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Micro
Caps + Information = Active Opportunity
Small-cap stocks in general
and micro-cap stocks in particular provide investors with a rich pool in which
to attempt to generate excess returns.
Penny
Stocks Listed On Major Exchanges
Small
Caps Outperform Coming Out Of A Recession
Why
Some Trades Feel So Good
Where
America's Money Is Moving
How
Rich Is Rich?
Experts peg the figure to be somewhere around $2 to $12 million in
savings.
Investors
Eye Oil And Gas Takeovers
From
Small Caps Big Things Sometime Grow
10
Attributes Of A Great Trader
Small
Cap Investors Know Bigger Not Always Better
In
Investing, Do the Hard Thing
Tip
The Small Cap
Five
Financial Penny Stocks Under $2
Small
Cap IPO Market Is Worth Watching In 2010
The
Most Important Charts You'll Ever See
The
Myth Of Fair Value And How To Take Advantage Of It
Small
Stocks Are This Year's Big Deal
What
Is A Small Cap Stock?
What was considered a big-cap stock in 1980 is a
small-cap stock today.
BP
Disaster: What Investors Need to Know
A
Simple Way To Beat The Market
Small-cap stocks returned
13.2 percent per year.
OTCBB
Penny Stock Trading Activity On The Upswing
Trading activity in the penny
stocks arena is recovering after a solid decline in the second half of 2008.
OTCBB dollar trading volumes in the first four months of 2010 have nearly
equaled the beginning of 2008 levels.
10
Best Wealth Generating Companies Over The Last 8 Years
Check
Out How Small Cap Stocks Work For Investors
Investing
In Penny Stocks: Make Cents?
Small
Caps, Behind The 10 Year Run
Amid
The Gloom, Small Caps Could Rise
Which
Way Will World Markets Go?
Small
Caps Rocks
17
Rising Stocks With Good Valuation Ratios
10
Micro Cap Stocks Worth Considering
Penny
Stocks: Investors Taking On More Risk
Fifteen
Clever Economic Indicators
2010
Broker Survey
Mining
Small Caps For Winners
Billionaires'
Quirky Economic Indicators
Where
America's Money Is Moving To
Emerging
Market ETFs: The Benefit Of Small-Caps
Three
Promising Small-Cap Cancer Plays
Small
Caps On The Up
The
Case For The Small Cap Rally
Dogs
of the Dow
The
11 Year Itch, Dow Stuck at 10,000... Since March 16, 1999, when it first touched 10000
in intraday trading, the Dow has bounced over that threshold and
back 63 times.
Stock
Buybacks On The Rise
A
Lot Of Changes In The Russell
Changes to stock indexes maintained by Russell 200 Small Cap Index
may make June the busiest month for managers who track the gauges
since 2007.
Key
Market Data You've Been Dismissing
Investors
who’ve written off weekly economic data as background noise may do
well to start tuning in.
You
Can Still Make Money in This Market
Small
Cap Stocks
Small
company stocks just keep kicking big stocks around the stock exchange. This has
been going on for over 10 years and, so far, the trend continues.
Are
Small Caps Twice As Good As Large Caps?
Ten
Reasons Why Market Will Rebound
Not
Ready To Give Up On The Bull Market
U.S.,
China To Recover Nicely In Third Quarter
Lots
Of Movement For June But Still Favor Small Cap And Value
Watch
Wal-Mart Grow
Small
Caps Loom Large
Whoever said the aughts were a lost decade for stocks clearly wasn't paying
attention to small cap stocks.
Small
Cap Advantage
Small
Cap Firepower
Outsized
gains are more typically found among small-cap stocks, which are less
covered and often undiscovered. Small stocks have more room to grow.
The
World's Biggest Debtor Nations
Does
the Market Deserve To Be This Oversold?
For
Patient Investors, Another Opportunity To Buy
Five
Rolling Stocks
10
Personal Finance Tools You Should Use
Small
Caps Reaping IP Dividends
The
study claims there is a predictive correlation between the strength of a
company’s intellectual property and its revenue growth, gross margin and
risk adjusted investment return.
Europe's
Pain Could Be Your Gain
In the US, it means cheaper loans, lower gas prices and
good news for investors.
How
To Find Cheap Stocks To Buy Now
Religious CEOs
Twelve
Hot Penny Stocks
Grabbing
Large Gains From Small Cap
Small caps are the
point of the spear. They're often the leading edge of market rallies out
of doldrums.
Micro
and Small Caps Outshine
Volatility
Is You Friend
States
Where Incomes Will Soar, and Stagnate
Best
Online Savings Accounts
Buying
Amid The Plunge, Bulls Keep The Faith
Gold's
'Ugly Sister' Gets A Second Look
Why
Investing Is Like Chess
Investing, says Seth Klarman, used to be like checkers. Now it's like
chess–a lot more complicated.
S&P
500 One Day Declines of 3% or More
Investors
Have Big Hopes For Small Cap Stocks
Small
Caps, Big Performance
Why
are smaller companies so thoroughly beating big companies in the stock
market?
Small
Cap Stocks Show Promise
The
Companies Hiring The Most
Investing:
Start Young, Start Small, Just Start
Best
529 Plans By State
Small-Cap
Value Stocks On The Rise
Behind
The Surge In Small Cap Stocks
Their
market caps might be puny, but there's been nothing small at all about
their headline-making moves this year.
