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Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the great small-cap and micro-cap press releases we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s May 12th and we’ve found 8 great press release from both sides of the border to report on at the open. Another great day for the small-cap and micro-cap world.

You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page , or our archive where you can see or search all of our previous shows.

If you are new to the show, it is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we put out at or before the open everyday that strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap press releases of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch the show by going to AGORACOM every morning.

Our daily show focuses on content over form so that you can get profitable information into your hands as fast as possible. The same holds true for these blog entries where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing.

If you have any material information pertaining to any of today’s companies, be sure to share your knowledge by posting your comments for everyone to see.

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list compelling summaries for over 85 great small-cap companies that you can sort by exchange and industry to suit your personal investing tastes.

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

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Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the great small-cap and micro-cap press releases we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s May 9th and we’ve found 4 great press release from both sides of the border to report on at the open. Another great day for the small-cap and micro-cap world.

You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page , or our archive where you can see or search all of our previous shows.

If you are new to the show, it is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we put out at or before the open everyday that strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap press releases of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch the show by going to AGORACOM every morning.

Our daily show focuses on content over form so that you can get profitable information into your hands as fast as possible. The same holds true for these blog entries where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing.

If you have any material information pertaining to any of today’s companies, be sure to share your knowledge by posting your comments for everyone to see.

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list compelling summaries for over 85 great small-cap companies that you can sort by exchange and industry to suit your personal investing tastes.

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

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When are they going to learn? The SEC issued the following press release, which is summarized as follows:

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged 11 individuals and three companies, alleging they conspired to illegally issue and sell unregistered stock in a purported diamond and gold mining company and lined their pockets with more than $64 million from 40,000 investors nationwide.

Also of note was the following quote:

Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, said, “The perpetrators of this massive scheme include several securities professionals and an attorney. Today’s action demonstrates that we will aggressively pursue individuals who ignore their obligations as gatekeepers to our markets and instead collude with their clients to violate the federal securities laws.”

Final point of interest:

The Commission acknowledges the assistance of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission in this matter.

Saskatchewan? Way to go rough riders in helping bring these scammers to justice!

If you want to read about other scams we’ve been tracking, have a look at our stock scams section of the blog.

Regards,
George

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the great small-cap and micro-cap press releases we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s May 5th and we’ve found 4 great press release from both sides of the border to report on at the open. Another great day for the small-cap and micro-cap world.

You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page , or our archive where you can see or search all of our previous shows.

If you are new to the show, it is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we put out at or before the open everyday that strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap press releases of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch the show by going to AGORACOM every morning.

Our daily show focuses on content over form so that you can get profitable information into your hands as fast as possible. The same holds true for these blog entries where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing.

If you have any material information pertaining to any of today’s companies, be sure to share your knowledge by posting your comments for everyone to see.

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list compelling summaries for over 85 great small-cap companies that you can sort by exchange and industry to suit your personal investing tastes.

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

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Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the great small-cap and micro-cap press releases we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s May 1st and we’ve found 5 great press release from both sides of the border to report on at the open. Another great day for the small-cap and micro-cap world.

You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page , or our archive where you can see or search all of our previous shows.

If you are new to the show, it is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we put out at or before the open everyday that strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap press releases of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch the show by going to AGORACOM every morning.

Our daily show focuses on content over form so that you can get profitable information into your hands as fast as possible. The same holds true for these blog entries where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing.

If you have any material information pertaining to any of today’s companies, be sure to share your knowledge by posting your comments for everyone to see.

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list compelling summaries for over 85 great small-cap companies that you can sort by exchange and industry to suit your personal investing tastes.

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

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Good afternoon, folks. The US Fed announced their decision on interest rates, as well as (more importantly), its statement about the state of affairs. I’ve provided highlights below via bullet points. Don’t mind the lack of form, the meat is what counts.

• Fed Funds Rate decreased by 25 basis points (.25) to 2.0%.  Was at 4.25% on Jan 1.

• Little to no reaction to Fed statement. There was no real movement in the US Dollar, Gold, Oil or Equities Markets following the news at 2:15.

• The statement was not as strong as the markets were looking for.

• “Uncertainty about inflation outlook remains high. Seen as moderating but will be monitored carefully.”

• “Fed is still ready to act to provide stability.”

• “Financial Markets are under stress.”

• “Economic activity currently remains weak.”

