinating science. It can be done in different shapes and forms. Here are a few:

The Smart Investor Waits For Events That Will Disturb Markets

Markets overreact to events, and you can take advantage of this fact through diligent observation and patience because bad news is cyclical.

Focus on the Right Things and Watch What Happens!

I believe a lot of people think that the more time that can spend developing and refining their entry signal, the better off they will be – sometimes to the detriment of more important areas.

Openwave-Could the Little Company Ever Become King?

Openwave Systems Inc. provides Communication Service Providers (CSPs), including wireless and wireline carriers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), portals, and broadband providers worldwide, with the software and services they need to build boundary-free, multi-network communications services for their subscribers.

The Newbies Guide To What Is The Stock Market And Stock Trading?

What is the stock market? Well in simple terms it is, a market for the trading of company stock, and derivatives of the same. Participants in the stock market range from small investors to large hedge fund traders.

Using Leverage to Your Best Advantage in the Stock Market

How to use leverage in your investments to get the biggest bang for your buck.

What Constitutes An Ideal Investment: Part One

When it comes to stocks and shares, do you know what to look out for in an Ideal investment? Find out the ideal conditions that constitute a good investment.

Understanding Mutual Fund Classes: Not Always as Easy as A, B, C

Before you buy a mutual fund, you'll want to do some research. What is the fund's investment philosophy? Who manages it? How diversified are its holdings? Then, after you've done your homework, you'll have to use it for the right class.

Buying an Acquired Stock after the Report has been Released?

Typically when a company decides to buy another corporation, due to the prospect of growth and cutting cost and the possibility of a bidding war, the company that is desired buy another company will skyrocket in terms of price. Since the stock market is a rational expectations market, such information will be heeded immediately and positioned to bolster the price of a stock instantaneously. Now unless you happen to own that particular stock, typically when you do find about the prospective information, the potentially acquired stock price will already be inflated, discouraging buyers to get into the action. While such a process may be disappointing to investors looking for profits, as evidence shows, buying such a stock when a rumor or solidified information comes up may not be such a bad idea.

Warren Buffett and USG Corp

Berkshire Hathaway’s subsidiary National Indemnity Corp, owned by Warren Buffett acquired 6.9 million shares at $40/share of USG Corp.