Penny stocks picks are specifically chosen investments usually selected by investing professionals.  These handpicked stocks are chosen after their companies have been carefully researched and reviewed.

Penny stock picks can also be chosen by individuals already familiar with investing.  When looking for good penny stock picks, one should always follow the company for a few weeks, review their corporate history, and familiarize themselves with the company’s products / services.

Penny stocks are any shares that are traded anywhere between a fraction of a penny up to five dollars.  Penny stock picks makes investing easy and accessible for practically anyone.  Investing in these types of stocks is riskier than most average investments, but with that also comes the potential for a high reward.  There are not many other situations where a small investment can later be turned around into a fortune.  Along with this, it allows people to own a stake of a company for the fraction of the price compared to other stock investments.  But investor beware, there have been cases where these stocks have gone from a few cents to over $20, and other cases where they have lost all value.

The downside of these stocks is the risk, instability, and lack of information from the corporation.  Today, it is known among investors that penny stocks represent the many small companies all across the United States that are in the process of growing and have yet to be discovered.

Good penny stocks picks are associated with companies that appear the same as any other successful company; the only difference is they are smaller.  They will have a strong and experienced management team, solid numbers, and will be providing a great service or product.  If there isn’t much information available about a company, calling and speaking to their investor relations representative can provide additional information.  Compare the company with their competitors along with other investment options that you can look into.
Good penny stock picks belong to companies that have high potential to grow over the years, and will be able to climb dramatically in price.  This is where those who trade with penny stocks have make big financial gains for a small starting investment.

Taking the time to learn about penny stocks and finding smart penny stock picks will lead to discovering good companies.  Understand how to avoid negatives and the pitfalls associated with trading penny stocks are some of the steps to help turn initial investments into huge profits in the long run.  Many times investors will put their money into stocks without fully understanding what they are investing in or how to properly trade stocks.  More likely than not, this will lead to investors losing the money they put in.  Becoming well informed before hand and making wise penny stock picks will assist in avoiding bad plays and dangerous moves in the market.  Reviewing and thoroughly checking out a company will in most cases lead to smart plays and good choices in penny stock picks.

When investing in penny stock picks, it is best to get started sooner rather than later.  This usually will ensure you can get started with a company at the lowest price and in the end get the most returns when investing in them.

Penny stocks are any shares that are traded anywhere between a fraction of a penny up to five dollars. Investing in them is riskier than average investments, but with that comes the opportunity for a high potential for reward.  There have been cases where these stocks have gone from a few cents to over $20, and other cases where they have lost all value.

Penny stocks have had a negative connotation to them because of the risk and the lack of information associated with their companies.  Today, it is known among investors that penny stocks represent the many small companies all across the United States that are in the process of growing and have yet to be discovered.

One reason for the appeal for penny stocks is that investors can own a stake of a company and only pay a fraction of the price.   That small investment can later be turned into a fortune.

The downside of these stocks is the risk, instability, and lack of information from the corporation.

While many companies initial go public starting at $10 or more, there are a number of well known companies that started off as penny stocks that are well around and well known today.

As penny stock companies grow over the years, they have the chance to radically climb in price.  This is when people who trade in the penny stocks territory can make huge gains from a small starting investment.

Begin researching penny stock companies and follow them for a few weeks and review their corporate history.  A rule of thumb when dealing with penny stocks is the sooner one gets started, the better.  To begin dealing with investing, one can read online newsletters or find information from an investor professional.  Many times these professionals can assist in helping one to go the right direction for their desired investing purposes.  However, there are a number of these professionals that are being paid to promote certain stocks.  They give a negative connotation t penny stocks and lost money to their investors.  Many times they use pump and dump schemes to take advantage of people looking to invest in these types of stocks.  To defend against one of these types of services make sure that the information they provide neutral and unbiased information.

