Volatile price swings seem to be the name of the game in the small-cap world these days – and after hitting record-breaking volatility back in December, many investors have been left wondering when things are going to calm down. But unlike blue-chip stocks, where high price volatility is an unwelcome trend, that same price flux can equal serious profits for small-cap stocks.
The S&P 500 is already starting to stage the next leg of its downward slide. But don’t let that scare you…
In the next 30 days, we’re going to see the stock market drop by 10%. And if you buy shares of the play I’m about to reveal, you could be in for as much as 20% profits as a result…
You could be losing serious money every time you buy or sell a stock. Over time, that could add up to thousands upon thousands of dollars of losses and missed profits. You’re not alone – millions of investors fall into the same investing trap every year. But armed with these three secrets to profitable small-cap order execution, you can make sure that you’re on the upside of every penny stock trade.
There’s a debate brewing on Wall Street right now – it’s a fight over which way the market’s headed after it makes its way out of its current rut.
Water is essential for life. It’s quite literally an investment that you can’t live without. And while you might not be able to trade water futures on the Chicago Board of Trade, providing people with H2O is a $400 billion global industry, according to an article by Harvard’s Garry Emmons.
For investors who had money in the markets last year, October 2008 is a month that will not soon be forgotten. In those 31 days, the S&P 500 – a major indicator of the stock market at large – fell almost 17%, reversing the gains of the previous five years.
“[During a recession] small stocks outperformed T-Bills, bonds, and the S&P about two-thirds of the time — and they did so by a ridiculous margin,” claims the Motley Fool’s Ilan Moscovitz.
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Could a new IPO mean that the market’s really on the way to a rebound?