Lithium Technology Corporation (LTHUQ)

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If a company files for Chapter 7, this means the company stops operations and a trustee is tasked with selling any assets the company owns in order to repay what it can to creditors and investors. In the event you own stock of a company that files Chapter 7 bankruptcy, it will likely become worthless and it is unlikely you will recover any of your investment (see sidebar).


More importantly, it can be hard to get research and information on the prospects for companies that enter bankruptcy. Recall that stocks listed on OTCBB/Pink Sheets have no public financial reporting requirements. Consequently, investors who choose to own bankrupt companies are essentially on their own. Investing in bankrupt companies is truly speculative and should only be done rarely (if ever), unless the investor is a specialist in researching and investing in financially distressed companies. And even for those who do venture down this path, it should be done with a small portion of the total portfolio, with an acknowledgement of the possibility for a total loss.