Small
Cap Sprint
They're outperforming in the recovery and may
still have a ways to go.
Street
Critique, First Quarter Typically the second year of a bull market we
see that small cap stocks continue to outperform.
Small
Caps Don't Fear High P/E
Don't shy away from
rising stocks with steep prices--if the growth is there. Other investors
may be just beginning to discover the growth story.
21%
Of The Russell 2000 Small Cap Index Is Up Over 20%
For
anyone who looks at just the big stocks, you are missing the story of the
year: Small-caps are on fire!
Five
Small Caps With Firepower
Market
Comments
When small caps
outperform blue chips it shows traders are more confident in the equity markets.
The
Truth Behind Penny Stocks
Small
Cap Stocks Offer Best Bet For Investors
S&P
Says Small Caps Will Outperform Again This Year
It's
A Small Cap World After All
Want
to know if all this talk of an economic recovery is for real? Don't think
big. Think small.
Rolling
Stocks
Small
Cap Deal Flow On The Rise
Another
Look At The Global Growth Theme
Around
The World In 90 Days... We would expect the small cap stocks to outperform
the larger cap stocks.
Spot
the Decade's Super Stocks...
And, of course, you should think small. The
biggest winners will be among microcaps -- companies with market caps today of
less than $300 million.
Small
Caps Are Now A Big Deal
Why
This Bull Market Could Lasts Two More Years
A
Bet On Growth Puts Small Cap Fund Managers Ahead For Q1
Small
Cap Bonanza...
2010
Is The Year For Small Caps
Stocks
In The 1st Quarter Of 2010
Small
Caps Post Double Digit Gains For The Year
High
Beta Since the February 8th bottom, large
caps have rallied 12.5% while small caps have rallied 18%.
How
To Make Money In The Bull Market's Second Year
Behind
the Buzz About Mint
The finance site is really Quicken for the
short-attention-span generation.
US
Performance By Market Cap Since 2009 Low
Small-cap
stocks have outperformed S&P 500 large-cap stocks in the US since the
March 2009 low.
Small
Cap Strength Indicator Supports Bull Case
This
Is Not How A Bull Market Ends...
The market is not giving out any of the classic signs of being close to a top.
The Transports, Russell 2000, and Nasdaq Composite Index have all broken out to
new bull market highs.
Investor
Sentiment... Small
caps have been a leading performer since the low of March 9 last year, with the
Russell 2000 Index gaining 96.3%.
Small
Cap Performance And Risk Appetite
2010
A Good Year For Small Caps So Far
Dividend
Paying Small-Caps Challenge Conventional Perception
Another
micro-cap company announced an increase in its dividend this week, adding
to the list of smaller companies going against conventional perceptions
and providing income to their investors.
Small
Cap Effect
Smaller
companies may outperform for a multi-year period.
Enter
Your Salary And See How Tax Rates Have Changed Over Time
Investors
Should Stick With Cyclicals And Small Cap Stocks
Would
Ticker by Another Name Do the Same?
Stocks
See 'Shock And Rebound'
Sticking
With Small Caps And Value For March
One
Year After The Bottom
Following
the Bouncing Baltic Dry Index
Wall
Street, Trust, And Penny Stocks
Small
Caps Holding The Real Value
Small
Cap Insider Buying On The Rise
Small
Caps Surge Up To 1640% In A Year
The
Essential Rules Of Short Selling
Bull
Market Looks Ready For 2nd Year... Since 1949,
small-caps have returned 22 percent on average in the second year of a rally,
while large-caps rose 15 percent.
Outlook
For Small Caps Upbeat
Small caps certainly reflect
the domestic economy and the activity of the domestic economy probably
quicker than some of the large caps.
Big
Themes From Small Caps
What
Is Liquidity?
Having
traded small and microcap stocks, and traded illiquid bonds, I am less
afraid of illiquidity than many are. Illiquidity is something that one can
absorb, if he has a strong balance sheet and a patient disposition.
Is
Now The Time To Give Small Caps A Second Look?
The
Ten Best Personal Finance Tools to Balance Your Budget
The
Truth About Microcaps
Small
Caps Are Beautiful
Lessons
From the Best-Performing Stocks
Economic
Indicators: Real Or Ridiculous...
From the Underwear Index to the
Hemline Index.
February's
Most Promising Small Cap Charts
Do
Global Small Caps Belong In Your Portfolio?
Three
Types Of Penny Stocks
A
Look At Small Cap Growth Stocks
In 2009, growth stocks in the
Russell 3000 index, which makes up nearly all U.S. stocks, were a clear
standout, providing a 34.6 percent advance compared with 16.4 in the
Russell 3000 value index.
Small
Caps Soar As Appetite For Risk Returns
Small
Cap Value Earnings Portfolio
Small
Caps In Consumer Durables Have Done Fundamentally Well
What's
a Gold Medal Worth? Bottom
line: At today's prices, Vancouver gold medals would worth about $500 melted
down and silver medals just over half that. The bronze medals wouldn't be worth
much at all.
Big
Upside For Small Cap Stocks In Emerging Markets
Big
Themes From Small Caps
Small
Caps Make A Nice Move Higher
Small-Caps
Will Continue Outperforming
Small-cap companies that have
good product and good product innovation should continue to outperform.
