The Oracle of Omaha,
Warren Buffett, turned an initial bankrollof $10,000 into
a multibillion-dollar conglomerate. Shelby Davis
began with $50,000, and he amassed a $900 million fortune.
These inspiring stories give us all hope that we'll be able
to achieve our own financial dreams. But what if you don't
have $50,000, or $10,000, or even $5,000 to get started?
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today!
Invest regularly. Every month, put away $250, $100,
even $50.
Look to the stock market for your best hopeof realizing
your dreams.
Seek undervalued small-cap stocks for your greatest
returns.
Why small caps?
Because they offer the greatest potentialfor
market-beating returns. Institutions tend to ignore these
tiny stocks, and analysts don't cover them. By the time
anyone realizes they're there, they've already grown and
appreciated in price.
To find these future giants, we'll screen for stocks
with:
We'll filter our findings through the collective investing
wisdom of the more than 140,000 professional and novice
investors in our
Motley Fool
CAPScommunity. If the best and brightest CAPS players
think these stocks hold potential, then we ought to take
notice, too.
Here are some of the stocks this simple screen found:
Company
Market Cap
Share Price
EPS Surprise
Median Analyst 5-Year EPS Est.
CAPS Rating
American Superconductor (Nasdaq:
AMSC)
$1.4 billion
$31.76
46%
18%
**
China Information Security
Technology (Nasdaq: CPBY)
$310.8 million
$6.37
21%
23%
****
IMAX (Nasdaq: IMAX)
$583.0 million
$10.56
150%
30%
***
L-1 Identity Solutions (NYSE: ID)
$500.8 million
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