More often than not, investors put money into penny stocks without fully understanding what they are investing in or how to trade.  In the end, this causes them to lose the money they put in.   Getting involved prior to learning the avoidable dangers will save people from the ‘dangerous’ penny stocks.  Check to make sure that the company you plan to get involved with has positive and strong financials

Good penny stocks companies look the same as any other successful company; the only difference is they are smaller.  They will have a strong and experienced management team, solid numbers, and will be providing a great service or product.  If there isn’t much information available about a company, call and speak to their investor relations representative for additional information.  Compare the company with their competitors along with other investment options that you can look into.

Taking the time to learn about penny stocks, finding good companies, and understanding how to avoid the pitfalls associated with trading penny stocks are some of the steps to help turn initial investments into huge profits.

Apple (AAPL) is looking to replace the netbook groundswell with the iPad craze. Eventually, it is conceivable that the iPad replaces even the laptop for many people.

The iPad would also be cloud computing friendly and fit into the cloud computing wave that could be upon the masses shortly. Cloud computing will need cloud service and who better to offer cloud service than Apple?

The iPad may be characterized as a “giant iPhone” by most, but don’t be fooled one second. The iPad is a calculated product in Apple continuing its dynasty. Apple is putting together a mobile computing dynasty that has slowly assimilated more and more PC users to their platform through the iPod and iPhone. The iPad will now take away some of the time that users spend on their Windows 7 powered laptops and PCs.

It has been speculated that the iPad could remake the print, TV, and publishing business in a similar way as how iTunes remade the music industry. Once again, it’s just version 1 of the iPad and we believe it goes up from there.

For those who have tried the Kindle, it was a first mover in the eReader space, but it looks like a dinosaur now compared to AAPL’s iPad. Those who have a Kindle will probably still buy books through it and then just use the Kindle App on the iPad to actually read the books. That’s one great use for the iPad depending on how much a person is into reading books on an eReader.

It is speculated that the iPad (3G version) will have support for Slingbox® so iPad users can watch TV while away from WiFi. This would occur through a Slingbox® app. AT&T just recently started allowing iPhone users to Slingbox® their TV to their phones over their 3G network.

The iPad will be a lot easier to browse the Web on while relaxing than on an iPhone or Laptop.

The iPad will not be for everyone, but it will find its niche and go from there. As for Apple’s stock, there is no reason why AAPL shouldn’t keep moving higher. As long as Steve Jobs stays healthy and at the helm, the sky is the limit for Apple.

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The dollar is down vs. the Euro as there is a bit of dead cat bounce on “positive” Greek news.  We are not buying it and instead believe that it is a bit of the invisible pushing up the Swiss franc to see how the government will respond.  Switzerland is suddenly becoming very newsworthy on many “sensitive” issues.  Considering the very secretive and ultra conservative nature of Switzerland, this will not go over well though it is fascinating to watch.

Now Junker just stated that the EU should follow the no bail out clause each participating member signed.  The fear is that nations may purposefully participate in higher risk/yield economic policy decisions which would have a bad outcome for the country.  This is something that duly should be noted as we now can expect France to make a statement quite to the contrary.

NOC Northrup pulled its bid for the US Government contract for supplying refueling airplanes as it felt BA Boeing had an unfair advantage.  This is quite reminiscent of the YF22 vs. YF23 fighter competition with Lockeed Martin.  Even though Northrup felt its plane was superior, Lockeed won the bid.  The amount of R&D that goes into such a project can be devastating to the bottom line as there is not a grout opportunity to recoup any investment.  Though the Company can take a onetime write down or carry forward loss, it causes significant damage to the bottom line.  The interesting element of this project was the fact that the project was a joint venture with a French Aerospace Company.   The plot thickens.

Thailand is bracing again for protestors to converge on Bangkok.

