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Small, speculative stocks, with very little following in the investment community, present today's investor with an extremely profitable opportunity. The challenge, however, is finding the right company at the right time and taking a position in that company before its shares hit penthouse prices.
Author George Angell is an internationally respected authority on high-yield investments. As someone who has been trading stocks, options, and futures for almost forty years, he understands what it takes to make it in this dynamic field. Now, with Small Stocks for Big Profits, he offers invaluable insights into uncovering investment gems that have the potential for huge returns.
For investors who know where to look, the high-est profits come from small companies with big prospects. And with this book as your guide, you'll discover how to locate the low-priced stocks of these companies through straightforward strategies that combine both technical and fundamental analysis. As you become familiar with this approach, Angell addresses many of the essential elements associated with it, including the use of precise timing methods for entering trades and determining the best point to take profits, as well as the importance of monitoring insider-buying activity. Whenever possible, Angell illustrates the issues discussed with an example of an actual up-and-coming stock. In many instances, these examples include personal observations from his experience in trading that stock.
Informative and engaging, Small Stocks for Big Profits puts this proven method in perspective and will help you:
Evaluate and interpret a small stock's performance and make sound decisions concerning its viability
Decide not just what to buy, but how to buy: Do you place all your bets on the table at once? Or do you hold off for a while, perhaps waiting to see how the investment does?
Understand the hidden pitfalls of this type of investing and avoid the most common mistakes made by those using it
And much more
The real value of a company lies in its potential and not what analysts and pundits are saying about it. Understanding this can make all the difference in your investment endeavors. Read Small Stocks for Big Profits today, and put yourself in a better position to make money by finding companies that could become the Googles or Microsofts of tomorrow.
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Praise for SMALL STOCKS for BIG PROFITS"George has done it again with Small Stocks for Big Profits. His in-depth experience is invaluable in helping traders explore stocks that are $5 or less, without getting caught up in the fly-by-night idea companies that plague this investment level. He shows you where to look for opportunity and more importantly how to lock in profits in this little understood investment arena. Impressive!" —Noble DraKoln, author of Winning the Trading Game
In Small Stocks for Big Profits, George Angell outlines an effective strategy for finding up-and-coming companies with the potential of earning you incredible returns. Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, this reliable resource shows you how using a combination of technical and fundamental analysis—along with other essential tools—can put you in a position to profit from the explosive growth of smaller companies with undervalued, low-priced stocks. Page by page, you'll discover how to incorporate this proven approach into your own investment endeavors as Angell discusses how to use it to select, place, and exit trade after profitable trade.
Small, speculative stocks are quickly beginning to appear on the radar screens of investors around the world. If you want to make the most of your time in this lucrative market, pick up Small Stocks for Big Profits today and put its invaluable insights to work for you.
Synopsis
Praise for SMALL STOCKS for BIG PROFITS
"George has done it again with Small Stocks for Big Profits. His in-depth experience is invaluable in helping traders explore stocks that are $5 or less, without getting caught up in the fly-by-night idea companies that plague this investment level. He shows you where to look for opportunity and more importantly how to lock in profits in this little understood investment arena. Impressive!"
-Noble DraKoln, author of Winning the Trading Game
In Small Stocks for Big Profits, George Angell outlines an effective strategy for finding up-and-coming companies with the potential of earning you incredible returns. Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, this reliable resource shows you how using a combination of technical and fundamental analysisalong with other essential toolscan put you in a position to profit from the explosive growth of smaller companies with undervalued, low-priced stocks. Page by page, you'll discover how to incorporate this proven approach into your own investment endeavors as Angell discusses how to use it to select, place, and exit trade after profitable trade.
Small, speculative stocks are quickly beginning to appear on the radar screens of investors around the world. If you want to make the most of your time in this lucrative market, pick up Small Stocks for Big Profits today and put its invaluable insights to work for you.
