By: George Best

Buying penny stocks, although it can be highly profitable, can also be very risky. The amount of risk involved can be significantly lowered by thoroughly researching the stocks you are interested in, but the research can be very difficult and time consuming.

A new computerized system has finally been devised that uses cold, hard, mathematical analysis to greatly reduce the risks and increase the profitability of buying penny stocks, while eliminating most of the work involved. As you might have guessed, this technology comes at a rather steep price, but some creative minds have come up with a way to make it accessible to the small investor while making the process of buying penny stocks simple and easy for even the newest of penny stock traders.

Penny stock investing has big advantages when it comes to large, rapid returns on investment, and the fact that penny stocks are priced low enough for even very small investors to buy stocks and have the opportunity for a diversified portfolio. Because penny stocks have such low values, just a few cents change in the price of the stock can equate to a huge change percentage-wise, and potentially a huge profit to the investor, depending on the amount of the total investment, particularly in comparison to the profits possible with larger value stocks.

As an example, let's say that you have $1000 you want to invest and you buy 10 shares of a stock selling at $100. If that stock goes up by $1 per share, you'll have made $10. Now let's look at a penny stock that you invest that same $1000 on 1000 shares selling initially for $1 each. If that stock increases by $1, you'll have made $1000 - usually in the same or less time than it takes to make the $10 on the high-value stock!

Now, by the same token, penny stocks can lose a bunch of money very quickly too, which is one reason why it is important to be very careful when buying penny stocks. Another reason that penny stock investing is risky is because of shady or outright fraudulent practices of some individuals involved in marketing and selling penny stocks. Because companies that issue penny stocks are not required to file financial reports with the SEC, it can be difficult to obtain reliable information to really assess the stock.

Penny stock is often sold using hard-sell and shady or outright fraudulent marketing ploys. As unsuspecting investors buy up over-hyped stocks and the stock price rises, the insiders wait until the price reaches its ceiling and then quickly sell off their shares. With the sell-off, the price per share plummets and the investor is left holding worthless stock that never had anything more going for it than a good sales pitch. Investments with potentially high returns over a short period of time do tend to be risky, but in penny stocks the relatively large amounts of fraud increase the risk way beyond what can be attributed to normal market forces.

Up until recently, it would take a huge amount of time and work to thoroughly evaluate penny stocks in order to keep away from the scams and to get a decent return on investment. Several hours of research might be needed to evaluate just a single stock. While this work would usually pay off in the long run, it was often simply too time-consuming for part time investors.

Recently, a penny stock buying robot, called "Marl" was created by computer programmers who also understood the intricacies of stock investing. Marl uses mathematical and statistical analysis of trends to predict stocks that will likely increase in value by large percentages. Marl has the obvious advantage that he can do in-depth analyses of many stocks in much less time than a human would take to study just one. Another big advantage of Marl is that he's cold and calculating and maked his pics strictly on mathematical analysis - there's no pesky emotion to get in the way of making sound investment decisions. Of course there's no way to pick a winner every time, but Marl has a much better track record than any human and this greatly reduces the risk of penny stock investing.

The power of this system is amazing, and it has created vast fortunes for those fortunate enough to be able to afford the up-front $28,000 licensing fee that is charged for Marl. Obviously, this price tag puts Marl out of reach of the small investor, but there is an opportunity for small investors to also benefit from Marl. The inventors of Marl produce an extremely affordable e-newsletter with Marl's top penny stock buy for each week. For new investors interested in buyng penny stocks, this might even be better than having their own license to Marl, as it cuts down the investment choices to just one stock per week, rather than having to choose from hundreds of options. This makes penny stock investing a very simple process for even novice investors.

Marl's inventors have stated that they will be limiting the number of newletter subscribers that they allow, and the subscription option may not be available much longer. For the sake of small investors, hopefully they will reconsider and keep the subscriptions list open. For now though, small investors have a big opportunity for assistance in profitably buying penny stocks.

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About the Article Author

George Best is a part-time investor from San Antonio, Texas. To learn more about Marl and how he works, please visit buying penny stocks.