Replies to post #3306 on Empire Energy Corporation Intl. (fka EEGC)

[Howardhaftel]

MM are Market Makers. They are the ones that trade the stock for the accounts

[Ogmios]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_maker

In short: the firms that buy and sell stocks to and from us in order to make the OTC and Pinks more liquid. If there isn't much volume (buys or sells) on a stock, they can easily manipulate the price through low volume sells at the bid and ask. Also, they are pretty much universally hated.