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Some of the greatest companies started out very small, with their stocks valued at less than five dollars per share. In other words, they started out as what the investment world calls “penny stocks.” As those businesses grew in size, many of their shareholders grew in wealth along with the companies.

Few paths to significant and rapid wealth creation are as effective as investing in the right kinds of low-priced penny stocks. Excellent companies, regardless of their size, will always be able to provide their shareholders with impressive investment gains.

With increased opportunity, though, you have increased risks. Many people have been stung by those risks, and subsequently penny stocks have gotten a bad name in some investment circles. In almost all situations in which investors lost money, however, they could have easily avoided the downside if they had only followed the tips and suggestions in this book.

By showing you how to sidestep the risks, I clear the way for investors like you to profit from high-quality penny stocks. I help you find companies that have low debt loads, strong management teams, expanding market share, growing revenues, and game-changing intellectual property.

I wrote Penny Stocks For Dummies for two reasons. First, I want to help you – and investors like you – steer clear of the common (and easily avoidable) mistakes in penny stock trading. Second, I can show you how wonderful it will feel to get in on a great company early and build significant wealth from a small investment as the shares multiply in value many times over.

About This Book

In this book, you get the straight goods, free of any boring theories, complicated strategies, or inane details. In short, I tell you what you need to know to become a successful penny stock trader. Among the topics I cover are:

❯❯ Why penny stocks have a bad reputation among many traders

❯❯ Why avoiding the pitfalls is the first step to major profits

❯❯ How to trade risk-free with no money

❯❯ What the best penny stock investments look like and where you can find them

❯❯ Why proper trading strategies can turn into money in the bank

❯❯ How effective due diligence removes the guesswork

❯❯ Why fundamental analysis is the most important step to truly investing well – and in solid companies

❯❯ How technical analysis helps you develop your buying opportunities

❯❯ How financial ratios make for better comparisons and, by extension, better opportunities

❯❯ Why an abstract review gives you a major trading advantage

You can zip straight to the sections that interest you. I promise you will find what you want to know very quickly, and I won’t subject you to financial mumbo jumbo or unnecessary details along the way.

Whether you benefit from sidestepping all the junky investments out there or you profit big by finding really excellent (yet still undiscovered) stocks, this book has something for you. And the beauty is that the information you need is just a few page-flips away!

Feel free to skip the sidebars that appear throughout the book; these shaded gray boxes contain interesting info that isn’t essential to your understanding of penny stocks. The same goes for any text I mark with the Technical Stuff icon.

Within this book, you may note that some web addresses break across two lines of text. If you’re reading this book in print and want to visit one of these web pages, simply key in the web address exactly as it’s noted in the text, pretending as though the line break doesn’t exist. If you’re reading this as an e-book, you’ve got it easy – just click the web address to be taken directly to the web page.

Foolish Assumptions

We haven’t met, but I bet you’ve made some assumptions about me. For instance, you probably think that I’m a nerdy financial type and that, because I’m involved in the stock market, I’ve always been a good investor. Believe me, I really wish that were true. (The part about being a good investor, not the nerdy part.)

Well, I’ve made a few assumptions about you, too. Here they are:

❯❯ You’re logical and make decisions quickly.

❯❯ You’re willing to take the steps needed to better your situation, and you don’t shy away from excitement.

❯❯ Someone you know (possibly you) has invested in penny stocks before – and almost certainly lost money!

❯❯ You’re new to investing or have limited experience in trading penny stocks.

❯❯ You have limited funds available to invest and you want to make the most of them.

❯❯ You’re willing to accept a little risk in exchange for the potential to have greater returns.

❯❯ You know that many of the best companies started small, and you realize that the shareholders in those companies reaped massive financial rewards.

Icons Used in This Book

To make this book even easier to read, I include a few icons to highlight certain types of information.

Abide by these quick points to save yourself time and hassle.

This icon identifies fundamental points that focus on basic rules and concepts of trading low-priced shares.

Heed these warnings to protect yourself from some of the pitfalls surrounding penny stocks.

You can easily skip over the content flagged by these icons without missing out on any benefits the book provides. However, for those who really want to know everything, give these a look.

Beyond the Book

In addition to the material in the print or e-book you’re reading right now, this product also comes with some access-anywhere goodies on the web. Check out the free Cheat Sheet for tips on protecting yourself from penny stock pitfalls, crucial criteria found in great penny stocks, and the no-cost method to becoming an excellent penny stock investor. To get this Cheat Sheet, simply go to www.dummies.com and type Penny Stocks For Dummies Cheat Sheet in the Search box.

Where to Go from Here

This book is set up so you can get right to the information you want. By all means, start at the very beginning if you feel like it, but if you’re like most people and have only so much time to devote to investing, flip right to the sections that interest you.

Decide what approach works best for you, and use this as a reference for anything you could possibly want to know about penny stocks. The table of contents and the index will help with that, or just visit the specific parts that will provide you with the most benefit.