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Tuesday Nov 24, 2015
Tuesday Nov 24, 2015
For this episode of the Planet MicroCap Podcast, I spoke with Chip Maloney, frequent contributor to MicroCapClub.com, Brandon Mackie from Small Cap Discoveries and Philippe Belanger from Espacemc.com. At StockNewsNow.com, we cover the MicroCap stock market on a global scale – we’ve done interviews with MicroCap management teams from China, Israel, Canada, Spain…just to name a few, and I wanted to learn more about investing opportunities in Canada. So, after speaking with Chip, we thought it be cool to conduct our first roundtable conversation on the podcast to discuss the MicroCap investing opportunities in Canada. We covered a lot of information during our roundtable so I’ve decided to separate the interview into two parts. This is PART 1.
Monday Nov 09, 2015
Monday Nov 09, 2015
For this episode of the Planet MicroCap Podcast, I spoke with Mike Schellinger from MicroCapClub.com. I was very excited to interview Mike because, like his partner, Ian Cassel, who I interviewed in the first episode of the podcast, Mr. Schellinger is also a full-time MicroCap investor, and has a wealth of experience that prospective MicroCap investors can learn from. In this interview, we discuss how he started investing in MicroCaps, his experiences with failures and success, how he finds new investment ideas, as well as discuss some of his articles he’s written for the MicroCapClub.com.
Wednesday Oct 28, 2015
Wednesday Oct 28, 2015
For this episode of the Planet MicroCap Podcast, I spoke with Scott Felsenthal from UnusualStocks.net. The reason I started this podcast was that I wanted to have the opportunity to learn from other MicroCap investors’ experiences investing in MicroCaps. When talking to Scott, we learn how he developed his MicroCap investing strategy, while also working full-time in his family business. His interest in MicroCap investing led him to starting his own newsletter, called UnusualStocks.net, which he launched with fellow MicroCap Investor, Matthew D’Addario.
The Planet MicroCap Podcast is brought to you by SNN Incorporated, publishers of StockNewsNow.com, The Official MicroCap News Source, and the MicroCap Review Magazine, the leading magazine in the MicroCap market - check out the latest issue here: MicroCap Review Summer/Fall 2015
In this episode, Scott and I discuss the following topics:
- His background and how he got introduced to investing in MicroCap stocks
- Describes UnusualStocks.net
- Experience in MicroCap investing
- Due diligence process
- Importance of talking with management
- Learning from your success and failures
- Finding new sectors and/or investment ideas
- What does "undiscovered" or "unusual" stocks mean?
You can follow Scott Felsenthal and Unusual Stocks @UnusualStocks
You can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com
Tuesday Oct 13, 2015
Tuesday Oct 13, 2015
For this episode of the Planet MicroCap Podcast, I wanted to learn more about the importance of different communications tools that MicroCap companies use on a regular basis. There's many communications tools that MicroCap companies use to communicate their stories. Some are required, some are not. But, If you’ve ever done research on a public company and looked at the company’s news feed on Yahoo Finance or StockNewsNow.com, you’ve probably read one of the following: a press release, an SEC Filing, XBRL filing, or an Edgar or SEDAR Filing. These are tools that public companies use to communicate their corporate messages. I want to understand these tools a little better because, besides when management talks to media like, StockNewsNow.com, its these documents that will help you and I know what a public company is currently up to. And when it comes to MicroCap stocks – transparency and information is incredibly valuable.
To help me with this task, I spoke with Bradley Smith, Director of Marketing, Investor Relations and Regulatory Compliance Services for PR Newswire and Vintage Group, a global provider of corporate communications tools and services, enabling marketers to distribute: press releases, SEC Filings, Edgar Filings, XBRL, and more.
The Planet MicroCap Podcast is brought to you by SNN Incorporated, publishers of StockNewsNow.com, The Official MicroCap News Source, and the MicroCap Review Magazine, the leading magazine in the MicroCap market - check out the latest issue here: MicroCap Review Summer/Fall 2015
In this episode, Mr. Smith and I discuss the following topics:
- Who is PR Newswire/Vintage Group? What does the company do?
