Wednesday 14 January 2015

The Little Book of Big Profits from Small Stocks Summary - Introduction



The Little Book of Big Profits from Small Stocks:
Why You’ll Never Buy a Stock Over $10 Again



Author: Hilary Kramer



Foreward 

Much of Hilary’s success can be attributed to investing in low-priced beaten-down stocks. 

Wall-street’s herd instinct is especially powerful in moving low-priced stocks.

Introduction: The Investing Edge You Have on Wall Street

1.      The herd instinct of Wall Street can not only create the opportunities by pushing stocks too low, but when it reverses direction it can create incredible profits by lifting stocks out of the low-priced sector and into double, triple and even ten-bagger profit territory.
2.      Why aren’t more investors look to low-priced stocks:
a.       They think stocks under $10 are too dangerous
b.      Some institutional investors are actually prohibited from owning such stocks
c.       Analysts tend to ignore them. Analysts can have too much focus on the short term considerations of a recession’s impact on a business and totally miss the big picture.
3.      That is a mistake and can be used to your advantage.
4.      Beware however, as many stocks under $10 are cheap because they deserve to be. Example, they are:
a.       Dogs that never had potential
b.      Permanently damaged by recession
c.       No hope of getting back on track
5.      Thus, it is important to find those cheap stocks that have what it takes to reemerge as winners.
6.      There are three categories of low-priced stocks:
a.       Fallen angels: these are large company stocks that had stumbled and fallen out of favor for various reasons (example: due to cyclical business environment, mismanagement, and earnings fell short of expectations).
b.      Undiscovered growth companies: these are great companies in unattractive industries.

c.       Companies in good old bargain bin: companies that are selling for less than the value of the assets they own.



Chapter 1: The Classic under $10 Stock


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