Episodes
Monday Sep 28, 2015
Monday Sep 28, 2015
For this episode of the Planet MicroCap Podcast, I wanted to learn more about the relationship and long history between MicroCap stocks and OTC Markets. For clarification, “OTC”, stands for “Over-the-Counter”, which means, as Investopedia defines it as, “a security traded in some context other than on a formal exchange such as the NYSE, TSX, AMEX, etc…” Investopedia breaks it down even further, when it states, “the reason for which a stock is traded over-the-counter is usually because a company is small, making it unable to meet exchange listing requirements.” That sounds a lot like, MicroCap Stocks, right?
However, because of advances in new technology and growing interest in MicroCap stocks, I wanted to find out if the relationship has gotten more complex over the years. To help me with this task, I spoke with Jason Paltrowitz, Executive Vice President of Corporate Services at OTC Markets Group, Inc., who own and operate the Over-the-counter financial marketplaces, OTCQX, OTCQB, and OTC Pink. He is responsible for all international and domestic corporate services.
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In this episode, Mr. Paltrowitz discuss the following topics:
- History of the Over-the-Counter stock markets
- How the OTC Markets came to be
- Description of the OTCQX, OTCQB and OTC Pink markets: what are the differences, qualifications for trading on each, etc...
- How has the OTC Markets globalized the stock market?
- Discusses ADR's, "American Depository Receipt"'s
- How difficult is it for companies to list on multiple exchanges including OTC Markets in the US
- How does market making work together with OTC Markets?
- Why are a big percentage of MicroCap stocks listed on one of the OTC Markets' exchanges?
- Comments on Liquidity
- How does OTC Markets attract new listing companies? And, his view on "Uplisting"
- Mr. Paltrowitz' background
- You can follow the OTC Markets Group on Twitter @OTCMarkets
You can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com
Wednesday Sep 16, 2015
Wednesday Sep 16, 2015
Hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend! We're back with Episode 7 of the Planet MicroCap Podcast. For this episode, we're talking about the Commodity Futures Market - what this means and how it correlates to MicroCap-related businesses. To help me out, I enlisted the help of, not one, but two guests: Mark Shore, Founder of Shore Capital Research, and Shelly Kraft, Founder/CEO of StockNewsNow.com.
- What is the Commodity Futures Market?
- How do you buy and sell futures?
- Is there a correlation between the Commodity Futures Market and MicroCaps?
- What is the intrinsic relationship between the Commodity Futures Market and MicroCaps?
- How can understand the Commodity Futures Market help you when analyzing MicroCap stocks?
- How the Commodity Futures Market works
- Examples, experiences trading on the Commodity Futures Market
- History of the Chicago Board of Trade
- Where to find more information about the Commodity Futures Market
- For more information about Mark Shore and Shore Capital Research, go to: www.ShoreCapMgmt.com
- Follow Mark on Twitter @Shorecap
Tuesday Sep 01, 2015
Episode 6 - Chris Lahiji, LD Micro: How to Interview MicroCap Management
Tuesday Sep 01, 2015
Tuesday Sep 01, 2015
- Chris' background in MicroCap
- Why is it important to speak with management when investing in MicroCap Stocks
- Why talking with management is a key part of qualitative due diligence
- His approach to meeting with management
- Do's and Don'ts when interviewing management
- Talking on the phone vs. in-person at a conference: Advantages and Disadvantages
- What types of questions should we be asking; are they sector dependent?
- Are there any questions you shouldn't ask?
- His experiences meeting with management
- For more information, go to: www.LDMicro.com