evandisher - That is a good but difficult question. I cant even guess at an answer, sorry. One of the most difficult factors in trading stock is the chaos and the unpredictability of the 'multiple' in a stock. It is nearly impossible to predict the future volume and price movements in a stock simply because no one person or group has any idea who could come all of the sudden into the stock and start purchasing shares hand over fist at any time during the day on any day while a public company trades on a public exchange.
If I had some idea of the total potential for buyers in the stock in the near term AND I knew on average how much of a psychological factor the 'STOP sign' was for these potential buyers THEN I could give you some rough idea as to how I think it could be affecting the purchasing of the stock in the near term, but unfortunately I know neither of these things, sorry; not to mention how little could be known of the long term behavior.
My personal take on the otcmarkets 'tiers' is that I take them with a grain of salt. Why? Because those who are serious about investing with penny stocks for the long term know that any company listed on the OTC exchange is HIGHLY speculative and risky, however the reward if the start up winds up making it can be HUGE; look at BIDU, there WERE indeed penny stock owners of millions of shares at under one dollar a decade ago and now the stock trades over 100 dollars. :D
My point is that for those investors who already have SFIO in their watch lists, maybe even their 'wish' list, I cannot imagine that many care about what exact tier otcmarkets places the ticker into during any given period of time. Of course, it is obvious that if the otc stock traded in a higher tier then there WOULD probably be higher liquidity, however this could just mean greater volume and maybe greater turnover daily; it would not guarantee a greater number of long term investors in the company. The long term investors are what a stock needs to build a base and so the majority set either NO ask or very high ask prices thereby forcing new comers in at higher levels yet the existing shareholder base does not sell, that is how eventually the old long term investors make their money and how a ticker moves up steadily over time. I do not think that any long term investors who care solely about the company story give any care about the 'stop sign' on the otcmarkets site; if so, then they would probably tend to be short term flippers and penny traders of whom would not make up a base for the stock anyway. Usually, penny flippers/etc would not even read financials and other official filings anyway and the stock would trade intraday based on their hocus-pocus ideas of 'technicals' (which is absolutely fine in a highly liquid stock).
I think that if and when the ACTUAL 2010 financial report (balance sheet/figures/metrics, not just share count and other basic company info) is made public THEN long term investors who have been waiting and watching for real info about the company internals WILL have the transparency and legitimacy they need to step into a position in the stock. Until that happens, I do not think we will see any new investor inflows. So, I think 'financials from 2010' WILL be 'enough'; enough to get new investors purchasing shares, however as I said, I do not think anyone can possibly know to what degree could be the buying pressure or over what time frame.
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