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By John Paul WhitefootDec 28, 20091 topic

Intergalactic Rare Earth Penny Stocks

My grades in high school chemistry were less than stellar. The only thing I really recall is memorizing the periodic table. Had my science teacher informed me that the obscure rare earth elements would eventually set Wall Street on fire, I may have been more attentive. Rare Earth Elements (REE) or rare earth metals are a collection of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, namely scandium (#21), yttrium (#39), and the fifteen lanthanoids (#âs 57 -71 on the perio

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootFeb 2, 20101 topic

2010 â In Like A Lamb, Out Like A Lion?

Glorious spring is still two long months away, but Marchâs adage âin like a lamb, out like a lionâ (or the reverse) might just be a predictor for 2010 if recent surveys are to be believed. According to a new survey, financial executives are bullish about the coming economic recovery and expect their companies to perform well through the rest of this year. The survey of more than 200 senior decision-makers found that 60.4% of executives expect the economy to return to no

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootAug 24, 20091 topic

Recession Recovery Predictionsâ¦and Penny Stocks

I donât really recall too many analysts predicting that the Western World would tumble into a major recession. Nor do I recall many economists thinking the credit crunch would amount to very much. Two years on, most analysts quoted articles I read seem to fall short of making any long-term predictions. Like the apparent death of âbuy and holdâ investing, a lot of analysts are toning down their rhetoric and holding their market predictions to short-term ideas. After all,

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootJul 12, 20101 topic

Penny Stock Sins Take Flight

Tough economic times might stop people from going out less often and it might put a stop on non essential purchases, like a first edition of Fitzgeraldâs The Great Gatsby in dust jacket, for example, that could be yours for just $500,000. What hard times wonât do though is stop gamblers from betting and smokers from puffing. In fact, economic turbulence might give them even more reason to indulge. That makes so-called sin stocks, or shares of alcohol, gaming and tobacco c

Primary topic: Stock Trading

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By John Paul WhitefootMay 21, 20101 topic

Recessions = Innovation for Penny Stock Companies

Necessity may be the mother of invention. So too may recessions. After all, it was the Great Depression that helped to give rise to the Twinkie, Monopoly and the photocopier. In fact, electric razors, tampax, car radios, and chocolate chip cookies were all created or invented during a recession or depression. One article I read noted that over half of the companies listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were formed during a recession or depression. By some accounts, the w

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootNov 24, 20091 topic

The Bull Market â An Economic Oxymoron?

After climbing to a 13 month high earlier this week, the major indexes have fallen for three consecutive sessions amid worries about the economic recovery, the strengthening dollar, and the technology sector. Does that mean the current eight month rally is beginning to wane? While new yearly highs are generally something to cheer about, thereâs still an overarching fear that the current market run canât last. If thereâs one thing large cap, mid cap, and penny stock inve

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootMay 18, 20101 topic

Three Penny Stocks for Earth Day

It was forty years ago on April 22, 1970, when U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day, for environmental awareness and appreciation of the Earth. Earth Day, which is celebrated in over 175 countries every year, has inspired many countries to become environmentally conscious and to develop and produce alternative sources of energy. Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Vice President Joe Biden announced that the administration intends to invest $452 million

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootMay 18, 20101 topic

GMâs Misleading Commercial? Orâ¦Penny Stocks You Can Trust.

The recent recession has taught me many things. Not enough to know when exactly to predict a recession, when to pull out, jump in, buy or sell, but it has taught me to be more skeptical than normal of anything coming from the lips of the suits and CEOs on Wall Street. My favorite commercial on TV right now is an excellent example of how not telling the full truth is misleading and akin to wilful deception. And can be thrown on the corporate trash heap of lessons not learned.

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootOct 2, 20091 topic

Can Penny Stock Investors Trust the Bull?

