Irrational Spikes and Profit Opportunities Penny stocks can often spike (or drop) based on the slightest provocation, even if that driving factor is of little significance. Pretend that a change in CEO seems like a great turn of events for an anxious trader, who disliked the old CEO. The investor dives into the market for [...]
What Are Penny Stocks?
May 13th, 2010
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Penny Stock Investing For the purposes of understanding Penny Stocks, I will treat any share that trades under $2.00 as a penny stock. Strangely, there is no official definition for penny stocks. There are three different criteria that various individuals and organizations use to define penny stocks. What is considered a penny stock really depends [...]
Penny Stock vs Blue Chip Stock
May 12th, 2010
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Penny Stock Trading As you review the following differences between penny stocks and “blue-chip” equities, you may be able to see why professional analysts and institutional investors usually shy away from these speculative shares. The kind of money that the big players use could crack the backs of many of these penny stock companies. There [...]
Gold Prices Continue Record Breaking Rally
May 12th, 2010
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Investing in Gold Gold continued its record-breaking climb in global markets Wednesday, after settling at an all-time high during volatile trading the day before. What prices are doing: Gold for June delivery was up as much as $25.10, or about 2% before U.S. markets opened, putting the precious metal at a new intra-day high of [...]
10 Things To Know Before The Opening Bell
May 12th, 2010
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Stock Market Timing Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: •World markets are somewhat higher in overnight trading as confidence begins to seep back into the system due to the ECB led European bailout. Gold continues to rise, notably, and is now above $1,240. •The head of the IMF has called for the eurozone [...]
