The stock has tumbled 44 percent since October. He's the vision and the designer for the company. And that's the problem with low-priced stocks. They can be very good and very bad. Find out why it's cheap and why it should rise.
Cheap stocks can stay cheap for a long time.
If small stocks are just too scary, try bigger stocks. Brokerages used to charge extra if you bought fewer than 100 shares at a clip. Now, most charge the same price for 10 shares as for 100, according to John Markese, president of the American Association of Individual Investors. And some Internet brokerages will help you build up small positions at low cost. There's no minimum investment.