Wave to present next month....
Maybe we'll get another "Needham Effect".....
ROTH Capital Partners to Hold 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference March 15-17, 2010
Over 350 Companies Scheduled To Present in Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, Media & Internet, Enterprise Software, Gaming, Semiconductors, Global Energy and Industrials, Industrials and Retail & Consumer
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ROTH Capital Partners (ROTH), www.roth.com, a full service investment bank recognized for providing financing and advisory services to emerging growth companies worldwide, today announced that their 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference will be held March 15-17, 2010 at The Ritz Carlton, located at 1 Ritz Carlton Drive, Dana Point, California.
“This is a conference that our clients look forward to each year”
The three-day, institutional investor conference will be the largest ROTH conference ever and will feature management presentations from over 350 small cap public companies--100 of those companies are based in China. The broad spectrum of presenting companies will represent the following sectors: Healthcare (Biotech, Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals), Media & Internet, Enterprise Software, Gaming, Semiconductors, Global Energy and Industrials and Retail & Consumer.
This event is designed to provide investors with a unique chance to gain insight into small- and mid-cap growth companies and is expected to attract 2,500 attendees, including over 1,500 institutional investors. The conference is formatted to maximize investor/company interaction through a combination of company presentations, Q&A sessions, expert panels and management one-on-one meetings.
"This is a conference that our clients look forward to each year," commented Byron Roth, CEO of ROTH. "We believe that destination conferences are much more effective in getting the institutional investors to focus on our presenting companies without distractions. It also provides investors with an opportunity to discover new ideas and share ideas with each other versus just doing maintenance work on names they already know."
Small-cap equities posted strong gains during 2009, and investor interest in emerging growth companies remains high, according to Mark Tobin, ROTH Director of Research.
"As 2009 progressed, investors demonstrated a renewed interest in investment opportunities with emerging growth stocks," said Tobin. "The performance of our research coverage universe highlights this, with our BUY-rated stocks returning 66% during 2009, compared to 25% for the Russell 2000, 44% for the Nasdaq, 23% for the S&P500, and 19% for the Dow.* We are optimistic that this momentum will continue into 2010 and strong early interest in this year's conference supports this view."
The presenting companies were carefully selected by ROTH's research team and represent a median market cap of approximately $300 million. More than 185 of the presenting companies are covered by ROTH's team of 21 publishing analysts.
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