Penny
Stocks Speculation
Time
Has Come For Small Caps
Donations
for Haiti: How to Give Sensibly
Quick
Quiz: Calculate Your Credit Scores
Will
You Get Rich Someday? About a
third of us think we will.
Pegging
The Markets Movements Is Futile
The
High Cost Of The U.S. Budget
The government believes that as U.S. citizens we should devote 10% or more of
our gross income just to pay the interest on the federal debt.
Freaky
Potpourri 1. News is always best at the
top and worst near the lows. 2. The reaction to news is always more
important than the news itself. 3. Earnings are rear-view.
As
In Year's Past, Small Caps Are Leading The Market
Like swallows returning every year
at the same time, stock market legend has it that small cap stocks at the
beginning of January regularly outperform the rest of the stock market.
Only
Way To Buy Stocks For 500% Gains
Lost
Decades Do Not Repeat Themselves... U.S.
small caps were up 41% for the decade.
Test
Your Investing Confidence...
Small
Cap Tech, Big Gains
Small
Cap Stocks Are The Only Stocks You Should Buy
If
you're serious about making a fortune in the stock market, I recommend you
only buy small caps and microcaps.
Small
Caps, Tech and Retail Stocks in 2010
Lessons
Learned From Years In Markets And Life
The last few years forever
changed the socioeconomic landscape and seismically shifted our
collective perception of what we do, how we do it and whom we do it
with.
Seven
Trading Lessons from a Legend
Big
Gains From Winter Small-Cap Rally
Small-cap U.S. indices such as the Russell 2000 have a history of
outperforming big-cap indexes such as the Russell 1000 or the S&P 500
from the middle of December to at least the end of January.
Small-Cap
Stocks: Searching For The Stars Of 2010
Based on
his belief in momentum investing, Fisher thinks the next three to six months
might be a good time to hold more, rather than fewer, small caps in your
portfolio.
Small
Caps Rocked The Decade
Investors
Switching Attention To Penny Stocks
Small-Caps
Were Beautiful in 2009
Stock
Market Quirks Are One For The Book
The January Effect stems from the
reasoning that small-cap investors stay away until late in the year when
year-end dividends are made.
What
Is The Capricorn Effect?
Small
Caps for Sale
I love small caps because they are
largely neglected by Wall Street and thus have the ability to outperform the
market. Some of the greatest gains can be made in small cap stocks.
Large
Caps vs. Small Caps Part II
January
Effect, A Seasonal Trend That Rings True
The
January Effect is the period from mid-December through the following January,
when smaller companies may outperform larger companies.
What
the Past Can't Tell Investors
What
January Really Says About Stocks
Invesco
Sees Big Gains For Small Caps
19
Companies Go From Small Cap To Large Cap
Institutions
Betting Big On Microcaps
Large
Cap Vs. Small Cap Pt 1
Biotech's
2009 Stealth Small Cap Rally...
2009
vs. 1999: Are You Better Off?
Out
With The Old, In With The New... The
part of the theory that small cap stocks tend to outperform large cap stocks has
held true many times throughout history (only 6 years since 1980 did large caps
outperform small caps.
Should
You Bank Online? For
some, Internet banking is all the rage.
Small
Caps Are Beautiful
Smaller
companies often grow at a much greater speed than older, larger companies.
Small
Caps Have The Potential To Deliver Big
Two
Small Cap Indexes
Shopping
For Deep Value Stocks
Tis
The Season For Small-Caps
Big
Winners For Small-Cap Investors
The
Wise Rich Know About Risk
Many investors who gradually took on more portfolio
risk as they added more micro-and small-cap stocks and funds to their
portfolios in 2006 and 2007. They were lured in by sizzling returns.
Behind
The Great Stock Rally Of 2009
Fund
Managers Hunt Small-Caps That Can Grow Bigger
Small
Cap Run Still Has Legs
More
Interest in Small Caps, Now that Large Caps Viewed as Riskier?
Wall
Street's Alphabet Soup
No
other institution—with the possible exceptions of the government or the
military—spews out acronyms and initials quite as prolifically.
Look
to Small-Cap Stocks as Leading Indicator of Market Fatigue
Retail
vs. Institutional: Why Small Caps Need A Broad Spread Of Investors
Less
Publicly Traded Companies Now
Can
Small-Caps Continue To Rally?
A
Look at Small Caps Going Forward
A
Small-Cap Strategy
Small
Caps Have More To Go
Everyone
Wants To Be A Contrarian – But How Do You Do It?
The
stocks that got no mentions in the press returned 3% more each year on average
than those that attracted lots of attention. What's more, the best performers of
all were small companies with little institutional ownership and limited
coverage by analysts.
Gold,
Small Caps and the Dollar Look Ready to Part Ways
2009
Stock Market Performance By Country
Alternative
Investments Still Worth Consideration,,,
In the mid-1990s you had a hard time
finding good outlets for small cap stocks.
Did
the January Effect Start on November 1?
Good
Returns Come in Small Caps
We are all in the market to make money,
so why not be in stocks that outperform the S&P 500 by 20%? Yes,
20%. In a study conducted over the 80 years prior to 2007, small cap
stocks beat the index 12% to 10%.
