Pc Cheats Hints Tips

1. Be at the front end of a massive trend
Many of the best performing stocks of any time period are part of some massive trend that carries an entire industry or multiple industries. The bubble notwithstanding, investors that have been in on the best of the computer- and Internet-related businesses over the past couple of decades have done quite well.

More recently, we've seen a major boom in commodities. One particularly notable area has been in crop nutrients. This helped Sociedad Quimica y Minera (     ) would be from that point forward. In the middle of 2001, the company hadn't even announced the iPod, which was the jumping-off point for today's iEmpire.

However, by the end of 2001, it had launched the iPod and was talking about its "digital hub" strategy that would seamlessly tie digital music and other peripheral devices to the PC. While big ideas like that may often be of limited value on their own, Apple was captained by Steve Jobs who had the vision, creativity, and leadership to actually make it happen.

To be sure, great management or not, companies with grand visions don't always deliver. But if you find a company with both -- vision and leadership -- then there's a much better chance for a big homerun.

4. Look small
If you want really massive returns, it's unlikely that you're going to find them among mega-cap or even large-cap companies. Among the top 10 performers of the past decade, Apple was the largest with a market cap of $8.1 billion in July 2001. Seven of the top 10 performers had market caps below $1 billion.