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Re: Rawnoc post# 16962

Tuesday, 07/01/2008 12:57:06 PM

Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:57:06 PM

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I believe the definition of "penny stock" is anything less than $5.00.That definition is way too broad. Price does not really have that much to do with anything anyway.

Personally, I have observed that stocks that trade on the OTC to be alot less stable (and more downward-trending) than stocks on the NASDAQ or the TSX Venture exchange in Canada. The quality of the market goes hand-in-hand with the quality of the stocks that trade on them.

Basically, if I were to search for stocks using a stock screening tool, I would:
- rank them by revenue growth
- inspect the chart
- look further at the company's business model to see if it has a winning idea or technology.
- check out financials further..

Anyway, I used to do this by selecting a market and sector first. The search tool I used has changed, so I have to find a new one... but in doing that I observed that the OTC had really poor results compared to the NASDAQ and Venture exchanges. That is more important than dollar value.

Now, to put things in perspective, most of the stocks I found in 2006-2007 have since crashed, starting last summer. Most have lost half their value since Xmas of this year. So, the above does not mean that much right now.

uWink has never fit into the above methodology really well. IT is just that the man is doing something at the present time. We will wait and see..