- Companies are required by regulatory authorities to provide the public with specific current events, material changes, and compliance oriented information, explain the business relationship public companies should have with their information service providers.
- What constitutes when information is public? When the company sends it to PR Newswire or when say Yahoo finance publishes it?
- What are Press Releases, XBRL tagging and filing, SEC Filings, Edgar Filings, and SEDAR Filings
- What’s the difference between Press Releases and SEC Filings?
- Why do all public companies, including MicroCaps, have to disseminate, report and distribute their information and press releases?
- As a MicroCap investor, why should we pay attention to all of these various documents?
- Before the Internet, how did investors, or anyone for that matter, access this information?
- Where can we find this information?
- You can follow Bradley Smith @BHSMITH
For more information about PR Newswire and The Vintage Group, go to: www.PRNewswire.com and www.TheVintageGroup.com
You can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com
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.
The Planet MicroCap Podcast is brought to you by SNN Incorporated, publishers of StockNewsNow.com, The Official MicroCap News Source, and the MicroCap Review Magazine, the leading magazine in the MicroCap market - check out the latest issue here: MicroCap Review Summer/Fall 2015
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
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
Tuesday Aug 25, 2015
Tuesday Aug 25, 2015
Metrics, or quantitative metrics, as defined on Investopedia, are parameters or measures of quantitative assessment used for measurement, comparison or to track performance or production, and analysts use metrics to compare the performance of different companies, despite the many variations between firms. In the first couple episodes, the term 'metrics', or quantitative metrics, have been referenced a few times with regard to finding new MicroCap stocks, especially when using stock screeners. So, in this episode of the Planet MicroCap Podcast, our host, Robert Kraft @BobbyKKraft, spoke with Fred Rockwell, Founder of Tarsier Capital Management and Host of the Micro Cap Investing Podcast, discuss quantitative metrics.
- FCF Yield (Free Cash Flow Yield)
- EV/EBITDA
- P/E (Price Earnings Ratio)
- P/TBV (Price to Tangible Book Value)
- Revenue and Income CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
Monday Aug 17, 2015
Monday Aug 17, 2015
A 'Stock Screener', as defined on Investopedia, is a tool that investors and traders can use to filter stocks based on user-defined metrics. When it comes to discovering new MicroCap stocks, one suggestion is to use a stock screener to narrow down your search. In this episode of the Planet MicroCap Podcast, our host, Robert Kraft @BobbyKKraft spoke with Tom Shaughnessy, Founder of SecretCaps.com (www.SecretCaps.com).
- What is a 'Stock Screener'?
- Why are Stock Screeners important?
- How and why Tom uses Stock Screeners
- Why Stock Screeners are important when researching MicroCap stocks
- What kind of data you can screen for when using a Stock Screener
- The differences between Stock Screeners: Paid for- vs. Free
- Conflicts of information between Stock Screeners
- How someone who has been investing for 30 years or just getting started can take advantage of the availability and using Stock Screeners
- You can follow Tom Shaughnessy @Toms_119
Monday Aug 10, 2015
Monday Aug 10, 2015
The Marijuana Industry is the topic for this week's episode of the Planet MicroCap Podcast. In recent years, medical marijuana and marijuana for recreational use has been getting a lot press with many startup and MicroCap companies looking to profit from this burgeoning industry - across all sectors: service providers, technology, consumer goods, and healthcare. In Episode 3, our host spoke with Trent Woloveck, Chief Operating Officer of American Cannabis Company, Inc. (www.AmericanCannabisConsulting.com).
- Overview of American Cannabis Company and how they help Canna-entrepreneurs
- Current federal regulations on Marijuana and Medical Marijuana programs
- CARERS Act of 2015
- Investing in Cannabis
- First thoughts on 2016 Presidential Election and how that may affect Marijuana legislation
- Discuss different businesses within the Marijuana Industry: technology, services, etc...
- History of American Cannabis Company
- Advancements in Medical Marijuana - focus on Cannabinoids and Oil-based Extracts
- Catalysts for Growth in Marijuana Industry
- You can follow American Cannabis Company @CannabizConsult