• “Easing to date should provide growth”

• “Labor markets have suffered”

Regards,
George

After a pretty harrowing ride courtesy of sub-prime and Bear Stearns, it seems like all is quiet on the Western Front. Make no mistake about it, the fundamental problems have not gone away - but the market clearly believes the Fed can keep them “contained” (where have we heard that before). I still 100% contend the market was headed for a complete disaster had it not been for the Fed stepping in to save the day - and still remain weary - but we can all breathe a sigh for now.

According to this Marketwatch article, that sigh of relief is also supported by technical analysis that includes the following charts:

CONCLUSION

According to the article, “the S&P’s chances of clearing the 1,400-to-1,406 area look relatively good. If it happens, a decisive breakout would likely induce serious short covering — as well as natural buying — sending the U.S. markets on their next leg higher. Even more importantly, a breakout would confirm the March-through-April bottoming process, likely signaling a primary trendshift.”

For the many of you that are not well versed in TA (tech analysis) the article is a great read and helps explain the chart action.

For the gold bugs out there that think the gold ride may be over, I say quite the contrary. Why? Though a destructive US economy is bullish for actual gold prices, it most likely scared the hell out of investors that did not want to be invested in any individual stocks. If the pattern above actually plays out, gold itself may get weaker but gold stocks should actually get stronger with the reduced threat of a market meltdown.

At the end of the day, we may get a happy medium where gold is trading at a very healthy $800 - $900 range, which is more than economical for most exploration companies or small mining companies with quality projects.

Regards,
George

Good afternoon to you all. The following has nothing to do with investor relations, the small-cap world or Web 2.0. It has everything to do with the gift of life and how some people are able to live it to the fullest despite having the odds stacked against them.

Until 20 minutes ago, I didn’t know the story of Glenn Cunningham (Wikipedia Profile). Cunningham set a world record for the mile and indoor world records for the 1.500 meters and the mile. What is miraculous is the following (courtesy of The Adam Ad Group):

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As a little six year old boy, he had the job of heating his tiny country schoolhouse with his older brother. They came in early so the building was warm when everyone arrived. One February morning in 1916, the stove exploded, killing the older brother and leaving the little boy with incredible burns brutalizing the lower half of his body.

From his hospital bed the painfully burned, semi-conscious little boy faintly heard the doctor telling his mother that her son would surely die - which was for the best because the poor little boy would surely be a cripple. But this boy wasn’t quitting! He made up his mind then and there that he would survive.

Every day his mother would massage his little lifeless legs, but there was no feeling, no control, nothing. Yet the determination that he would walk was as strong as ever. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air. Instead of sitting there, he threw himself from the chair, pulled himself across the grass and raised himself up on the picket fence. He then proceeded to drag himself along the fence, determined that he would walk again. He did this every day until he wore a path along the fence.

Through his daily massages, his iron persistence and his resolute determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk with assistance, then to walk by himself - and then - to run. He began to walk to school and then to run to school.

And run he did. This little boy that was told he would never walk again, made the track team in college and then one day in Madison Square Garden, this young man who was not expected to survive, who would absolutely never walk, who could never ever dream of running - this determined young man, Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile!

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Great story. I’m glad I came across it. Had to share it. Hope you feel the same.

Regards,
George

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the great small-cap and micro-cap press releases we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s April 28th and we’ve found 5 great press release from both sides of the border to report on at the open. Another great day for the small-cap and micro-cap world.

You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page , or our archive where you can see or search all of our previous shows.

If you are new to the show, it is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we put out at or before the open everyday that strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap press releases of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch the show by going to AGORACOM every morning.

Our daily show focuses on content over form so that you can get profitable information into your hands as fast as possible. The same holds true for these blog entries where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing.

If you have any material information pertaining to any of today’s companies, be sure to share your knowledge by posting your comments for everyone to see.

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list compelling summaries for over 85 great small-cap companies that you can sort by exchange and industry to suit your personal investing tastes.

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

Read the rest of this entry »

Hey, gang. Sorry I’ve been “off-blog” for a few days but I was under self-exile as we planned the next 6 months of AGORACOM. I’m back and you can expect to see a flurry of great stuff here on the AGORACOM Blog.

To this end, I’m really proud to announce that Yahoo has released a case study on AGORACOM that is being used in several of their collateral materials. If you want some great insight into how we use search engine marketing to drive new investors to both our clients and our website, have a read.

This is especially true of those of you that discovered AGORACOM via search engines.

The best part is that search engine marketing really works. AGORACOM clients using search engines are literally driving hundreds of new investors to their HUBS every month. From our own point of view, our traffic numbers just continue to grow and grow and grow.

If you are not using search engine marketing for your business, you are missing out on a world of opportunity.

Regards,
George