28
Clues That Earnings Are Getting Stronger
Not surprisingly, of the 28 stocks that
beat estimates by 100% or more on October 29, three quarters of them were Small
Caps.
Small
Cap Managers Beat Large Cap Managers In Q3
Squeezing
the Shorts: Small-Cap Stocks
Don't discount the power of the small stocks. While most investors spend
their time focusing on big blue chips, small- and micro-cap investors
are reaping the benefits of bigger price swings and a lack of analyst
coverage. And when it comes to short squeezes, small-cap stocks provide
some of the most serious gain potential.
Using
the Relative Strength Index to Your Advantage
The
Diverging Russell Small-Cap 2000 Index
Steady
Returns in Small Caps
The
Dow Then And Now 1999 Vs. 2009
Gold in 1999: $280 an ounce. Today: $1065. Oil
in 1999: $16.44 a barrel. Today: $74.80.
Small
Cap Diversity
There's
Big Potential In Small Caps
A
Market 'Meltup': Sizing Up the Chances
Reasons
to like Paragon Shipping
Volume
Analysis - Can It Help You Trade Small-Cap Stocks?
Small-Cap
Stocks: Too Late? Too Early? Or Just Right?
Study
Shows Confidence Growing
The
Dollar-Proof Portfolio
European
Small Caps On The Rampage
U.S.
Q3 Growth Seen Strongest In 2 Years
Small
Cap Stocks Driving The Market
Limit
Loss By Studying Up On Volatility
Morningstar found similar results for large-, mid-, and
small-cap stock funds.
Growth
vs. Value: Who's Right?
Money
Managers Are Still Bullish
How
To Play Natural Gas Small Cap Stocks
World
Recovery Breakdown: By The Six Major Economies
Reasons
to like Paragon Shipping
15
Great Investments From the Depression
Why
So Many Earnings Surprises Aren’t So Surprising
QUIZ:
How Does Emotion Affect Investing Choices?
Small-Cap
Stocks Become Attractive to Institutional Investors
What
Inning Is This Rally In?
7
Lessons From The Bull Market
Players
Make Money, Pundits Make Noise
Burgernomics:
What's a Big Mac Worth?
Profiting
In The Market Is All About Perspective
It
May Be Time to Consider Small-Caps And ETFs
On
Small Cap Drug Makers And Volatility
Small-Cap
Stocks Have Big Potential
Why
Small Caps Are Sizzling
Handicapping
the Caps
Small
caps have outperformed large-cap issues in the current market upturn.
Can
Small Caps Stay Red Hot?
Small
And Mid-Cap Stocks Have Done Well Of Late
Small
Caps Soar
Think
Like a Beginner to Become an Expert
7
Pieces of Good News About the Economy
Three
Small Cap Stocks That Could Be Ready To Run
What's
Your Investing Style?
Small
Cap Banks Generating Big Profits
World
Financial Markets in Eight Charts
Small-Cap
Stocks Have Been Leading The Market Rally
Get
Happy With Small-Caps
Gasoline
Consumption Per Capita By State
Teaching
Your Children The Value Of Money
Don't
Count Out the U.S. Dollar
The
Case for Small Caps
State
By State Retiree Taxes
Revenge
Of The Small Cap Energy Names
If
The Small Cap Fits, Wear It
Are
Small Caps Redefining Risk?
Reading
The Financial Tea Leaves
Pocketing
Nice Dividends with Hot Small-Caps
Small
Cap Stocks Are Now Big For Gains
Micro-Cap
Funds Can Smooth Out Returns
State
By State Rankings For Business
Oil
Consumption Per Capita By Country
Small
Cap Charts Suggest MSCI Still Has Bullish Legs
August
2009 Model Signals Favor Small Caps And Value
Small
Caps Still A Big Bargain
Cash
Is Trash
Why
There Is Value In Small Cap ETFs
How
The World Spends Its Money
Which
City Is Best For You?
Energy
Trend Setters: Canadian Income and Small Cap Stocks
Put
Your Cash to Work in Stocks
Stocks:
Five Key Signals for Investors
Money
Lessons For Children
Stubborn
Little Winners, Small-Caps That Refused To Quit
America's
100 Fastest Growing Small Stocks
The
Stocks That Will Lead Us Out of Recession: Small Caps
What
Health-Care Reform Will Really Cost You
Three
Tell-Tale Signs Your Mutual Fund Sucks
Do
Blue-Chip Penny Stocks Exist?
Dow
10,000: How Long Will It Take?
Seven
Reasons To Be Bullish Now
NYSE
and Nasdaq Think Small
Two
big exchanges are courting ever smaller clients.
Trading
Tactic Is the Rage...
Many high-frequency traders collect tiny gains, often measured in pennies,
on short-term market gyrations.
Stocks
Are Far From Fair Value
Why
Market Jargon Is Unnecessary
Penny
Stock Speculators Should Buy What They Know
Blue
Chip Penny Stocks Rebound
Small-Cap
Stocks
Score one for the small fry: Small Cap
Stocks have generally had a bigger bounce than large-cap names since
March.
Not
For The Faint Of Heart
Small-cap stocks -- companies with a
market capitalization of less than $1 billion -- can offer this
potential windfall more than any other class of publicly traded
investment.
