Why penny shares need to get their story out there

Small companies – even successful ones – can often find themselves being ignored by investors who simply don't realise they have a good story to tell, says Tom Bulford. Here's one innovative Chinese advertising and media operator suffering from precisely that problem.

The world of penny shares is full of strange anomalies. That's why we love it! We've just got to find the gems in the rough and that's what I spend most of my waking hours looking for.

Problem is, there are flaky outfits with nothing more than a business plan and a persuasive team of directors that see their shares soaring. And then you've got worthy companies which slog away to produce rising profits, only to find themselves ignored.

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Tom worked as a fund manager in the City of London and in Hong Kong for over 20 years. As a director with Schroder Investment Management International he was responsible for £2 billion of foreign clients' money, and launched what became Argentina's largest mutual fund. Now working from his home in Oxfordshire, Tom Bulford helps private investors with his premium tipping newsletter, Red Hot Biotech Alert.