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Re: User-65225 post# 72090

Thursday, 04/02/2009 7:05:56 PM

Thursday, April 02, 2009 7:05:56 PM

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"There are about 8,000 stocks trading on Wall Street. Two-thirds are small, undiscovered companies with a market capitalization of $5 million or less. Many have no analysts whatsoever covering them. They aren't featured in Barron's, The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. And you never hear about them in the nightly news. Yet over the past 100 years, small-cap stocks have outpaced the "popular" blue chip stocks by a considerable amount.A watershed study published by Ibbotson Associates in 1996 showed that over time, small-cap stocks turned a mere $1,000 investment into $3.96 million. In that same time, large-cap stocks turned that same $1,000 into $1.76 -- 66% less than their small-cap counterparts."


“Without broad awareness for a stock, even the best performing companies can be undervalued. said Paul Marino, President, Investor Awareness Index, Inc. The highest scoring companies in the Index have clearly demonstrated a commitment to ensuring that the investment community is well aware of their financial performance and opportunities for future growth.” and generally bodes well for stock performance."