Economic
Recovery Index
Small-Cap
Strength Seen As Bright Sign
Second
Quarter: High Risk Offerings Soar
Microcap
Biotechnology Stocks Soar in 2009
Quiz:
How Much Risk Can You Handle?
Small
Cap Value Stocks: First To Rebound With The Economy?
The
Top-10 Hottest Commodities
The
'July Effect' And Small-Cap Stocks
Will
Small-Cap Value Stocks Lead Market Out Of Recession?
Not
A Lost Decade for Everyone The
broader your stock holdings (small cap, international, etc.) were, the
better you did.
Keep
It Simple And Low Cost
A
Safe Strategy for High Risk Small Cap Plays
Small-Cap
Value Stocks Lead Rebound
Better
Opportunities in Small Caps
Checking
Out The Multi-Baggers Predictably,
a clear small-cap bias was observed among stocks delivering manifold
gains.
Stocks:
Which Sectors Will Signal Recovery?
A
Different Kind of Rally
10
Quirky Economic Indicators
Investment
Surge Is No Small Wonder
Big money pouring into small-cap stocks
has lifted the sector.
Teacher
Salaries By State
Good
News Has Arrived for Investors
Which
Country's Stocks Are Cheapest?
Stellar
Small-Caps
This stellar performance has investors
asking two questions: will small caps will continue to provide such
returns, and what does it tell us about faith in a wider economic
recovery?
5
Economic Indicators To Watch
Now
The Small-Cap Fits So Wear It
Forget the FTSE 100 rally: small
companies have been the place to be this year.
4
Ways to Capture Opportunities in Small Stocks
Why
Small-Cap ETFs May Indicate Economic Recovery
Why
We Continue to Recommend Small Caps and Growth
Small
Caps To The Rescue
Which
Companies Pay The Most Taxes
Which
Companies Pay The Least Taxes
The
Wisdom of Half Positions
Adding
Small-Cap Stocks
The Penny Stock Rebound
Where
Have The Small Caps Gone?
Money
Site For Kids
The
Most Trustworthy Small-Cap Companies
Top
Ten Trading Rules
State
By State Tax Rates
Are
Investors Ready For Risk Again?
Six
Reasons For A New Bull Market
15
Biggest Holders of US Government Debt
6
Free Online Courses to Beef Up Your Resume
What
the World Will Look Like by 2050
For
40 Years, Small Caps Still Safest Bet in Stocks
"Regardless of time horizon, small
cap stocks offered the best risk/reward potential to investors, while
gold offered the worst," Bernstein wrote.
Find
a Small-Business Investor Online
Which
Online Brokers Keep Clients Happy?
What
Does Small-Cap Strength Tell Us?
Scared?
Then Buy Stocks
5
Signs Of The Recession's End
10
Financial Myths
Time
to Say Goodbye to the Bear?
To
Make Profits, Break Out Of The Herd
They may be unloved right now, but this is a great time
to be picking up carefully chosen small caps in the right sectors –
they should lead the charge higher when the markets turn.
Small Cap Analysts
Some fund managers fear the major investment banks are
set to close their teams of small cap broking analysts – as they have
done in previous recessions – compromising the flow of investment
information and research.
Interactive
Map of Where Recession is Hitting Hardest
Small-Cap
Value Stocks Typically Lead Market Recovery
10
Not-So-Dumb Investing Questions
How
Recessions Work
Small
Caps Expected to
Benefit Most When Hedge Funds Put Cash Back In
Why
Selling Stocks Now May Be A Really Bad Idea
The
Dow Roller Coaster
The
Anatomy Of A Rally
How
to Time the Market (Really)
Small
Cap Growth: Opportunity Of A Lifetime?
Values
are among the lowest levels in 30 years and a small improvement in
fundamentals could spark a significant rise in prices.
21
Reasons to Be Bullish
Values
Push Firms Down to Small-Cap Status A
total of 59 companies on a major U.S. stock market exchange were among
the elite with large market values of $3 billion or more at the end of
2007, but now are small-cap stocks worth $1 billion or less.
Hallmarks
of a Recovering Economy
Why
Right Now Is a Good Time to Buy
Brokerage
Houses Are Awash In Cash
Investors have parked
an estimated $600 billion in cash.
Top
25 Money Tips of All Time
Small-Caps
Should Offer Better Performance In This Weak Market
Evidence
Mounts That Recession's Worst Is Past
Small-Cap
Managers See Good Bets in Energy Stocks
Rebound
Will Be Like Coiled Spring Small
cap and emerging markets have historically outperformed in a recovery.
Steady
Income in a Stingy Market
Small-Cap
Investors Return to Risk
How
to Find Small Cap All Stars
You
Down with OTC?
OTC traders can sell anything they want -- from
penny stocks to complex credit default swaps. There's no middle man, and few
rules. Kinda like the old General Store.
Most
Managers Say Market’s Undervalued
Annual
Broker Survey
Waking
the Slumbering Bull
5
Best Coupon-Clipping Web Sites
Small-Cap
Investing: How to Play The Emerging Small-Cap Rally
In December small cap stocks put up big numbers - a
5.8% gain versus a mere 1.1% uptick for the large guys.
The
Case For A Quick Recovery
Some economists think that because the downturn has been so sharp, that a
rebound may be just as sharp.
