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The Motley Fool September 23, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Penny Stocks, Anyone? Penny stocks are often tied to small, unproven companies with no track record of solid financial performance. Worse, these stocks are among the easiest to manipulate and often are manipulated by scam artists. |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Plasticon, an Amazing Penny Stock The key for investors is to find the most promising small companies -- which are usually not penny stocks. |
The Motley Fool July 29, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Are Dogs Barking in Your Portfolio? View your cratered stocks sensibly and consider taking action. |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2005 Nathan Parmelee |
The Right Kind of Pennies The author posts an open letter to his friend about how to enjoy stable returns in the stock market -- pick up stocks that pay dividends, not penny stocks. |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2006 |
Penny Stocks, Explained Most penny stocks are selling for a low price for a reason. They occasionally get hyped and soar briefly, but they usually plummet back to earth. Steer clear of the pennies. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 |
Ten Years Ago in Registered Rep. A quote from March 1995 numbering the days of brokers pushing hot stocks. |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Get Stupid Quickly Don't fall for penny-stock-investing-get-rich-quick schemes. |
The Motley Fool July 27, 2006 Tim Hanson |
Why We Love Wild Penny Stocks Penny stocks have huge potential -- that's their blessing and their curse. |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2006 |
Digging Into Stock Tips Too many people simply buy shares when presented with a "hot" stock tip. That's not too smart. But researching a stock is. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
More Manipulation and the Individual Investor Here are more subtle, but still pernicious, methods of manipulation in which unscrupulous players can cheat investors out of their money.. |
AskMen.com Michael Estrin |
8 More Stock Market Mistakes Investors Make The truth is, all people make mistakes with their money. But what separates the winners from the losers are those who can apply what they've learned. |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Confessions of a Large-Cap Chauvinist Lower-priced stocks are more likely to fail than higher-priced ones, and investors earn lower returns on lower-priced stock portfolios, once you adjust for risk. |
The Motley Fool August 4, 2010 Rich Duprey |
Are Penny Stocks Really That Good? Don't be fooled by good returns in any particular year; penny stocks are a losing bet. |
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Penny Stocks That Astound Beware of super-cheap stocks with big, empty promises. Penny stocks tend to be volatile, and they're easy to manipulate -- and lose money on. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2005 Robert Brokamp |
Stocks for the Really Long Term Yes, stocks are the long-term investment of choice. But at any price? |
The Motley Fool June 2, 2004 |
The ABCs of OTC In the course of your financial reading, you'll occasionally run across "OTC-traded" stocks. OTC officially stands for "over-the-counter," but "over-the-computer" is more appropriate today. |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2005 |
Warrants on Wall Street Financial warrants share characteristics of both stocks and options. |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 |
Where to Invest Money for College Stocks? Bonds? Well, the longer the time period until you'll need the money, the more risk you can take. Here's a typical set of guidelines that some financial planners might offer you. |
The Motley Fool November 5, 2004 Tim Beyers |
Penny Stocks From Heaven Sure, many penny stocks are bad. But some of them offer divine returns for the money-wise bargain hunter. |
The Motley Fool September 3, 2004 Rich Smith |
SkillSoft's Precious Penny The education software company tries to make the most of its modest earnings. Result: SkillSoft slid another 2%. |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2011 Travis Hoium |
Interpublic Group of Companies Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of marketing service company Interpublic Group of Companies fell 16% today after the company released earnings. |
The Motley Fool October 29, 2004 |
Stocks vs. Bonds Stocks have grown faster than bonds in most time periods. |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2005 Bill Mann |
Audible: Hail Mary or Prudent Model? They put everything into a penny stock and won. It's heartwarming, but not prudent. |
The Motley Fool May 17, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Getting Fueled Again? The time might be right to look again at alternative fuel stocks. |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2005 Richard Gibbons |
The Evolution of an Investor A professional's map to smarter investing and proven returns. |
The Motley Fool September 2, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer |
This Is How You Can Buy Happiness Are penny stocks the ultimate route to wealth and happiness? |
The Motley Fool December 18, 2003 Motley Fool Staff |
Why Stock Prices Go Up and Down If a company's profits keep growing, its stock price will follow suit -- eventually. Corporate earnings drive stocks in the long run. In the short run, though, there are many different reasons stock prices flitter up and down. Don't take all moves too seriously. |
