We humans are as creative on the “Dark Side” of commercial activity as we are in developing beneficial new products and services. In the face of huge financial benefits, however, some corporate executives can’t resist taking an extra dessert even before their shareholders have finished dinner. Some scandals have more of an impact on investors [...]
Pacific Ethanol, Inc. is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: PEIX) that is engaged in the development, production and marketing of renewable fuels in the United States. The company has five ethanol plans under construction on the West Coast with expected capacity of 200 million gallons. In addition, the company’s wholly owned subsidiary is one of [...]
Legendary trader W D Gann amassed a fortune of $50 million dollars in the first half of the last century, although he died in 1955, his commodity trading systems are still used today by traders all over the world. Successful commodity trading systems have the ability take the emotion out of trading, liquidating losses quickly [...]
When the market turns against you, what should you do? Sell everything? We discussed that choice in a recent column. Selling everything draws your “line in the sand” and announces that you have determined there is no future for you in the market. There are other steps you can take when things start moving against [...]
Nothing we do in society prepares us to function effectively in the commodity markets and an environment with no real boundaries. But, most of us are brought up to function well in society, so we`ve acquired strategies for fulfilling our needs and desires that are geared toward social interaction and acceptance. We don`t just take [...]
Penny can be a great investment, but you have to know what to look for, or sometimes more accurately, what to look out for. Buying Penny based on a recent email you received, or what you heard from someone you barely know, is not usually a good idea. Penny have historically been a source of [...]
Christmas and (insert your favorite holiday here) come but once a year; earnings season on the other hand, comes four times a year. And while earnings season may be devoid of streamers, balloons and cake…the outcome can be just as festive for penny stock investors. While blue chip giants are bemoaning the start of earnings [...]
Real Estate investing is not nearly as legally complicated, financially burdensome, or time consuming as you might think. In fact, it is easy to add raw land, shopping centers, apartment complexes, and private homes to your portfolio without Brokers, Bankers, Attorneys, and a Rolodex full of maintenance professionals’ phone numbers. Even better, you can blend [...]
I know a man who turned a $15,000 trading account into $3.3 Million. It was an amazing stroke of luck. He even admits this. “MARK, I am no fool. I know I was just plain lucky. I don’t have magical system. I am not privy to insider information. I merely gambled BIG on the right [...]
Over the last eight weeks [June, 2006] I’ve been spending a lot of time reading articles describing the current market conditions…trying to figure if it really affects penny stock investors. Are we in a bull market…are we wading into a bear market. Or is the recent rally just a dead-cat bounce? The dead cat bounce [...]