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Penny stocks are low-priced securities that trade for less than $5 a share. Wondering where to buy them? It's a good question: Not all brokers offer them, and those that do may charge higher fees.

The mistake budding investors make is to buy stocks for the long term. It’s not efficient, and how you end up lumbered with stocks you should have exited a long time ago. Instead, you constantly ...

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Put options are a type of option that increases in value as a stock falls. A put allows the owner to lock in a predetermined price to sell a specific stock, while put sellers agree to buy the ...