The Motley Fool February 10, 2004 David Forrest |
High-Octane Investing The author delves into the high-octane world of momentum investing to uncover those stocks starting to take off, and those running out of gas. |
The Motley Fool November 5, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
10 Big Investing Mistakes Some mistakes are not always mistakes. |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2005 |
Stock Picking for Novices If you're a newcomer to investing, how should you begin to choose stocks in which to possibly invest? |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2004 Robin Penfold |
Challenging Assumptions It's possible that, for the first time in any living person's career, U.S. stocks will not perform as well as bonds in the next couple of decades. |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2005 Rich Smith |
Those Incredible Vanishing Tickers Hey! Where'd Veritas go? The fate of stocks that fail to file. More than three dozen Nasdaq-listed stocks have already been branded with the letter "E" (for "Excuse me. Where's your 10-K?"). |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2005 |
Think Thrice Before Dividing in Thirds Portfolio allocations don't come in one-size-fits-all. A more sensible approach is to consider investment timeframes and, of course, what you can tolerate in terms of market volatility. |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2006 |
Do "Tech Stocks" Exist? Sure, there are "tech stocks." But the term really isn't as helpful as you might think -- because in many ways, most companies that you can think of are tech stocks. |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Ben Warwick |
The Puzzler: Trading by the Calendar The January Effect, which involves buying small-cap stocks at year end and selling them a month later, is the Elvis of investing. Has it left the building? |
InternetNews March 9, 2007 Clint Boulton |
SEC Cracking Down on Spam 'Pump and Dump' The SEC has suspended securities trading of 35 companies as part of a new crackdown on market manipulation via spam. |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2004 Salim Haji |
How Many Stocks Should You Own? Diversification into stocks you don't fully understand could increase risk within your portfolio. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2002 Eric Uhlfelder |
Reversal of Fortune More than likely, some sub-$5 stocks will dodge the bullet and turn around. But since such recoveries likely will depend on improvement in the broad economy, most clients would probably be better off sticking with companies that have better weathered the bear market. |
The Motley Fool February 5, 2009 Tim Hanson & Brian Richards |
Why We Love Wild Penny Stocks ... in a Recession Many "investors" are looking to buy up wild penny stocks precisely to make up for the losses they may have endured last year. Don't be one of them. |
The Motley Fool May 13, 2005 |
When to Panic At what point, if a stock or the market is tanking, should you panic and think about selling? |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2005 Philip Durell |
Hunting Glamour Gone By Former glamour stocks offer great value opportunities for smart investors. |
The Motley Fool November 8, 2004 Rich Smith |
KKR Strikes (Gold) Again The firm gets 90% of the take from Knowledge Learning's buyout of KinderCare. But is the company worth the price? |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2004 |
Common Investing Mistakes Too many people have committed investing blunders. Here's how you can avoid them. |
The Motley Fool March 6, 2006 Joseph Khattab |
Invest Well, Sleep Well Your portfolio shouldn't keep you up at night. It is possible to beat the market with low-risk stocks. |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
The Future of Investing Jeremy Siegel has a new book coming out, called The Future of Investing, focusing on how to identify stocks that have a good chance of being long-term winners. Here's a peek at comments he recently made about the state and future of the stock market. |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 |
Blotter Ready for His Close-up -- Todd Eberhard, investment advisor and TV financial news personality, was sentenced... Pump n' Dumpers Get Served -- Nearly a year after issuing an Investor Alert, the SEC finally collared the purveyors... |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
The Trouble With Energy Stocks With investors chasing performance by pumping barrels of money into the sector -- always an excellent contrarian indicator -- it may be time to step off the energy gas pedal and head in the direction of market roads less traveled. |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2004 |
How to Invest for College As your kids get older, you may be wondering what you should invest your savings for their college education in -- stocks, for example, or bonds? One size doesn't fit all when it comes to college savings. |
The Motley Fool February 24, 2010 Andy Louis-Charles |
Who's Afraid of a Penny Stock? When is a penny not really a penny? While most of these stocks are indeed garbage, a fair number of low-priced stocks trade on traditional securities exchanges and do provide up-to-date financials. |
Financial Advisor August 2004 Alan Lavine |
Small-Cap Funds Start Exhibiting Caution Several managers believe next year will be better than this year. But they are also realistic. |