With investors still spooked about the ongoing validity of the current bull market, the best way to pass the time is to hunker down with the new broadcast television season. The recession blues came to life this week in Kelsey Grammerâs new (and sure to be short lived) weekly comedy âHankâ. Grammerâs character plays a (not surprisingly) pompous, laid-off Wall Street CEO forced to stay home. While I have great fondness for Cheers, and Frasierâ¦Hank makes me want to ge

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootNov 12, 20101 topic

Penny Stocks and Dividends

For the most part, penny stocks enjoy the same rights and privileges as their larger cap peers. Broken down to its most basic elements, whether youâre looking to invest in Berkshire Hathaway or a dust covered penny stock, you want a company that has a good cash position, growing revenues, profitable, strong fundamentals, and great short and long-term growth potential. One of the few areas where penny stocks tend to trail their larger brethren is in the world of dividends. F

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootMay 4, 20091 topic

One Flu Over The Penny Stock

Who knew you could put Paris Hilton and Vice President Biden on the same intellectual plain? It seems the swine flu has lots of people confused. When asked about swine flu in an online video, the ever saavy Ms. Hilton chirped, âI donât eat that.â nnOthers have vowed to stop eating pork. Some, worried about germs spreading in confined spaces and won't fly â anywhere. Or they think petting zoos and farm visits are off limits. nnVice President Joe Biden said last Thursda

Primary topic: Stock Trading

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By John Paul WhitefootJun 29, 20091 topic

Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grade Investor?

While I think I could ace a fifth grade English, grammar, history and geography test, Iâm not so sure my math skills would set the bell curve on fire. And while we didnât have an investing class in the fifth grade â I think I can safely say I wouldnât have faired all that well. Itâs not that the world of investing wasnât fascinating to me; there was after all an episode of The Love Boat that dealt squarely with that issue. And itâs not as if I didnât read the

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootJun 22, 20091 topic

The SEC âPatrolling the Domestic Penny Stock Shores

During the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a little confidence can go a long way. Itâs even better when the vote of confidence does what itâs actually suppose to do - - instill confidence. The Obama administration unveiled a sweeping regulatory overhaul aimed at restoring confidence in the U.S. financial systemâ¦ and preventing a repeat of the worst crisis to hit Wall Street in seven decades. The plan gives new, far reaching powers, to the Federal Reser

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootSep 28, 20091 topic

Law & Order - The Id, Ego, and Superego â and Penny Stocks

I love watching Law & Order. I love it when the police and lawyers are a little shy of concrete evidence and the truth hinges on whom you chose to believe. Itâs always a matter of âhe said, she saidâ. Do you believe the well heeled philanthropist or the street person whose lineage is of a dubious nature? A number of differing views surfaced this week with regards to the economy. Like a Hollywood script penned by Freud, the opinions come from experts filling the void of

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootJan 14, 20101 topic

Bullish Penny Stock Investing in 2010

Where I live thereâs a huge empty lot that while cleared for construction, never amounted to anything. Thereâs a flashy sign on the lot too, âNew Auto Mall Coming in Spring 2009â. In 2007 the idea of a consolidated auto mall in the area seemed like a good idea. Not so now. The empty field and sign does make for a good picture though â a visual time capsule of unrealized optimism. Yes, hindsight is 20/20. And it could have helped out a lot of penny stock and large ca

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootSep 1, 20091 topic

An Irrational Wall Street or Mislead Penny Stock Investors?

I read a banner ad online the other day; it was from a financial guru selling his trading techniques. Interestingly, his very witty tag line goes something like, âpredicting the stock market before it goes up.â Clever I thought, he can predict the markets before they go up! I'd hate to think he could sway investors by being able to predict market moves after the fact. Mind you, itâs not really predicting then is it? And if you failed at predicting the markets after the

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootAug 11, 20091 topic

One Investors Junk Could Be A Penny Stock Investors Treasure

rnI was sitting with an acquaintance this past week at the dinner table. His vocabulary is chock full of clichÃ©s. Itâs not that he thinks he made them up. Iâm sure he knows that heâs uttering sayings people have been privy to for hundreds of years. I imagine he thinks inserting them into conversations will illuminate an idea or simplify it for us. As we were sitting down he looked at a recent garage sale find and wisely chirped, âOne mans junk is another mans treasur

Primary topic: Investing

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By John Paul WhitefootJan 21, 20101 topic

Penny Stocks That Outwit Houdini

The current economy continues to be more than a little bewildering. While economic indicators suggest the gears of recovery are slowly grinding, there are some top economists who believe the countryâs financial crisis is far from over. Looking back, 2009 was a great year for penny stock investors and represented the best opportunity in decades for many fundamentally solid penny stocks. In 2009, the S&P 500 returned 26.5% and the Russell 2000 Growth Index returned 34.5%. Goi

Primary topic: Investing

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