Archive for July, 2007

The term initial public offering (IPO) was made popular during the boom in technology stock market in the late 1990s. During this time, there wasn’t a day when young dotcom entrepreneurs became millionaires with their website and they were living large with the proceeds from the IPOs of their internet companies. So how did they get rich so fast and what really is IPO? An IPO or initial public offering is the ...

Investing your money in the stock market or other forms of long-term investment is not an easy road.  You are bound to commit mistakes, there will be risks, but you could also get the best profits.  One problem in investing is that people have no idea where to start, hence not starting at all. Be financially sound in the first place – You need to realize that it is best to invest in stocks, bonds, o...

Starting your investment portfolio requires rendering the service of a broker.  However, not all brokers are the same. There are two kinds of brokers:  the full-service broker and a discount broker.  Getting a "full-service" may sound like something you should have, but what does he do to your finances?  Does it cost you anything at all? Here are the responsibilities between these two ...

Every investment has a risk involved. The only difference is the level of risks that the investors are willing to take. On the part of penny stocks, the risks involved might be higher. Of course, penny stocks might have that lure of getting big money from an investment worth cents, but this might be another case of "easier said than done". Penny stocks can be so attractive to some investors, especially t...

Penny stocks are one of the riskiest stock investment vehicles in the market. Although they can be offers for under $5 per share with some even trading in mere cents, it won’t be such an attractive idea for most people to invest in. One reason is that most penny stocks come from start-up companies that require a cheaper way to get additional capital than having an IPO. Another reason might be that some compa...

Aside from trading in major stocks that are listed in stock exchanges, there are also options available where the investor may be able to place his money on. One of them is penny stocks. These are stocks that usually trade under $5 a share, with some even as low as under a penny. Most companies who trade in penny stocks are those that are running on small capital and only require a few staff to run it. What makes ...