The Risks & Rewards of Penny Stock
Investing: A Calculated Approach
After 40 years of speculating on microcap stocks (penny stocks) and publishing penny stock research online from 1998 to 2020, I decided during covid to stop writing and invest privately. In an effort to help others better understand penny stocks, I will be adding free educational content to MicroCap.com throughout 2025.
Penny stocks can produce exceptional gains but a lot has changed with them over the years. There are obvious exceptions, but this industry is driven by greed and the large majority (especially the promoters, financiers and deal makers) think nothing of throwing someone under the bus if they can make a buck.
As someone that researched microcap companies full time, and wrote about them for 22 years, I have seen more than my share of liars and cheats. More often than not, they became rich by taking advantage of penny stock investors. This is a cutthroat business with deep roots in Vancouver and Toronto. Danny Deadlock
This microcap stocks questionnaire I developed over the course of a decade. The questions (in a perfect world) you would want answered before investing in microcaps, penny stocks, or even smallcap stocks.
There is no point re-inventing the wheel when so much good educational content exists that is specific to stock market investing. Click HERE for a curated list of the better penny stocks websites and video tutorials.
The penny stocks industry attracts no end of “characters” and the “ethically challenged“. Penny stocks can be very rewarding but never lose site of how ugly this business can be. People to avoid are HERE – over 800 names from 2012 to 2025. Updated weekly.
