In the year following six major bear markets of the last century, small cap stocks soared an average 82%. But Louis Basenese says only the most compelling and innovative small caps will make these mouthwatering gains. He says Genoptix, Inc. (Nasdaq:GXDX) and American Public Education, Inc. (Nasdaq:APEI) are two small caps that should be up 50% by this time next year.

Greg Guenthner says small companies often lead the charge toward market recovery. A lot of fundamentally solid small caps are now wearing deeply discounted price tags. Greg says Neenah Paper (NYSE:NP) Silicom Ltd. (NASDAQ:SILC), Buckeye Technologies (NYSE:BKI) are three great examples of bargain stocks.

Our friend at TickerHound is back with a sequel to last week’s article on mobile technology in China. This time around, he’s giving us a spectacular penny stock that’s traded in the U.S. Enjoy…

It’s earnings season again. But with an odd twist. You see, most investors realized that earnings season would be dismal; so when the results came in pretty much as expected, many investors seemed to find that the news, especially among financial, was not worse and went on a buying spree.