Small Stocks for Big Profits is a practical guide to identifying, evaluating, and investing in emerging companies with the potential for outsized long-term returns. George Angell approaches small-cap investing with a disciplined, analytical mindset, emphasizing research, patience, and risk awareness over speculation or hype. The book is built on the idea that the greatest growth opportunities often exist outside the spotlight—before institutions and the broader market fully recognize them.
Angell explains why small and lesser-known companies behave differently from large-cap stocks, both in terms of volatility and opportunity. He walks the reader through the structural advantages of early-stage investing, while also addressing the unique risks involved, such as liquidity constraints, information gaps, and market psychology. The focus is not on short-term trading, but on informed positioning ahead of sustained growth.
A central theme of the book is selection discipline. Angell emphasizes fundamental evaluation, market context, and timing—helping readers distinguish between genuine growth candidates and speculative noise. Rather than promoting aggressive concentration or reckless optimism, the book advocates diversification, staged entry, and realistic expectations.
Throughout, Small Stocks for Big Profits reinforces the importance of process. Successful small-cap investing is presented as a long-term endeavor that rewards preparation, emotional control, and adherence to clear criteria. This makes the book especially relevant for investors who want to expand beyond large-cap universes while maintaining a professional risk framework.
✅ What You’ll Learn:
- Why small-cap and emerging stocks can offer superior growth potential
- How to identify up-and-coming companies before broad market recognition
- Evaluating risk, liquidity, and volatility in smaller stocks
- Building a diversified portfolio of growth-oriented investments
- Avoiding common behavioral mistakes in speculative markets
💡 Key Benefits:
- Provides a structured approach to small-cap investing
- Balances growth opportunity with realistic risk management
- Encourages disciplined research over speculation
- Applicable to long-term investors seeking asymmetric returns
👤 Who This Book Is For:
- Investors interested in small-cap and emerging growth stocks
- Market participants seeking long-term investment opportunities
- Readers looking to diversify beyond large-cap equities
- Not suitable for short-term traders or momentum scalpers
📚 Table of Contents:
- Making Money in Small-Caps
- Getting Started in Technical Analysis
- Profitable Strategies
- Timing
- IPOs
- Insider Buying
- The Selection Process
- Options
- Your Roadmap for Success Tomorrow
Small Stocks for Big Profits: Generate Spectacular Returns by Investing in Up-and-Coming Companies By George Angell


Carter Garrison (verified owner) –
George has done it again with Small Stocks for Big Profits. His in-depth experience is invaluable in helping traders explore stocks that are $5 or less, without getting caught up in the fly-by-night idea companies that plague this investment level. He shows you where to look for opportunity and more importantly how to lock in profits in this little understood investment arena. Impressive!
Bentley Gibbs (verified owner) –
Another excellent book from Mr Angell. For me it could be “sniper trading….what I did next!”
The manuscript reads as completed early 2006, so no mention of the 2007/8 crisis. And that’s the beauty of Mr Angell’ s methods. Financial crisis or no….small stocks still behave with the predictability that can be identified using the ideas proposed in this book.
I recommend it, especially if like me you are looking to change your day trading techniques for a less frenetic ride!
Baylor Pena (verified owner) –
This book is great for learning about small cap stocks. Small caps can be profitable investments and for trading opportunities. You will get much development on this topic.
Rachel Fernandez (verified owner) –
There’s a good reason George has the reputation he has.
Noe Wilson (verified owner) –
Till now, my experience with trading books were such:
1) If book was written about FA (fundamental analysis), it totally ignored then anything else, what is outside this topic – no market timing, money management, risk management, seasonality and psychology topics were covered
2) If it was TA book – it were laughing on all fundamentalists waving from every page that P/E ratios are losers choice, and let’s draw the trendlines and search for the head and shoulders, and we should not care, what’s the symbol under this graph. Such book authors are able to find head and shoulders on cardiogram and say, hey, this guy is gonna die, see his pattern,
3) Those few FA & TA books i have, then or were poorly covering both, or were concentrating too much on other.
4) Now, this book covers:
– FA – as much as you really need, and do not tries make a CPA from you
– TA – in a way which does not looks like a alchemy or astrology – author does a job for us telling which patterns and things are really worth to look,
– Seasonality, and not just “sell in may and get back in october”, or revealing a “secret” about Santa rally, but seasonality in such micro level as for day of weeks – like if friday is up then monday morning is down and so on – a lot of such cyclicals to consider
– Psychology topics are covered
– MM – money management, and what is most important – not just when you need to buy, but also when you need to sell. Most FA books i have lacks this – they will tell you when to buy, but when to sell, will cite the mr. Buffet with his “my favorite time frame is “forever”.
– much other things.
What I think was not covered in the book is the position sizing – but that is a topic perfectly explained in any of Van Tharp books – like Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom
I believe combination of those 2 books is a winning combination