What size is "small"? There are many definitions. Some people define a small public company as one with a market cap under $1 billion. Others define small cap as under $2 billion. And there are yet other definitions. Over the last two decades the word "small" has come to mean larger and larger companies! To confuse matters, NASDAQ's small cap market system continues to list truly small public companies, many of which would be classified as nano-cap by the definitions, below. Here are some current definitions from Investopedia and Investor Words.

Market Cap Investopedia Investor Words
Mega-Cap over $200 billion over $250 billion
Large-Cap $10 billion - $200 billion. $5 billion - $250 billion
Mid-Cap $2 billion - $10 billion $1 billion - $5 billion
Small-Cap $300 million - $2 billion $250 million - $1 billion
Micro-Cap $50 million - $300 million under 250 million
Nano-Cap under $50 million --

Our practical definition for this page is as follows: Once a company trades for $5 per share or more and trades on NASDAQ's National Market System, AMEX or NYSE we will not call it a small company.
http://www.wall-street.com/small.html

I feel a smallcap stock (or under) should trade below $5, with a market cap under $500mil. So, by the above definition, I am more into Micro, than small, but trade both.

Feel free to post questions, recommendations and I will be glad to respond.

Hope you enjoy your stay here, and find this forum useful.

Smallcap picks for 2010-
Anyone want to list their one or two, no brainer, smallcap pick for 2010? I'll list them in the Ibox, and we can see who gets the bragging rights this time next year <bg>.

Criteria:
Market cap under $500mil
No Pinkies
PPS under $10
Outstanding share count more than 10mil, but less than 500mil.
Positive book value
Has at least $1mil revenue stream from a product.

We will use the closing pps from 31 Dec 09.
ADLR at  $1.46 by TheFast One
ASTM at $2.48 by TheFastOne (adjusted for a 1/8 r/s on 18 Feb to regain compliance)
CGLD at $3.56 by Swanlinbar ( adjusted for 1/4 r/s on 25 Jan to get on the AMEX as CGC)
ECNG at $0.07 by timhyma
MNAP at $0.55 by Swanlinbar
SNRY at $0.23 by beerthirty
TGC at $0.45 by Timhyma
TSTA at $0.86 by Swanlinbar
TSTA at $0.86 by Timhyma
USU at $3.85 by The FastOne

A few sites I use for researching:
http://clearstation.etrade.com/
http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp
http://www.superstarinvestor.com/directory.html
http://www.nasdaq.com/
http://www.askivan.com/ask_ivan/index.asp
http://www.geoinvesting.com/companies/geobargains.aspx

Educational sites:
http://www.investopedia.com/
http://www.qwoter.com/college/
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=7489

Some T/A sites:
http://www.stoxline.com/quote.php?symbol=TGA
http://www.americanbulls.com/
http://www.stockta.com/
http://www.stockconsultant.com./
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=297509
http://www.ttrader.com/dirttime.php
http://www.chartfilter.com/index.htm
http://www.quotetracker.com/

A screener that may be useful:
http://www.marketscreen.com/c/pcquote/default.asp
http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/finder/deluxestockscreen.aspx?query=Institutional+Ownership+Up+....
http://www.secform4.com/index.php

A few websites to dd a stock:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=4312192
http://www.smallcaps.us/
http://www.freewebs.com/phantom1_/index.htm
http://www.stockpickr.com/problog/2/
http://www.gurufocus.com/InsiderBuy.php
http://www.mffais.com/

Some posts are worth reading again:
ETFs- http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=9460238
value a mining company- http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=9394679
value an exploration company- http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=9394691
taking a loss- http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=276739
investing rules- http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=298614
cash flow- http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=435052
panic selling- http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=9500158
http://www.pathtoinvesting.org/index_flash.htm
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=14721034
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=15423186
Another way to invest is options:
http://www.888options.com/basics/default.jsp
possible investing strategy: http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=19293121


"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them."
- Ann Landers
 

Please- No Pink Sheet Stocks on the board. Too many quality stocks already being tracked. Also request that DD is added to any ticker symbols that you bring to the board or mention for the first time. We are going to start deleting posts that distract from the quality of the board.