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These Small Stocks Could Provide BIG Gains Very Soon
Investors focused on larger companies saw their ups and downs in 2011. Rather than focus on the usual suspects, perhaps they should have been focused on antimony. It's an obscure — and toxic — element that has some appealing industrial applications such as flame retardants and in solder and ball bearings. Antimony helped micro-cap U.S. Antimony Corp. (Nasdaq: UAMY) boost prospects, and the stock more than quadrupled in value in 2011.
The question for investors: Can this hot stock along with its other high-flying peers post new highs in 2012? Let's take a closer look at a group of micro-cap stocks that rose by at least 100% last year.
Bonanza Creek Energy: A New Oily Small Cap Player With A Brown Dense Twist
By Steve Zachritz:
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A Simple Oily Small Cap E&P Story
The Properties -
- Mid continent – Southwest Arkansas. Bonanza (BCEI) has 13,000 net acres located in Columbia and Lafayette counties AR, accounting for 70% of their reserve base and a little over half of their production as November 2011. Production comes primarily from Cotton Valley sands, uphole to the Lower Smackover (Brown Dense) we’ve been chatting about as being the target of COG’s and SWN’s next big exploratory tests, and BCEI thinks 5,672 net acres could be prospective for the Brown Dense.
- Rockies – Colorado. “Over” 62,000 net acres (DJ Basin and North Park Basin) producing from the Niobrara, Codell, J-Sand and Dakota formations. In 2H11 they completed four Niobrara shale horizontals with IPs ranging from 738 to 887 BOEpd and 30 day average rates of just under 500 bopd in the Wattenberg area which is pretty respectable, especially for
Is this Small Stock the Next GE?
Editor's note: The following article was published on Dec. 6. As one of the most widely-read articles of the year, we decided to share it with our readers once again.
When there's a slot open for an industrial stock in a portfolio, many investors — even professional ones — automatically default to General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE). "You HAVE to have GE," I've heard them insist, as if not owning GE would be tantamount to investment blasphemy.
Well, you know what? I own shares of GE, and I'm here to tell you that you don't have to have GE in your portfolio.
Yes, GE is a solid company, and analysts are forecasting good results for it during the next few years, with estimated earnings growth rates of 12.5%, and an increase in cash flow of 8% and 7.5% for dividends. GE's energy infrastructure segment has been doing especially well, too. In the third quarter, for example, orders were up 15% to $ 8.6 billion, while operating profits for the first three quarters of 2011 totaled $ 4.4 billion, a 14% improvement compared with the first three quarters of 2010.
The Small-Cap Advantage: How Top Endowments and Foundations Turn Small Stocks into Big Returns (Wiley Finance)
The Small-Cap Advantage: How Top Endowments and Foundations Turn Small Stocks into Big Returns (Wiley Finance)
A world-renowned money manager shares winning strategies for small-stock investingSince forming Bares Capital Management, Inc. in 2000, Brian Bares has shown that above average returns can be generated through the careful selection of small company common stocks. Additionally, he’s shown how concentrating capital in a handful of ideas improves the potential for outperformance by increasing the depth of knowledge of each position and allowing each security to have a more meaningful impact on the
Smooth Portfolio Volatility With Small Cap Gold Stocks
When looking at the S&P 500 charts, I get that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that I would get when the local fair came to town and I got aboard the Tilt-A-Whirl after an enormous feed on cotton candy. As investors watch their stock portfolios jump 10% one week followed by a 15% drop over the next two weeks, how can they smooth out the bumps for a calmer ride?
Diversification Holds the Key
Diversification is a broad concept that simply refers to having a variety of investments that are somewhat dissimilar. Financial advisors keep telling their clients to balance bonds, equity and cash. What about diversification within the stock market?
Finding low-correlation, publicly traded investment products is increasingly challenging as globalization ties international markets closer together. A deep recession in one country will see its citizens selling their equities – and many of these holdings are
These Small Cap Energy Stocks Are Growing Profits Like Crazy
They’re at the heart of the New American Energy Boom — and they’re doing a huge and growing business. In addition, many of them are trading for reasonable valuations. In short, this is a recipe for a great growth investment…
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Small Stocks for Big Profits: Generate Spectacular Returns by Investing in Up-and-Coming Companies (Wiley Trading)
Small Stocks for Big Profits: Generate Spectacular Returns by Investing in Up-and-Coming Companies (Wiley Trading)
Praise for SMALL STOCKS for BIG PROFITS”George has done it again with Small Stocks for Big Profits. His in-depth experience is invaluable in helping traders explore stocks that are or less, without getting caught up in the fly-by-night idea companies that plague this investment level. He shows you where to look for opportunity and more importantly how to lock in profits in this little understood investment arena. Impressive!”
—Noble DraKoln, author of Winning the Trading GameIn Small Sto
For most seniors, a small Medicare rate hike
Some 35 million Medicare recipients will have to dig a little deeper into their pockets when they go to the doctor next year.
Retirement advice and news – CNNMoney.com
