Peter Leeds - Penny Stocks For Dummies

Penny Stocks For Dummies

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About the Author

Peter Leeds is the most widely recognized and trusted personality in penny stocks. Major media outlets such as NBC, CBS, Fox, CNNfn, Russia Today, and the Associated Press have covered Peter.

Also known as The Penny Stock Professional, he and his team publish the world-famous Peter Leeds Penny Stock newsletter (located at www.peterleeds.com ), which has sold more than 35,000 subscriptions. Leading with integrity, honesty, and a commitment to ethics, never has Peter or any of his staff taken any compensation of any kind from the companies they analyze and profile.

Peter is the author of Invest in Penny Stocks, also published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. His comments are often published through various sources, such as Forbes, Business Excellence Magazine, Yahoo! News, and numerous others.

Peter speaks publicly on various investing topics and has led panels at various stock market seminars, including the prestigious Arch Investment Conferences in Manhattan.

Peter attributes his success and love of penny stock investing to his foolish start. Losing all his money in one trade at the age of 14, Leeds was able to develop the Leeds Analysis method to make back those funds hundreds of times over. He is now focused on helping people sidestep the easily avoidable pitfalls while identifying in the highest quality companies with growing revenues, expanding market share, and massive upside potential.

Dedication

One constant leading every success. One light guiding every path. My wife.

Authors Acknowledgments

A project of this size is not the achievement of an individual. Of those who enabled Penny Stocks For Dummies, none was tested more than DRC, and I thank you.

To my parents, your support has been wonderful and appreciated.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been an excellent organization to work with. They are professional and motivated, and their unmatched reach is certainly well-deserved. The opportunity to be supported by the Wiley team can not be replicated.

Among the many individuals at Wiley, I would point out a few. Stacy Kennedy, thank you for believing in the project. Jennifer Moore, it has been a pleasure working with you. Debra Englander, who represented my first book, deserves my gratitude for introducing me to the Dummies team.

Lisa, good call. Thank you for lending me your brain power. I hope to repay the favor one day.

A most special thank you to each member of the Peter Leeds team. Tammy, Jeremy, Roman, Lisa, Matt: You have each taken turns making me sound good, look sharp, be smart, and generally stay on track. Thank you for a job well done.

Al Ries and Jack Trout developed many of the concepts related to the marketing strategies of businesses, and I draw on their work for my discussion of them in .

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