A Penny Stocks Value


american dollar Does a Cheap US Dollar Make Penny Stocks Look Cheap?Not so long ago, hedge funds and traders made massive gains by going long commodity stocks and shorting the U.S. dollar. The trade became very crowded and finally reversed. However, at the tail end of that trade commodity stocks like Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) and Potash (NYSE:POT) trading near or at highs. Right now, the dollar is very weak and most commodity stocks are in the middle of a trading range.

This condition of the dollar could provide trading opportunities. Not only in the large cap commodity based stocks, but with OTCBB mining penny stocks as well. Most gold bugs have the mentality that gold is the currency of last resort and site limited demand issues in their analysis. Their mentality often causes them never to take profits and lose hard earned gains.

By no means are we saying to buy and hold gold penny stocks for 5 or 10 years. Mainly because commodities often trade in cycles and in this environment, a bird in hand is often better than two in the bush. We are simply suggesting that a rally in large cap gold stocks could trickle down, even to stocks on the Pink Sheets. For instance, if we see a major rally in the mid and large cap mining stocks, common sense says that investors may take a look at a micro-cap name trading under $1 too.

For now, monitor the news flow on the weak dollar and watch how other gold stocks and gold ETF (GLD:NYSE) reacts to the news. Then form a penny stock list that contains your favorite mining plays. Then if your ready, act quickly. This trend may not last long, so take your profits. Recently, we highlighted Gold American Mining Corp. (OTCBB:SILA) and you may see more mining ideas from us shortly.

Penny Stock is Generally News Driven


YuanYesterday we saw an interesting development with the revaluation of the Yuan in China. The move seemed to have an impact as steel stocks rallied and while gold and copper stocks were weakened.

The US dollar rallied as well in response to the news. In a normal market, a rising dollar generally wreaks havoc on commodity based stocks and provides the opportunities for massive gains for traders who are short sellers.

Right now we are actually in uncharted territory. China has generally been unresponsive to world markets opinions on their management of their currency. China’s move will unquestionably have an effect on large cap commodity based issues, but does the Yuan really impact penny stocks? Could this move make a micro cap retail play more attractive than a mining company?

Generally hot penny stocks are news driven and are not as sensitive to broader market moves. For instance, Freeport Macmoran (NYSE:FCX) currently doesn’t have the strongest chart, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that we won’t see a huge gain in some unknown penny stock that is mining for copper.

We are looking for a trend to develop and for the market to adjust.  Significant events like this do not happen like this every day.  Uncertainty is definitely prevalent with traders right now.  As events develop, strategies will change.  Once event like this can shift all aspects of the market.

While penny stocks for the most part are news driven, the influx of money in and out of OTCBB companies could have a technical impact as well.  We will be keeping an extremely close eye on micro caps.