Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Penny Stocks - Are They As Good As People Say

By Cooper Stalworthe


I am pretty sure that you know what penny stocks are but just in case they are simply companies who's shares are trading below $5. I know this price is more than just a few pennies but in regards to the market as a whole these stocks are simply pennies compared to some of the bigger names out there. What most people don't understand about penny stocks is if they are too good to be true or not.

The first thing you need to understand about penny stocks is there is no such thing as a sure thing and because of that some of them might be too good to be true. With that said you need to approach a penny stock the same way you would with any other one, you need to do your research and decide if the shares you are thinking about buying have a potential upside. Just know that every stock has the ability to go down and that is why you need to make sure your risk is not greater than your reward.

So to answer your question, "Lots of people are earning money with penny stocks and they are not too good to be true". More and more people are turning to penny stocks simply because they can afford to buy more of them and the best part about this is the share price does not have to go up as high in order to make money from this trade.

My advice when it comes to making decent trades with $5 and under shares is that you need to figure out how to read the charts and look at the fundamentals in order to tell whether the company is an undervalued stock or not. My suggestion would be to only trade stocks are not trading at their current value since these will go up much higher in a very short time. Do yourself a favor and learn what things you should look for with cheap stocks because the strategies differ when you are trading shares under $10.

The last thing you must understand about penny stocks is they have a lot of benefits to them but the problem with them is a small dip in the share price will result in a good sized loss. Don't think that these shares are immune to the actual markets movements because they are not, they follow along just like every other stock on the market.




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