When you are about to invest in a penny stock, the number one question you need to ask yourself is: What’s the catalyst?

Water is, by far, the most important element we need to survive. You can go a month without eating, but not even a week without water. Lack of adequate drinking water has killed almost 800,000 people this year. Now politicians are throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at water and wastewater systems.

Last year, oil prices went crazy. In a matter of weeks, oil shot up as high as $147 and came right back down. Today, oil is sneaking back up. The obvious temptation is to try and time it again. The smart money, however, is looking elsewhere to take advantage. We found the perfect penny play to do just that…

Wall Street is constantly hung up on finding the next giant economy. Is China going to continue to grow as a superpower? What about India?

The Food and Drug Administration is not looking out for your best interests. In fact, some see the FDA as a group of swindlers, thieves, and propagandists. No one feels this way more than nutritional supplement companies. And rightly so…

Leaving your money under your mattress isn’t exactly the safest bet. It doesn’t take a mathematician to figure out that government stimulus plans, bank bailouts, and lower interest rates all add up to inflation. If more money is circulating due to new spending measures, the value of each dollar –including the money under your mattress– goes down.

Last week, the stock market fell by more than 6%. That’s a return of -24.5% for the year. While we equities here in the U.S. continue to struggle, emerging nations have been hit even harder… especially commodity-based economies.

Honing in on small cap companies, Jim Nelson of the Penny Sleuth introduces to us five of his favorite penny stocks for retirement.  Jim recommends that we invest like a “one percenter.”

Investors can make astonishing gains in a matter of days if the company they own is bought at a premium by a larger firm. But how do you find these hidden gems ? Jim Nelson gives a list of six criteria that can help you pick a great buyout candidate.

When parent companies decides to let go of a subsidiary, the process is known as a spin-off. Jim Nelson says these spin-off stocks can provide some of the best investment opportunities going. In fact, they repeatedly outperform the parent company in the aftermath of separation.