| What's considered the "poor man's" investment? The | | | | to make. If anything, you should be embracing these |
| answer is penny stocks. Instead of spending a lot of | | | | kind of companies. There is a little more risk involved, |
| money on blue chip stocks, people are looking for | | | | but the rewards are monumentally bigger. |
| ways to invest in the market without breaking the | | | | Think about the kind of reward you can have with |
| bank. | | | | buying stock in a company like Microsoft NOW. There |
| The good news is that you can trade these kind of | | | | wouldn't be that much of a reward potential. It's an |
| stocks just like you would any kind of blue chip | | | | established company. But what if you were to invest |
| stock. The only difference is that most of these | | | | in Microsoft when nobody knew who they were? |
| penny stocks consist of companies that are "up and | | | | See the difference, huh? |
| comers" and are trying to build a reputation. | | | | There is probably quite a few Microsoft-like |
| They are trying to build capital through to help grow | | | | companies in the penny stock listings today. You just |
| their business. It's not really any different than how a | | | | have to know what you are looking for to spot |
| lot of BIG companies started their business. | | | | them. Remember, nobody probably thought that |
| So, please don't look at these kind of stocks like | | | | Microsoft would amount to anything when they were |
| they are not worth your time. This is a big mistake | | | | first getting started. You just need a little foresight. |