So the DJ Newswire actually has PacSun up and other clothing retailers reporting better than expected earnings.  That’s a surprise though we recently went by Volcom, RVCA, PacSun and the places were packed with a never ending stream of EMO dressed young hopefuls.  Reports are that HEV and ULTA reported better than expected.  We like the Green space and HEV’s rechargeable battery fits nicely.  Additionally, ULTA is in the health, beauty etc…Sector and people are definitely spending more on their appearance.  Gold and Oil are trending up a bit on the weak dollar.  This could temper the markets activity today though we will be focusing on the 10.5 VS.  10.6 support level.  Also we like the Bank of Florida IPO today.  The regional bank will be raising 45 million BOFL is the new Ticker.  It will instantly either position the Bank to make acquisitions of other banks, asset pools or debt pools.  It could also become a target itself.  There is so much beta in the sector I can’t imagine it would be priced correctly to take into consideration all the variables so we will speculate it is under priced.  It is amazing to consider the amount of money waiting to enter the sector so we expect all types of investors to snap up positions.

We highly recommend that you speak with a FINRA Registered Representative before you make any financial decision and all opinions in this abstract are purely for informational purposes only.

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So the DOW broke 10,600 yesterday and held despite a gloomy day for International markets.  Well, we could ask France evidently about the average cash positions of some HSBC private banking clients to substantiate that there is a considerable amount of Cash on the sidelines.  Again we reiterate our opinion that investing in the US stock market is one of the more attractive opportunities currently.  It could be argued in a myriad of directions, but our economy is gaining de facto strength by the weakness the EU is experiencing and uncertainty in China.  Google will see some beta increase today as China and Google are hashing out issues related to hacking issues traced back to some of China’s “government universities computer departments.”   In keeping with the humorous positioning we have seen many governments take in statements related to “diplomatic issues,” China has neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing and a China minister was quoted, “Hope Google will respect China law…internet will develop in China with or without Google.”  It’s also odd to watch the IMF and Amnesty International line up in Nigeria (after a massacre of 100-500 people this week in ethnic conflict), Congo and Sudan.  All countries that China has invested Billions in with the Sovereign Human Affairs clause “we don’t tell you what to do, you don’t tell us what to do.”  Western Africa is also coming under tighter scrutiny.  The Continent is a powder keg that is becoming a focal point in the international game of Raw Materials…China are like the Borg on Star Trek.  The Borg are an alien race that assimilates everything they come into contact with into a dense matter floating platform.  Again note that 100,000 people have been displaced in Somalia since January while China has pumped more than 10Billion into infrastructure in the Country planning a railroad track across the continent to access the iron ore and other natural resources they can take from the Country.  This is going to come to a head with the IMF and the UN.  They are smart and run everything through dual tax treaty tax havens.  Ironically, the Chinese entrepreneurs are taking after their Western counterpart with the brightest and “most creative” figuring how to even get around full tax exposure between African economies and China.   Cameroon cracks down on journalists.

The BOK intervened in and the Won traded up.  This is a platform for artificial parity with the dollar rally vs. the Euro.  Perhaps Korea is also attempting to pace with the Yuan hikes in China.  China traded down today as there is still concern growing about regional banks and tightening.

UBS is urging the Swiss government to pass what is a quasi dual tax treaty document.  As Obama plans to kick his effort to eliminate offshore tax benefits.  It will be interesting to see how the Swiss government responds.  The recent exposure of HSBC private banking information most likely has the country on edge.  Anyone who plays the game of RISK or has done business in Switzerland knows how seriously they take business.  It is still unclear what stance Switzerland will take thought it seems the US is challenging some very sensitive sovereign issues.  I think that Zurich will go silent for a period until the storm blows over.

Europe is trading up on new relative negative news and a strong day for the DOW.  Most of the EU could use ending the week on a positive note after much uncertainty prevailed throughout the week.  Especially after it is being reported that the European Economy will take 2-3 years to recover.  What does that really mean?  It would seem as if the other (or many) shoe(s) may drop in Europe as Greece, Spain and Portugal continue to remain in serious risk of defaulting no matter how they attempt to sugar coat it.

Sweden today recognized the WW1 Ottoman slaughter of an unknown number of Armenians as genocide. Turkey begged to differ.  Having studied the matter we have an opinion, but the stock market cares little for History.  In fact, its greatest strength and greatest weakness is the inability of the market to learn from historical cycles.  We base much of our trading decisions on current international and national trends in conjunction with various algorithms allowing us to process the information in relation to historical trends.  Of course, disciplined trading is a difficult skill to develop.  Accepting stop loss trading points is essential to long term success as a clear definition of risk tolerance must be associated with any trading model.  It has been said that mathematics can provide the answer to any question. ..it would seem the world could use some answers.