Synopsis
Praise for
SMALL STOCKS for BIG PROFITS"George has done it again with Small Stocks for Big Profits. His in-depth experience is invaluable in helping traders explore stocks that are $5 or less, without getting caught up in the fly-by-night idea companies that plague this investment level. He shows you where to look for opportunity and more importantly how to lock in profits in this little understood investment arena. Impressive!"
—Noble DraKoln, author of Winning the Trading Game
In Small Stocks for Big Profits, George Angell outlines an effective strategy for finding up-and-coming companies with the potential of earning you incredible returns. Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, this reliable resource shows you how using a combination of technical and fundamental analysis-along with other essential tools-can put you in a position to profit from the explosive growth of smaller companies with undervalued, low-priced stocks. Page by page, you'll discover how to incorporate this proven approach into your own investment endeavors as Angell discusses how to use it to select, place, and exit trade after profitable trade.
Small, speculative stocks are quickly beginning to appear on the radar screens of investors around the world. If you want to make the most of your time in this lucrative market, pick up Small Stocks for Big Profits today and put its invaluable insights to work for you.
About the Author
George Angell is the author of eight books on trading, including Sniper Trading, which is also published by Wiley. In addition, Angell lectures on the futures and options markets and creates software, audio, and video on trading strategy. He has appeared on CNBC and CBS, as well as numerous radio shows. Angell spent ten years as a floor trader in Chicago and is a graduate of New York University.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Chapter 1: Making Money in Small-Caps.
Small-Caps: The Next Bull Market.
Separating the Wheat from the Chaff.
Hidden Value: The Small Stock's Secret Weapon.
The Value Investor.
Timing.
Small Stocks, Big Profits.
Paying Pennies, Selling for Dollars.
Every Stock Has its Story.
Chapter 2: Getting Started in Technical Analysis.
The Conventional Wisdom.
What Is Technical Analysis?
Where to Begin?
Support and Resistance.
Charts and Trendlines.
Breakouts.
Managing the Breakout Trade.
Continuation and Reversal Patterns.
The Most Reliable Chart Patterns.
The Real Value of Technical Analysis.
Time and Price.
Momentum.
A Word about Short Sellers and How They Impact a Stock's Price.
Chapter 3: Profitable Strategies.
Identify Support.
The Rule of Three.
The Momentum Play.
Contrary Opinion.
Identify the Correct Phase of the Trend.
A Personal Observation.
Finding Gold Amid the Dross.
The Bottom Reversal.
Aggressive Buying.
When to Cut and Run.
Stocks That Trend Well. . .
. . .And Those That Don't.
The Rebound Theory.
Timing the Rebound.
When is a Stock Ready to Buy?
How to Identify the Low-risk Buy.
Chapter 4: Timing.
Seasonality.
How to Use the Bullish Consensus with Seasonal Patterns.
How to Construct an Oscillator.
Momentum Analysis.
Trading Filters.
Stops.
Moving Averages.
Market Timing: Pro and Con.
Chapter 5: IPOs.
The Basics.
The Public Offering Process.
How to Read a Prospectus.
The Cooling-Off Period and Road Show.
What Happens Next.
Chapter 6: Insider Buying.
Who is an Insider?
How to Track Them.
Small Stocks Have the Edge.
Chapter 7: The Selection Process.
Asset Plays and Concept Stocks.
Guidelines.
Nuts and Bolts.
Money Management.
Revenues and Earnings.
Cash Flow.
Price-to-Sales.
Balance Sheet Basics.
Understanding Return on Investment (ROI).
Debt.
Chapter 8: Options.
The Basics.
The Terms of an Option.
Getting Started in Options Trading.
How to Use Option Volume to Pinpoint Moves.
The Rules.
Chapter 9: Your Roadmap for Success Tomorrow.
Buy When Stocks are Low-Priced and Depressed.
Identify First Leg and Countermove.
The Worst Performing Issues.
Always Buy at Support.
Price Capitulation.
Developing a Winning Mind-Set.
An Investor's Checklist.
The Look Ahead.
About the Author.
Index.