Posted on: 02 July, 2004
Author: William Cate
Specialists for OTCBB and Nasdaq CompaniesBy William CatePublished June 2000[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubw... Specialists for OTCBB and Nasdaq CompaniesBy William CatePublished June 2000[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]An orderly market should be the goal of every public company. Sharprises or falls in share price attract regulators. A rapidly rising shareprice feeds upon itself and guarantees a share price collapse. A sharp dropin your share price creates selling barriers. When you attempt to reviveyour strong share price, your shareholders dump their stock. A steadyupward climb, with minor downward adjustments, keeps shareholders loyal.The question isn't how high can you drive your share price? It's how longcan you sustain...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 02 July, 2004
Author: William Cate
Professional Help Funding Your CompanyBy William CatePublished April 2001[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelc... Professional Help Funding Your CompanyBy William CatePublished April 2001[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/] It costs money to raise money. Here are the primary costs in doing anInitial Public Offering (IPO). Your securities attorney will charge you anywhere from $75,000 to over onemillion dollars. Quotations for legal services below $75,000 are usuallyoffers to review and edit your filing. Costs rise when your attorney mustsign your SEC filing. The usual attorney retainer is $25,000. Your Certified Public Accountant will charge anywhere from $15,000 to over$250,000 for their audit. They will want at least a $5,000...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 02 July, 2004
Author: William Cate
It costs money. It takes time. If you try to do an IPO, your odds ofcompleting it are about even. If you do the average IPO on the OTCBB, yourmillion dollar costs will exceed the money you can raise. If you go publicyou have to battle market manipulations. You must avoid the VultureCapitalists that will destroy you. Public company survival risks can begreater than for a private company. If your company is a stock scam, yourun the risk of facing criminal charges. The downside to being a publiccompany appears to argue against taking the public path. There are three primary...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 02 July, 2004
Author: William Cate
Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) Shell PricesBy William CatePublished July 1999[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinves... Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) Shell PricesBy William CatePublished July 1999[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]You can't buy a clean public shell in North America. I doubt youcan buy a clean shell anywhere in the World. I offer a startup spinoffservice because your spunoff public company is clean. Also, the spinoffformat allows me to arrange a European Million-Dollar Private Placement foryour newly spunoff public company. My startup spinoff fee is equal to theretail price for an OTCBB shell. I offer a better deal. However, since mostentrepreneurs think OTCBB shell and not spinoff, I'm not...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 02 July, 2004
Author: William Cate
The Global Village Investment ClubBy William CatePublished November 2003[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelco... The Global Village Investment ClubBy William CatePublished November 2003[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]Angels like to "kick the tires." Angel investors are usually living within fifty miles of your office. Because of this policy. Angel investors want to reach out and touch their risk capital investments. They'll want fiftypercent equity in your business for their money. It's a losing formula forthe angels because more than half of their investments fail. However,touching someone doesn't protect the investor from loss. Assuming an honest entrepreneur, a simple program to limit investment risk works better.Sophisticated Investors want to...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 02 July, 2004
Author: William Cate
If investors won't buy your stock, you'll never find an IPOunderwriter. Without an underwriter, your Public Company can't raisemoney. The underwriter's clients buy your stock with the expectation thatit will appreciate. If investors don't buy your stock, the underwriter'sclients will lose their money. The underwriter will lose their clients.Underwriters refer to losing their clients as "Turning their Book." If theycan't replace their lost clients, the underwriters are out of the brokeragebusiness. It's for this reason that underwriters expect you to support theshare price of your public company. When buying exceeds selling, your share price goes up. When sellingexceeds buying, your...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 01 July, 2004
Author: John Tyler
You can access all of John's articles at:http://www.trader007.com/Infognome/articles.htmThe site also has free ebooks,trading lessons and email course.... You can access all of John's articles at:http://www.trader007.com/Infognome/articles.htmThe site also has free ebooks,trading lessons and email course. Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com
Continue ReadingPosted on: 28 June, 2004
Author: Skye Thomas
You've been studying ... and ... and you ... that there is an endless flow of wealth moving about, money is passing hand to hand, as are goods and ... You've decided that you You've been studying prosperity and abundance and you understand that there is an endless flow of wealth moving about, money is passing hand to hand, as are goods and services. You've decided that you want to jump in and participate in the game. You want your fair share of the abundant flow. You have found in your studies that your attitudes around earning money stink and...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 28 June, 2004
Author: Dale Baker
BEHIND THE ... index funds like ... famous S&P500 fund and the SPY Spyder on the AMEX caught on in the late 90s, right when the long bull market turned into a crazy bubble with a blo BEHIND THE CURVEMarket index funds like Vanguards famous S&P500 fund and the SPY Spyder on the AMEX caught on in the late 90s, right when the long bull market turned into a crazy bubble with a blowoff top in 2000.There are very good reasons to use index funds low expenses, the failure of most active managers to beat the indexes consistently and...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 21 June, 2004
Author: Andy George
... ... This article may be freely ... so long as the author's resource box, by lines, and ... are ... Beta Factors: How they can be used in the current situati Publishing Guidelines: This article may be freely published so long as the author's resource box, by lines, and copyright are included.TITLE: Beta Factors: How they can be used in the current situationAUTHOR: Andy GeorgeCONTACT: [email protected]: ©2004 by Andy George. All rights reserved***** Beginning of article *****BETA FACTORS: HOW THEY CAN BE USED IN THE CURRENT SITUATION?Comment by: Andy K George F.C.A.Ever since the turn of the century, world...
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