The Stoxx 600 US Index is up on the day.  Sign of futures being up in the US, but that can always change over the hours leading up to the bell.  It will be interesting to see if the Dow can hold 10,600 today to go test 10,750 of if profit taking and the Bears will test 10,500.

On a side note, the Oslo exchange is up 78% over the last 12 months.  The performance is amazing and I can’t even interject pickled herring slight as numbers speak for themselves.  We do think that some of the better performing markets may have reached a bit of resistance and the US and perhaps a few South American Indexes, will be the next to perform.  We must also note that Carlos Slim of Mexico just replaced Bill Gates as the wealthiest man in the word per Forbes at 53.7 Billion.  To accomplish this in a country that manages to have the approximately the 5th highest per capita murder rate notwithstanding current international crisis abroad is nothing short of amazing.  Though if we consider the monopolies of Cemex and Pemex (Cement and Oil/Gas), this enormous growth in wealth makes sense.  We will leave conjecture based on banking activities related to ill-gotten gain from drug trafficking out of our discourse on Mexico.

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China is the major investor of over 10 billion into Angola.  They are building skyscrapers, highways, a railway system across Africa and a few hospital/schools…etc.  China recently invested in several western African countries, Somalia, Sudan, Nigeria just to name a few the UN has on its list for violations of human rights by the aforementioned governments.  Africa clearly has a HUGE amount of non-durable supplies and natural resources.  Typically, Western investments (government not dual tax treaty “invisible private equity tax haven investments”) come with human rights conditions and anti corruption financial oversight policies.  China has what is called Sovereign Political respect or something like that.  In summary it means China will not interfere or question the human rights policies, such as the documented ethnic cleansing in Somalia and Sudan as it expects those nations to return the favor.  It would be humorous if there were not atrocities and crimes against humans being currently being carried out presumably by the leaders of these nations.  What makes it even more absurd is that China is brining over its own laborers to build the skyscrapers, build the highways and expand the railroads.  There are an estimated 100,000 Chinese (the vast majority temporary laborers) currently in Angola alone.  Can anyone say MASSIVE financial corruption?  In Rwanda, 500,000 people were executed in 30 days, mostly by machete creating a new precedence for the number killed in a genocide in relation to the days the atrocities were carried out.  The country has barely begun to recover only to be targeted by the new imperial invasion.  What’s even more frightening is this same government owns the majority of the debt issued by our always humorous government.  With China warning of regional bank risk could we see bank failure there and could this spurn a run on the banks?  Now this would be fascinating with the Yuan pegged to the dollar.  Definitely not what we expect or would like to see, but the idea has to be mulled over.  China just stated it has instructed local governments not to support the bailout of investment arms.  It’s uncertain if this will cause bank failures and if so how China will react.  I guess you can’t run on a bank with tanks in front of it?

Now there is still a considerable amount of cash on the sidelines.  Of course, the smart money “informed money” sold out of real estate and stocks at their highs.  Now it sits awaiting the latest round of bubble silliness to drive up only to have the lemming bankers buy out the positions and left holding the bag.  Of course the bankers spread this lovely debacle on to their retail clients like a disease through the analyst’s recommendations.  A vicious cycle we would like you to get ahead of thus our recommendation to buy non-durable goods exporting nations index funds and the US stock market in “recession and inflation” resistant sectors.  The war machine will continue for a while as the last great US manufacturing sector where we have an edge on the World. I’m guessing Taiwan will be buying some more jets and missiles as a statement was issued that China now has air superiority.  Boeing will trade up most likely on sale of 20 737’s to Turkish airlines.  Short Precision Biosciences as US Patent offices issued a second actions rejection of a previously granted claim to Cellectis’ Core technology.  So long Cellectis if it’s publicly traded or buy on dips if the open is coming in too high.  Ticker is ALCLS on the CAC “or Paris” but can be purchased though Euronext DJ.  Trading now up…

