Small Cap News — Friday, April 8, 2011
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XenoPort: Waiting for the Post-Approval Dust to Settle
Friday, April 8, 2011
Bert Wilkison submits: It was announced during the after hours trading session on 04/06/11 that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and XenoPort, Inc. (XNPT) received FDA approval for their restless legs syndrome [RLS] product, Horizant (.pdf), after having initially been issued a complete response letter [CRL] for the compound in February of last year. The company’s stock opened [...]
Robert Winslow: Potash Stocks Grow With Agriculture Boom
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The Energy Report submits: Planet Earth is in the midst of a food bull market. Wellington West Capital Markets Managing Director Robert Winslow follows small-cap agricultural stocks that can give investors both diversification and leverage to achieve double-digit percentage growth. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Robert shares some small-cap names where investors [...]
Variant View Research Responds to Advanced Battery Technologies
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Variant View Research submits: On 4/6/2011, Advanced Battery Technologies (ABAT) issued a press release responding to our research report titled “Advanced Battery Technologies (ABAT): The Most Egregious Chinese RTO.” We present, side-by-side, excerpts from ABAT’s response and statements from their official filings. ABAT’s response contains numerous false and misleading statements which directly contradict its filings. [...]
Acme Packet: The Ghost in the Machine
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Ted Stamas submits: To call Acme Packet’s (APKT) 25 fold rise the last two years parabolic would be an understatement. It’s been more like a vertical lift-off starting at $3/share in early 2009 and hitting $77 on 3/4/11. The stock ricocheted off the top of its all time high last month, and you could have [...]
Acme Packet: The Ghost in the Machine
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Ted Stamas submits: To call Acme Packet’s (APKT) 25 fold rise the last two years parabolic would be an understatement. It’s been more like a vertical lift-off starting at $3/share in early 2009 and hitting $77 on 3/4/11. The stock ricocheted off the top of its all time high last month, and you could have [...]
10 Micro Cap Bargains for Further Research
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Nicholas Southwick Levis submits: Microcap Value investing is not getting very much attention these days. Most investors are choosing large cap managers, large cap stocks, or ETF’s that track small and mid cap companies rather than uncovering value in the middle markets. The general avoidance of small cap value stocks has created an environment that [...]
10 Microcap Bargains for Further Research
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Nicholas Southwick Levis submits: Microcap Value investing is not getting very much attention these days. Most investors are choosing large cap managers, large cap stocks, or ETF’s that track small and mid cap companies rather than uncovering value in the middle markets. The general avoidance of small cap value stocks has created an environment that [...]
A Diversified Power Company Paying a 4.4% Dividend
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Ian Wyatt submits: Most publicly traded utilities have the distinct advantage of paying investors a dividend. This dividend significantly enhances the equities’ total return over time. As I’ve stressed before, every portfolio should include dividend-paying stocks as part of a diversification strategy. So when I came across a diversified energy company that was paying a [...]
A Diversified Power Company Paying a 4.4% Dividend
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Ian Wyatt submits: Most publicly traded utilities have the distinct advantage of paying investors a dividend. This dividend significantly enhances the equities’ total return over time. As I’ve stressed before, every portfolio should include dividend-paying stocks as part of a diversification strategy. So when I came across a diversified energy company that was paying a [...]