Penny Stocks For Dummies 1st Edition

I bought the ebook a few weeks ago and carefully working my way through it. This is not a book to be read from cover to cover. Often the author will redirect you from one chapter to other supplemental chapters and back to help you thoroughly understand certain principles. This is a work-book so you will get the most benefits if you have a pencil, eraser and notebook handy and an open laptop to do some hands on work. Amazing how much I've learned in a short period of time. And if you get caught on certain concepts--as I did and am--the author provides an email where he can be reached and he is very prompt (and patient) in getting back to you. Can't say enough about this book and its author!

The publisher put out a special version for readers in India (in English), but unfortunately some copies intended for India got sent to the U.S.. I was sent one of these editions and not sure how it differs from the U.S version.

I personally don't get the all the great reviews. For me it was pretty basic and skirted around with a lot of fluff common knowledge information. Overall I'm glad i read it for the over view on investing and the deeper insight geared specifically towards penny stocks. But in the end, i would recommend one of the other trading for dummies books instead. The swing trading one being the best in my opinion.

Before I read this book I only had a cursory knowledge about penny stocks. After reading this book I feel much more enlightened about penny stocks, both the pros and cons.If you are just starting out learning about penny stocks I heartily recommend this book. The writing style is very well done and there are only a few grammatical errors.Take the time to read this book slowly and let the information sink in and revisit or reread later to solidify it into your noggin'.Well worth the price. If you want to know more about penny stocks and strategies for picking ones that aren't duds or flat out frauds the info is definitely in it.

Penny Stocks for Dummies clears up most misconceptions about penny stocks. What is? What's not? The difference between the trading platforms, and the risks involved. As a novice, I found the work to be a great tool in developing an understanding. Definitely recommend the book to those seeking to learn from the ground floor up.

Very informative book. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about penny stocks and learn that they aren't as scary as most people mak them out to be if you know what you're doing. After reading this book I feel that I can now make safe decisions with penny stocks.The reason for 4 stars and not 5 is that there are some typos here and there and sometimes the information isn't presented so professionally. (The typos for example) but hey, it's a for dummies book and it does its job extremely well. Pick this one up!

Good information, will get the more current books.

I agree with the other reviewers that this book is a bit repetitive and overly-general. That's the problem when you are writhing on a general topic and you must consider a large range of knowledge levels. If you have traded stocks before or taken a college course in finance, this book might not be for you. If you know what a limit order is, this book might be a bit basic for you. For instance, on page 154 the author defines what is meant by the term "Assets" on financial statements. Much of the content might be classified as information about investing in stocks and business in general.On the other hand, I am sure there are some readers whom will find book helpful. There are a lot of folks who graduate from high school and college with very little financial literacy. We a say we are a capitalist country, but for reasons unknown, we don't teach anything to large portion of our public school students so that they can participate in allocating capital in our economy.It should be pointed out that the author also publishes a newsletter that highlights some of the 5% of small stocks which feels might be a good investment. But don't look at this fact as a big conflict of interest as publishing books to gain credibility in financial circles seems to be quite common.

Another book filled with misleading chapters and titles! This book goes over simple analysis of technical terms, but again does NOT show any clear strategy of how to trade penny stocks. The strategy section is only 11 pages thin, and mostly just tells you what to do when your in a trade! The author Peter Leeds does very little to actually help you how to select penny stocks before you trade other than telling you to basically analyse all the financial credentials of a company which is ok for long term investing with bigger companies but certainly not the best way to analyse penny stocks. He mentions nothing about short squeezing, sec filings, what to look for, the best tools to use and many many other important elements. I've got nothing against the author, but if you go to Peter Leeds Personal Holdings on his website, you will see that they are all blue chip stocks and NOT penny stocks! This guy's method is more for long term investing on big blue chip companies like Apple, and I certainly don't rate him as a penny stock so called expert! Don't waist your money or time on this one as you will be learning how NOT to trade penny stocks successfully with this book! This book is better suited for trading blue chip stocks.

Love dummies books, soooooo easy and simple and this has helped me a lot gain some wonga! I LIKE! :) A** product and seller! :)

Very usful book & gives a good insight into the stock market for the beginner. Excellent quality and easy to look at.

Good book

Sehr gutes Buch. Viele Insights. Wer weiß, das die US Börsenaufsicht alle Aktien unter $5 als Penny Stocks listed, weiß auch, daß da viele gute "Schätze" liegen. Empfehlenswert auch für alle anderen Aktien.