These
Are the Best of Times -- No, Really
The bottom is clear and it's all up
from here.
The
January Effect: Small Caps Outperform After Really Bad Years
Lots
of Small Cap Stock Bargains Available
How
Volatility Breeds Opportunity
Small-Cap
Value Stocks Look to Shine
Historical precedents suggest that the small-cap
stock value sector deserves serious attention.
The
Cheapest Days to Buy Items
For
Investors, Now What?
2009:
Nowhere To Go But Up
States
with the Lowest Business Taxes, 2009...(Slideshow)
Small
Caps are Still Bountiful for Wise Investors
Thinking
Big and Looking Small
Small-cap stocks are good bets to lead the next
bull market.
Secret
Online Coupons
Tax
Loss Selling vs. the January Effect
Small
Wonders A
Primer in Micro Cap Investing
Despite
their strong historical performance, micro cap stocks are ignored, unloved, and
generally shunned because most investors think they're either on the brink of
bankruptcy or penny stocks that will never see a dollar. That
misunderstanding opens the door to opportunities.
Forecast
2009: Your Investments The
prediction: Expect the rebound to begin in 2009.
All
About OTCBB and Pinksheet Small Cap Stocks
The
OTCBB is a quotation service that also lists over-the-counter securities. The
pink sheets are a privately held company, while the Nasdaq owns and operates the
OTCBB.
How
to Thrive When This Bear Dies
Panicky
Investors If
you can't be greedy when others are fearful, that's fine. But please don't be
among the fearful.
Small
Caps: It’s Time to Think Small
You
Can Buy Into This Market
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Microcaps
Poised for a Comeback Micro-cap
stocks could lead the way out of this down market. Managers who have spent their
careers watching these stocks say they haven't seen so many good companies
trading so cheaply in decades. Small-Cap stocks tend to rise first and farthest
coming out of a bear market.
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They continue to capture the
imagination of investors aware that whenever micro-caps do revive, it usually
occurs with a dramatic pop. Five years ago, they were among the hottest of
investments.
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Small-cap value stocks have historically performed
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Take on Greed
Think
you know investing? Think again
If most analysts already have a "buy"
rating on a stock, everyone knows it's worth buying, and the stock probably has
already appreciated. In other words, you've missed the boat.
Dow
18,500 in three years? The case for believing
Greed
still rules Wall Street
No matter how hard you try, you can never get too
far from Wall Street.
Without
risk there is no reward Some
managers say we have already entered a bear market, especially if you look at
the decline in small cap stocks.
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for Small-Cap Pearls
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How Indexes Are Measured The
oldest stock market index is the Dow Jones Industrial Average or simply the
"Dow". Technically, this number is an average and not an index (hence
the word “average” in the name).
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Fancy
the minnows Small-caps
represent a genuine opportunity to pick up a future leader.
Small
Cap Stocks' Rocky Ride Smaller
stocks are generally more volatile than larger ones, which can present
opportunity.
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Investors Shouldn't Follow the Herd
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More
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FINRA's OTC Compromise
The new take on Manning eases rules
by dividing penny stocks into several
tiers.
Fishing
Small-Caps for Tomorrow's Whales The
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a line.
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great exercise investors should do regularly is to ask yourself: What's the one
thing that nobody expects to happen? In the answer to that question lies your
greatest investment opportunities.
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the Status Quo
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Landing for Small Caps? Small
Caps have tended in the past to perform well on the heels of Federal Reserve
rate cuts. Last week's return on the benchmark Russell 2000 stock index lends
early support to history repeating itself, but only if the U.S. economy steers
clear of a recession.
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Smallest
stocks can give investment portfolios a Lift Which
part of the U.S. stock market has delivered 12% annualized returns over the past
decade? Answer: Microcaps, those smaller-than-small, never-heard-of-'em stocks
at the bottom of the market-capitalization pecking order.
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there with your own strong hands, buying 'em up.
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expense and hassle of complying with certain rules, Sarbanes-Oxley in
particular. For these companies and others, Pink Sheets is now working to become
a more recognized and more strongly branded niche player.
Small-Caps Although
small capitalization stocks are no longer as cheap as they used to be. You can
still find interesting growth companies.
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the Smallest Market of them all
It has a total of 16 stocks. The combined capitalization of them all is equal to
about $100 million, less than many penny stocks.
How
Speculators Exploit Market Fears
Here's a fact: The speculators and hedge fund managers who run today's stock
market need market volatility in order to make money. They can't make enough
money if the market stays flat or moves only a bit, so they like extreme and
unexpected price movements.
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some perspective, let's get something straight: Markets go up and markets go
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Penny for your thoughts A
penny saved may still be a penny earned, but the real question for investors is
whether a penny purchased is actually worth a nickel when it comes time to
figure their return on investment.
What
you expect to happen may not Most
investors and advisers have come to believe stocks will deliver an annualized
average return of about 10 percent, with small-company stocks doing slightly
better.
Questioning
a Large-Cap 'Flight To Quality': Small is Still Beautiful
U.S. large-company stocks have yet to outhustle
small-company stock assets in any calendar year of the the 21st century. Yet
there's ample evidence that a flight to quality is occurring.
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more easily discover overlooked, bargain-priced stocks -- and handily beat his
or her benchmark.
