| Chapter 7: Finding
Legit Penny Stocks
Throughout this e-book, you have noticed that we give both the good and
the bad when it comes to penny stocks. Here’s why. There is no sense in
telling you that you can make a huge amount of money with penny stocks
if you do not know about all of the traps out there. In fact, one of the
key points to this e-book is the fact that you can make a killing if you
learn how to avoid those traps.
As we mentioned, there are good and bad aspects to each area of penny
stock investing. But, we want to talk about some of the good stuff here
for a minute.
For example, while there are bad companies out there and scams galore
when it comes to penny stocks, there are plenty of opportunities as
well. Your goal will be to find legitimate companies that do trade with
pink sheets rather than on the big stock markets.
What is the best company to invest in? It is hard to say that one
company or the next is the best one to go with, but the bottom line is
that you can always find the fresh guy in the bunch. A fresh, young and
even hip company can be the ideal company to invest in.
If you purchase those penny stocks for this brand new company at just
pennies and hold them throughout the bad years until the company gets
established enough, you may be able to sell them for top dollar really
making a good deal of money off of these penny stocks. Yet there is a
formula that needs to come from doing this. Here is your formula for
success with new companies.
1. Do your homework and invest in companies that you have learned are
real and offer something you believe is vital. You do not want to invest
blindly into a new company. Do your homework as we have talked about
here.
2. Purchase using a good amount of capital that you are okay with a high
risk with. Remember; plan to lose it all so that when it comes back to
you, you are safe. If you lose it, it shouldn’t kill you financially
speaking. Invest into the company as much capital as you can to gain as
many low cost shares as possible while they are low cost shares.
3. Hold it. The key to making sure that the new company gets off the
ground and does well is to hold your penny stocks. If you are investing
for the long term, the penny stocks can only pay off in the long term if
you hold them through the rough first years of business. Then, prices
will rise as the company grows, expands and meets goals. Selling quickly
will not allow you to break even.
Of course, a bit of luck always is helpful too when it comes to any
investing strategy!
Analyzing the Company
The next thing to mention is a bit further in detail about new companies
or really any company out there. As we have mentioned throughout this
e-book, you need to insure that you have the information about the
company to make the right decisions about it. Here are some of the most
important pieces of information to gather regarding the company you are
planning on investing in.
1. What type of business does the company engage in? Learning this will
allow you to analyze how feasible and realistic the company actually is
in your eyes.
2. What is the company’s business plan and is that feasible as well?
Here, you want to insure that the company has a plan for success not
just winging it!
3. What is the amount of competitiveness that the company has? Does it
compete against rival companies out there well? Does it have too much
competition to make it realistically speaking?
4. How about looking at the ownership and the management of the company?
Does it have solid management abilities? Are you confident in those
managers and owners handling the funds you are giving them wisely? Can
they really run the company the right way to make a profit?
5. What type of cash flow as well as capitalization does the company
have? What allows it to move through its business? How do you feel about
the way that this company is handling these aspects of the business?
Asking and getting answers to any and to all of these questions will
allow you to know that you are working with the right company. Remember,
pick up the phone and call them. Find out through research out stable
the company is. Learn about them before you hand over your cash and then
watch it evaporate with the company.
Success in Holding It
As we mentioned above, the next step is to keep the penny stocks for a
good long time. That is important as it takes some time for any company
to find its place in the market.
In short, plan to hold your penny stocks for some time, even several
years. The fact is it takes that long for a new company to get into the
business, get comfortable, make the right investments, get over slumps
and problems and to actually mature. Once it has done this, the growth
of the company will be in place. This is the only real way that you will
see any real appreciation in the value of your penny stocks.
It makes sense that many people will not be able to hold onto their
penny stocks for this amount of time. Yet, no company will be able to
provide better results as a new company if they are not given the key
factor of time. |