Monday, July 26, 2010

When To Sell Penny Stocks Certificate?

The investors of penny stocks find it very difficult to decide when to sell the stock certificate. The investors fear to sell the certificate only thinking that who knows if the company launches any new revolutionizing product into the market it would lead to an increase in its stock price. The advantage of selling the stock certificate is that you can realize your money and put it to some other use. But because the stock market is a delicate game, there are also some disadvantages of selling the stock certificate. If you find that the stock you held, after selling, is still in a higher trend, then you would definitely regret for selling it so early. A secondary thought that you could have made a higher gain with it would definitely arise in your mind.

When speaking about the penny stocks, the basic advices that people give is to buy low and sell high. But this may do well with short selling stocks but for the long term deal, the advice would not stay fit. Other than the value of the stock, there are other things to be considered like who is the CEO of the company, the growth rate of the company within last 5 to 10 years and the kinds of products, ideas and services that have been launched by the company and how fair are they performing and what profit is earned by the company and the possible plans they are to go with.

If a CEO of a company fails to take right steps for gaining consumer confidence, then it is evident that the stock price of the company would go down, and once the stocks fall down, then investors would decide to sell out the penny stocks of that company. The growth rate of a company is an important factor that most investors like to consider before selling their stock certificates. People would not like to sell the shares of a company that has shown a higher growth rate, especially, within the last 5 to 10 years, even though for the time being it might have slowed because the possibilities of it for regaining the position are great. If the kinds of products, ideas and services introduced by certain penny stocks are unique and have no or minimum competition to face, then the stock price of these stocks will go up. The price of a stock may increase due to a merging with a company having a solid stand in the stock market.