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are the best investment you will ever make will be a small cap that for some
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Most
Micro-caps too small for spotlight Imperiale
estimates there are more than 4,000 micro-cap stocks in the U.S. Their
valuations got very cheap from 2003 through 2005, when all the action was in
small- and mid-cap and international stocks.
Ignored
sectors need tending to stay in balance
The index for the small, bargain-priced stocks--the Russell 2000 value
index--has easily more than doubled since the end of 1999. Meanwhile, the
Russell 1000 growth index--an index for large, fast-growing stocks--remains in
negative territory after the crushing blows of 2000.
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If you listened to Wall Street's sloganeers and
decided to "sell in May and go away," you're probably kicking yourself
now.
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the Market Really Worth? 13,274
For the Dow.
Third-year
phenomena ready to take effect Study
says stocks have skyrocketed during this point in presidential term over last 40
years.
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and mid-cap stocks.
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billion.
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A Seven-Year Financial
History
From 2000-2002, if you were
invested in only the large cap growth stocks you lost about 68.5% of your net
worth. However, during that same time, if you were invested in small cap value
stocks, your investments appreciated 29.2%!
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history lesson is apropos today, as the U.S. appears to be losing its
long-established grip on the market for publicly traded securities.
Can
Small Caps Keep Up Big Gains? Small-cap
stocks continue to defy the skeptics. Despite some market soothsayers' annual
predictions of large-cap supremacy, shares of small companies have piled up an
impressive seven-year run.
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Smaller companies tend to outperform larger
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help extend the historic seven-year string of small-cap stocks outperforming
large-cap stocks.
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Thinking
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small caps have delivered an average annual return that is north of 15% in
Canada and 13.5% in the U.S.
2006
predictions mostly right, except the calling for declines in small caps
Small
Wonders “A
lot of times you can find more mis-priced securities in the small cap market
where you can generate returns between 10% and 30% in a short period of
time, something very hard to do in the large cap universe of stocks. ”
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Continue to Lead More
than two-thirds of the way through the '00s, it has plainly been a decade
for small cap stocks, not the blue chips.
Investors
take chances on Penny Stocks Because
the prices of most penny stocks are so low, even a modest improvement in a
company's operations can exert a profound impact.
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Small
cap returns abound for the skilled Outperformance
in the small cap sector is driven by stock picking skills.
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Street or small street?
Small-caps
'can deliver returns'
Shortchanged
on Short-Selling
Why
invest in small companies? Investors
flock to smaller companies not just for cheap valuations but for earnings
growth momentum and high return on equity.
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buys small-cap and foreign stocks
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count out small-caps just yet
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The Market Prove You Wrong Stick
with your opinion until the market PROVES you wrong. Trying to catch every
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direction of the major trend until proven otherwise.
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Wrong With Penny Stocks?
The
rest of the stock market can be so utterly boring. Let’s face it, unless
you’ve got huge amounts of money on the line, how excited can you get when
one of your blue chips has a really big day and moves up 1.5%? A penny stock
can easily double in price in a matter of days.
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Mythology
I'm not sure why consumption is supposed to be
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"The consumer is 70% of the U.S. economy." But so what? The
producer is 100% of the U.S. economy.
Large
Caps Are Getting the Big Head Spread
your holdings across all cap sizes
Riding
the 600 A
column published in Forbes.com reported Thompson analysts expecting stocks
in the Standard and Poor's Small-Cap 600 Index to return an average of 19%
in 2006 and 16% in 2007. That tops predictions of 15% and 10%, respectively,
for it’s big brother -- the S&P 500.
The
Case for Small Caps When
you hear pretty much every investor and analyst saying the same thing, it's
usually time to get worried.
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Guidance
Profiting
From Neglect The
idea that neglected stocks are worth paying attention to has a long and
illustrious history. Back in the 1970s and early 1980s, several academic
studies found that the average stock that was followed by no analyst on Wall
Street performed better than the average stock that did have such a
following. This pattern came to be known as the "neglected stock
effect."
Too
Soon To Bury Small Fry Smaller
stocks have run rings around their larger counterparts for six consecutive
years, but an increasing number of pros say the glory days are over for the
small fry. Many predict they will now play second fiddle to the biggies. If
you pick right, there are still plenty of big gains to be derived from small
stocks.
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Simple
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than two years have passed since sharp-penciled analysts began touting a
switch away from small stocks. As time has passed and the changeover hasn't
happened, the proclamations have only grown louder, to the point where
hardly anybody is left beating the drum for small stocks. In investing,
strong consensuses are always to be distrusted.
What's
smaller than a penny stock?
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Small-Cap
rally helped by hedge funds
Hedge
funds are emerging as one of the key drivers behind the unexpected, enduring
strength of small-capitalization stocks, a sector that has baffled observers
by rallying since October, 2002.
Can
Small Stocks Stay Big? Combined,
the Russell 2000 companies make up just 8.8% of stock market equity in the
U.S., or $1.2 trillion. But the index's performance has created a clamor for
small stocks: Investors have placed $1 trillion in funds that try to beat or
mimic the index.
Microcap
Mania
Sometimes good things really do come in small
packages. Take micro-cap stocks--stocks with a market cap of between $50
million and $500 million--which went up a whopping 72.3 percent over the
past five years. It's easy to see why they're gaining investor attention.