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In keeping with the fascinating dichotomy of quoted opinion from leaders of EU nations, French President Sarkozy stated today that several EU nations had prepared a bailout package for Greece though he did not expect this to be necessary.  Now did this statement drive the credit default swap spread tighter on the riskiest corporate offerings in the EU?  Did everyone just forget the statements from France’s counterpart in Germany at the end of last week?  The DAX is up nicely on the open today?  Perhaps France is carrying some risk though obviously to a lesser degree than Spain or Portugal.  Fascinating how the stronger economies in the EU are not interested in a bailout of Greece while the riskier economies claim a bailout is eminent though not probable.  Just noting the ongoing discrepancies for later analysis though we all invest in the stock market because of its short term memory that a weekend can facilitate.  We are well on our way to DOW 12,000.

This being said, of course OPEC is doing its best to drive oil back to the $80-$100 range.  Of course, according to Libya’s OPEC representative, this will not affect the global recovery.  Now this statement might be slightly biased as OPEC clearly will benefit from higher oil prices.  Much of the world is quite close to considerable inflation concerns.  China says it may be willing to exit its special exchange rate policy when world economic conditions are right and the Yuan is undervalued on low local reserves.  The reverse requirement hikes are not indicative of a tightening money supply.  Generally, I think if you write the exact opposite of what is printed and look at it next to the printed headlines, the truth comes out between the lines.  China is heavily leveraged though they are playing their cards so wisely.

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Traversing the EU landscape is quite difficult and looking for penny stocks in Europe as it is full of quicksand, xenophobia, far right nationalism, far left radical cells, centrist mouthpieces, landmines, and far worse. How would anyone ever think that a group of countries that have invaded one another, fought against, alongside, hated each other, made peace, only to begin again, committed war crimes/atrocities in the last decade, then take into consideration all the unique cultures mashed together and you have a powder keg for disaster. Surprisingly, didn’t the EU see that the real trade enemy was not the “Chinese at the Gates” dumping product? In fact, the undoing of the EU may come at its own hand. Hot stocks can still be found.

While traveling through Europe in September and October, I couldn’t help but notice some interesting things that were going on. Well, Switzerland doesn’t belong to the rest. I have to say that I always say the Swiss run everything the same way the second hand of a ROLEX ticks perfectly on your wrist. Switzerland is always a step ahead of the game already knowing all possible outcomes and what it risks in every scenario. Well, France and Italy, I discovered, were nothing close to Switzerland. It’s a given that there will be groups of French, who enjoy getting the best of Jenson under their breath while enjoying the safety in numbers principle. And I say bless them, they were so kind to give us Champagne, Croissants, Universal Surrender Techniques, and 101 ways to prove to yourself that philandering is okay. I’m sure you can find a lot of stock picks with popular products derived from France. There was a deeper need to be upset with me for having had the audacity to be AMERICAN, so I had to look deeper into this. The fact is that beyond Societe General the bank, I am not that excited about France’s economy as they suffer the same affliction many of their Socialist counterparts… Labor Unions and the retirement packages they have secured. I guess when you have entire parties in these countries driven into office by unions the lobbyists have some power. However, in a country quickly losing its ability to remain competitive compared with emerging competition from countries where forming unions is punishable by firing squad, there is very little light. You can’t have an aging population, full pay and benefits for life, and generally poor standards until your 800 pound gorilla is standing on your head relieving itself. Keep looking for hot stock picks.

