beigledog, I'm pretty sure it's the companies that gag the transfer agents.....big red flag, IMO. FASC is the only OTC stock that I know of that doesn't gag their transfer agent, not that that's a buy rec for it. I'm sure others don't, but I'm just not aware of them. ADOT and AMEP are historically big diluters that have their agents gagged, ADOT dumped nearly a billion shares after a BS PR about a "buy-back" which turned out to be a buy-back of a few management-owned shares. AMEP will probably show a big increase in OS in the next filing using the recent rig hype. BIPH's agent told me I had to get permission from the company to get the OS info....I didn't bother trying, but BIPH doesn't seem to be dumping much if you check their filings.
Cash is King until further notice!!!
My comments on companies are usually my opinion of long term success (years). The PPS may go up or down greatly in the meantime depending on the number of greedy suckers with money.