There are research tools that one can use via OTC which CAN speed up the stock symbol/company research process. They help one decide if they should buy a particular stock or pass on it.
They use traffic signs and other tools to let the potential buyer know just how much information that company has provided.
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The Pink Open Market offers trading in a wide spectrum of securities through any broker. With no minimum financial standards, this market includesforeign companies that limit their disclosure, penny stocks and shells, as well as distressed, delinquent, and dark companiesnot willing or able to provide adequate information to investors.
As Pink requires the least in terms of company disclosure, investors are strongly advised to proceed with caution and thoroughly research companies before making any investment decisions.
OTCmarkets points the researcher in the direction of locating any and ALL information publicly available AND the SEC, FINRA all provide even more.
OTCmarkets stock screener tool allows you to research in a combination of various ways to help you narrow down perspective stocks you might be interested in.
ALL COMPANIES listed on the OTCmarket website are given THE SAME FORM to fill out in order to BE listed. The MORE information provided the better the company.
When you receive information you LISTEN to what is being said to you ... THEN you to verify that information ... OTCmarkets and SEC and FINRA are THE TOP PLACES to find ... or NOT find that verification. Then you can make an intelligent investment decision.
Benjamin Graham wrote a book 'The Intelligent Investor' ... he taught Warren Buffet and many others during a time when the INTERNET was unheard of. His book is online in PDF format and readable for FREE! I'm certain Benjamin Graham would have LOVED to have had the OTCmarket on the internet to help him with his decision making.
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