Okay, back to hot stocks and my daily stock picks.  Well back to South America.  Right now almost every country is showing huge growth as the world needs the non durables that Mexico, Central America and South America are exporting.  The year over year growth in these countries is staggering.  In addition, the average age and buying power is shifting as there is increasing buying power from a younger average demographic and a burgeoning middle class or lower middle class.  Any country exporting to these countries or even investing in some of the foreign markets as securities creates enormous opportunity.  We are involved in exportation to the aforementioned countries and always are asked by our distributors if we can send electronics, recreational items and other durables.  They are so expensive in these countries and limited that there is a huge opportunity for those who are willing to respect the cultural demand of doing business primarily in Spanish, respecting the culture and providing good customer service.  The cell phone business is exploding with just a few carriers providing coverage for potentially millions of subscribers.  These are good companies to invest in as a sector, ADR or direct investment as recommended by your FINRA registered investment advisor.

All tourist businesses are flourishing in these countries as they are incredible destinations.  Having traveled to many of these countries, it is mind boggling how affordable a vacation is.  Casinos, jungles, volcanoes, pristine empty beaches, surf breaks, archeological discoveries of Mayan temples and Inca architectural brilliance, countries embracing foreigners…just a portion of what a couple thousand dollars US will buy you for two.  You can’t spend money even if you try.  5 lobsters, 5 beers and all the fresh fish you can eat will set you back 10 dollars.  3,000 sq foot luxury hotel rooms with your own pool overlooking the ocean will set you back 50 dollars a night.  The only sad note that must be added here is that the relative cost of traveling reflects upon the rampant poverty as the gap between the rich and poor is staggering.
Some of these countries have an average annual income of approximately $2,000.  The strengthening exporting power in these countries is helping this situation a bit in addition to the growing tourist industry, but this disparity is an enormous gap not to be soon narrowed.  Surprisingly, Columbia is now considered one of the safest countries to travel in with Nicaragua being the second fastest growing economy in Central America while sadly Mexico has one of the highest murder rates per capita in the world.  Kidnapping and ransom is another issue in some countries so caution is always recommended while investing or traveling though the most dangerous thing you can do is get behind the wheel in the US with someone texting next to you.  Just a bit of perspective on the warped sense of reality the US media feeds us.

So I’m just going to break it down on investing in the current market from the macro side.  I just spoke to a close friend who returned from Columbia.  Basically everything laid out from an economic analysis of their observations regarding the country further strengthens the stock market trends that we have been observing and reporting in our various stock newsletters.  The fact is that the strongest economies currently are those of exporters.

More specifically exporters of non durables where the country has limited exposure to the primary tidal wave of bank debacles associated with mortgage backed securities and the coming tidal wave of potentially devastating exposure of banks that own the debt from the commercial real estate market.  In the US, the regional banks have been falling like dominos and are either taken over by the FDIC or absorbed by investing groups that plan on creating the next round of debt related exotic securities.  This time the notes are from the billions of bad debt related to commercial property.

It is a simple pattern in the US that has been repeated a number of times.  This is perhaps the most devastating economic crisis the country has ever faced.  Basically the dollar is weak.  Companies in the US laid people off. This in combination with a huge number of loans on residential property handed out like hot cakes to non qualified investors.  Then the trading of this d and f or Omega in reality as my economist friend likes to liken it too, the last letter in a dead language quality wise.  Companies are no longer able to pay their rent.  Retail space has also been built out too quickly and even those buildings and strip malls once considered sure bets for high occupancy rates instead have record rates of available space.  This creates another phenomenon of commercial notes becoming non-performing and the banks are forced to rate it as bad debt.

Now the big four banks are decently positioned with their (our) TARP bailout money and other revenue streams to handle the bad debt on their books.  They have just stopped loaning and are pushing towards opening new accounts and fee based money management.  The huge problem is the billions of commercial real estate debt owned by the regional banks that did not receive any bailout money.  In Southern California, there are many regional banks that fit into this sad reality.  In fact, we’ve had a chance to look over many opportunities for investing in notes from various regional banks.  So investing tip number one, and this is difficult for us to admit as my life has been surrounded by stock picks for more than 15 years, BUY debt on commercial properties.  There are amazing opportunities out there to pick up the debt on commercial properties that are still performing.  Often the debt can be purchased for a 50%-70% discount to face value.  Further negotiations with the current owners of the property can increase that margin significantly as eventual failure and non-performance on the debt is likely and complete ownership will ensue.