A
Small-Cap World After All Are
large-cap returns really due to pull ahead? Don't bet on it.
We're
just entering the silly time
Small-scale
investments
''The main point is exposure, exposure,
exposure -- that's what small companies like ours want,'' said David Sasso.
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Kind Word for the Overlooked Small
Stocks will continue to outscore the Blue-Chip averages.
This
Year, the First Round Goes to the Risk Takers Small-capitalization
stocks are still confounding market strategists, who have long been saying
that investors should reduce risk by sticking with shares of large blue-chip
companies.
Cap,
schmap. Does size really matter?
The general,
back-of-the-envelope definitiion is that small-cap stocks are stocks of
companies that have market values up to $1 billion.
To
get a decent return, you have to take some risk
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Small
companies still carrying the load for stocks
Let's
look back at how wrong experts were in their predictions
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Why
Does Small Value Do So Well
Small
investors try big-time tactics
Perfect
market conditions for stock pickers
From
little acorns
Small-Cap stocks have demonstrated remarkable
stamina in recent years. They have produced better returns than their
large-cap rivals over three, five and ten years.
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advice offered at start of '06
Squint
to See the Trend Clearly
Believe
it or not, 10% annual returns are the average
Try not to get frustrated. I know it has been a
difficult five years for large-cap stocks (keep in mind, though, that small
and foreign stocks have done very well). But having a sound plan and
sticking with it is the only way to achieve financial success.
What
moves stocks? In
the short run, stock prices are volatile, erratic and unpredictable. What
moves stocks? Everything.
The
Danger of Crowds
The trick to making money in the market is to zig when everyone else is zagging.
Small-Caps
Are the Place To Be The
irony in the world of professional investing is that the big guys with all
the marketing muscle and slick sales forces cannot overcome the fact that
big stocks, the only game in town for big money, haven’t been performing
well relative to smaller stocks.
US
`Small Caps' Beat Large Companies Again
``For the last three years, all I've done is
defend small caps,'' said Keeley, whose fund returned 16 percent in 2005.
``There continues to be a tremendous amount of private equity money chasing
higher quality small caps.''
Want
Big Returns? Think Small Why
are the returns from small cap, high value so great? Again, it's complicated
-- and we may not even know for sure. We definitely cannot promise that it
will last forever. But it has to do with buying cheap, dusty, overlooked
corners of the market. These tend to be the sleepers that pay off over very
long periods.
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Value of a Penny to the Street
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profitable companies that work hard to cut you a quarterly check are often
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Feeding
the Demand for Microcaps But
the biggest reason for microcaps' popularity is the sector's five-year track
record. These tiny stocks often generate the largest returns in the arena.
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Small-Cap Stock
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P-Es
aren't perfect for picking stocks
Finding
the sleeper stocks For
one thing, stocks that don't move a lot don't generate news, and with
thousands of stocks to watch, many money managers rely on the headlines to
bring stocks to their attention.
Small-Cap
Stock Value: Fact or Fiction Some
practitioners and academics have long contended that small-capitalization
value stocks provide investors with a better return than other market
segments. The recent strong performance of
small-cap value indexes has likely regenerated investors' interest in this
theory.
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From 'Value' to Growth Stocks
Also, small-cap value stock funds, one of the
best-performing market sectors of the last five years, took a back seat to
small-cap growth funds in the quarter. The average small-cap value fund rose
0.7%, while the average small-cap growth fund gained 1.7%. That marked the
third straight quarter that small-cap growth outpaced small-cap value.
High
noon at the small-cap corral I
have yet to see a fundamental reason for not being both vigilant toward, and
invested in, the remarkably resilient small-cap class.
Appreciating
Small-Cap Value Over
the last five years, no segment of the U.S. equity market has enjoyed more
success than small-cap value.
Street
Talk "There
are hundreds, if not thousands of companies that are growing and have
earnings potential that are under the radar screen,"
Small-Caps:
2005 Winners And Losers
A
Brighter Outlook For Stocks
The
leaders are lagging In
the recently ended third quarter, the same types of stocks that had led the
market in recent years continued to thrive. For example, small stocks
outperformed large stocks, as they've done for the past five years.
Big
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investors tend to focus on the well-known, large-cap banks, brokerages, and
asset managers. However, there are hundreds of smaller-cap financials that
operate beneath Wall Street's radar.
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Mention the term small-cap stocks and the first
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prices. This notion may need to be modified considering the way in which the
rally in small-cap shares has continued unabated.
Small
cap firms outperform bigger peers in profit growth
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big names go nowhere fast This
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companies can get left behind when the new bull arrives.
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The risk inherent in these penny stocks cannot be
totally eliminated, but a background check on the company's assets and profits
can reduce the risk to a minimum and lead you to the best penny stocks.
Microcaps
Available
ETF enthusiasts can invest in just about every size
of US company save one: microcaps. This is a shame because microcaps have
performed well in two important regards. They have outperformed larger cap
stocks and done so with little correlation to the rest of the market. Now
investors will have their first microcap ETF.
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to understand the financial pages
A penny stock moves mainly on news and rumours.
Because they are so speculative, penny stocks should occupy only up to 15 per
cent of an investor’s equity portfolio. Even then, it is safer to spread the
risk over several penny shares, including growth and recovery situations.
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