Comments on: Are Small-Cap Investor Conferences Becoming Less Relevant?

By: stock trading course

stock trading course — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:10:52 +0000

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By: Agoracom: Small Cap Investment

Agoracom: Small Cap Investment — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:01:18 +0000

[...] morning to you all. Last week, I posted my thoughts on the relevancy of small-cap investor conferences and asked for your thoughts on the matter via [...]

By: TDA

TDA — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:24:24 +0000

I would like to hear from PTSC directors and see what the only dividend and cash rich small-cap company has coming for investors. I would like to hear from related businesses at the same time and hear how higher gas prices and less travel will increase the use of high tech tele-commuting. Thanks, Jim

By: mergatroyd

mergatroyd — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:54:42 +0000

I prefer to visit mine sites or drilling locations where relevant activity is occurring by companies in which I am most heavily invested, but that is not always possible, so I’m one of those for whom “meeting principals in person” is the primary reason for very selectively attending conferences. However, the sad reality is that travel has become increasingly cumbersome, environmentally questionable and expensive, so webcasting and other technologies are bound to gradually replace “face to face”. A relatively senior company employee who is well informed and easily accessible by phone/fax/email can be a great asset to investors doing due diligence on a small cap.

By: pete

pete — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:01:12 +0000

Yes this site is very valuable ,especially when you get some exeprinence people who know how to dig for information and are willing to share . Some have posted things I was not awaur of ,and wish I had known earlier. Some of this includes mineing information ,i.e.terms of formations and maps pertaining to the areas of interest. also another big item some attend these conferences and come back on here to mention the details that could give us an insight as to what the discussions were about …

By: Mike Q

Mike Q — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:32:51 +0000

Investor conferences are very helpful for me personally because I work them to glean as much from them as I can in terms of prospective companies as well as finding out the skinny on existing holdings. They allow for a one on one meeting to flush through information to determine what is and isn’t really relevant. You can pick up info which will never make a news release as well as get a better sense of timing and managements expectations.

Second: Companies who exhibit provide useful info which allows for a quick determination of whether or not they are a company worth following at that particular time. It’s also a quick way to do some fast scoping on companies you have heard about and to find out quickly whether or not they meet your investing criteria and merit further follow up.

Third: Walking the floor speaking with company principles gives one a sense of who is and isn’t on the ball. I also like to chat with analysts whenever they are available for their views.

Fourth: I like to chat up the crowd to guage what the general sentiment is regarding the market, specific sectors etc and determine where their focus is at the time.

Fifth: I take notes as I go of my relevant conversations so I don’t leave confused as who and what I spoke about. There is a lot of secondary and helpful information to be attained from working these shows.

Greater portfolio performance comes with a greater depth of effort and the shows do in my opinion help towards that end.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:29:54 +0000

Conferences are relevant, but I’ve never been to on. Summaries and findings would be of interest.

By: AGORACOM

AGORACOM — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:45:26 +0000

David, thanks for taking the time to provide such a detailed response. We agree that webcasting is a great way to provide the personal touch that small-cap investors need. A look at the early results shows that, for those who do attend conferences, “meeting principals in person” is the primary reason.

If you are going to make the trip to New Orleans, Bill is a great reason to do so.

Best,
George

By: David Huffard

David Huffard — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:40:10 +0000

In response to your Small and Micro Cap Conference survey, I must note that since I currently live in Brazil, I am unable to attend most and in fact have not attended one since I began trading again in the precious metals mining sector in 1999.

However, I am very interested in attending the New Orleans Conference with Bill Murphy et al sometime in the future.

My comment would be that a conference with 400 to 500 pubco’s in attendance would indicate NO screening of the participants at all and that would turn me off from the start. In addition, I would not expect anyone of significance in the company to attend such a mass gathering, a further turn-off. This in addition to your own negatives as put forth on the survey page.

Live conference calls by individual companies, with Webcast availability would be a super way for companies to reach out to the world. One location is today too small to reach the universe of investors worldwide.

Thanks for listening.
David.