Schwab Charitable, one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing donor advised funds, and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership today announced their next Philanthropy Speaker Series event.… Continue

You can try to get the exposure to small cap in a growth-oriented mutual fund but there are not that many out there and you can’t always get the proportions that you are looking for. In some cases the mutual funds don’t perform as well since they are invested in so many small caps. Imagine if a small cap mutual fund is holding a number of different companies. If one of the companies they hold performs really well that’s great. Suppose they have the next Microsoft in their lineup. If you have a n… Continue

Investors engage in day trading to take advantage of changes in the direction of the price of a stock or commodity. There may be cases when a company issues news that can affect their market position, whether it is a new product offering or financial information being released. You have probably heard on the news something to the effect of “company x saw their share price fall today on news of lower quarterly profits” or something similar. It is the day trader that tries to move quickly to eithe… Continue

In the stock market, almost all stocks fit into three categories; large cap, mid cap and small cap stock. There are other categories like micro cap stocks or mega cap stocks but there is no standard rule and most will fall into the big three categories. Specifically, small cap stocks are usually considered to be any company whose market capitalization is somewhere between $300 million and $2 billion. This is not an exact definition and varies from one investor or brokerage house to another, but… Continue

Penny stocks are the stocks traded on the OTC BB or Pink Sheets exchange. There are also some other people who regards this scheme as a common stock that trades for less than $5 a share and is traded over the counter (OTC) through quotation services such as the OTC Bulletin Board or the Pink Sheets.

What is a Penny stocks?
In the UK markets, a penny stock, or penny shares normally implies to a stock and shares in small cap companies. These co… Continue