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by TheAnswerer on December 21st, 2006
They are low-priced issues, often highly speculative, selling at less than $1 a share. Frequently used as a term of disparagement, although some penny stocks have developed into investment-caliber issues.
Netegrity $2.18 to $78.20 3487%
Visionics $4.38 to $21.00 379%
Cellstar $1.44 to $13.50 837%
Iomega $3.25 to $13.90 328%
Nanophase $3.75 to $16.75 347%
Immunomedics $1.44 to $29.12 1922%
Total Renal Care$3.12 to $26.95 741%
Voxware $ .90 to $10.31 1046%
Corvas $3.00 to $23.25 675%
Cytogen $2.12 to $17.50 725%
Verilink $3.00 to $14.62 387%
GeneLabs $2.31 to $10.72 364%
I'm on the line on this one.
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Over how long a period of time?
How many unsuccessful trades did that person have before finding these exceptions?
Just about every knowledgeable investor knows those inexpensive stocks are huge gambles. Instead of just telling the great success stories, why not tell the whole story?
VTY,
Ron Berue
by R_Berue on May 29th, 2008