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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (September 28/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Monday, September 28th, 2009

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s September 28th and we’ve found 4 great press release and stock halts to report on at the open. Another great day for mall-cap and micro-cap financial news.

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 news of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page .

If you miss an episode or want to search for your company in our archive, you can visit our industry leading Small-Cap Podcast site at any time:

If you want to subscribe to our Small-Cap RSS Feed or download our podcast everyday via iTunes, or your favourite podcatcher, just use the following:

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

TODAY’S SMALL-CAP AND MICRO-CAP BREAKING FINANCIAL NEWS BEFORE THE OPEN

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 entries in our small-cap, micro-cap news blog, where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing, so don’t give me a hard time!

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

** Denotes an AGORACOM Client. AGORACOM TV Only Reports News From AGORACOM Clients That Meets The Same Newsworthy Threshold Of All Other Press Releases.

  • WPCS International Incorporated – NASDAQ:WPCS $3.60
  • ProTech Industries – OTC.BB:PTCK $2.00
  • Dynasty Mining and Metals  – TSX:DMM $3.80
  • PC Gold – TSX-V:PKL $0.77

AGORACOM Chief Commentator On BNN. Gold, US Dollar and Shorting The Market “Melt Up”

Posted by AGORACOM at 1:53 AM on Monday, September 28th, 2009

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AGORACOM Chief Commentator and my great friend, Peter Grandich, was once again a guest on BNN Friday.  This time he was on “Market Call” with Howard Green at 1PM EST.  There is a reason why Peter is a frequent guest on BNN (and almost every major financial media) – he is eerily uncannily right about the markets.  More importantly, he always provides a firm opinion and never hedges his best by playing the “ying-yang” game that so many commentators like to do.

You can view the 1st half of his appearance by clicking on the image above.  In the clip, he discusses the following:

  • US markets face a “mini melt-up” from fund managers chasing the markets
  • 10,500 on the Dow is very possible and would use it as another opportunity to short the market
  • Most bullish on gold than at any time in the past 25 years
  • Chinese openly telling citizens to buy gold, not US Treasuries
  • Germany’s Bundesbank will refrain from big gold sales in the first year of a new central bank gold sales agreement
  • Gold has performed equally well during periods of deflation.  Inflation connection is a misnomer
  • Responded to question regarding Timmins Gold (Grandich Posts) (AGORACOM HUB)
  • Responded to question regarding Crescent Resources (Grandich Posts) (AGORACOM HUB)
  • Responded to question regarding Formation Capital  (Grandich Posts) (AGORACOM HUB)
  • Responded to question regarding Eastmain Resources  (Grandich Posts) (AGORACOM HUB)
  • Responded to question regarding “sleeper metal of 2010”
  • Discussing (lack of) effectiveness of Obama Administration
  • Responded to question regarding vale of diamonds

Peter then went on to discuss his top picks, which BNN posted as a separate clip that you can view here.  He discussed:

BNN went over some of Peter’s past picks, which are up over 80% on average.  In fairness, Northern Dynasty made up the majority of that number but all 3 of his picks were solidly up … try finding that kind of performance from other commentators and money managers.

Regards,
George

This Week’s Show To Take Place Via Video From The Cambridge Conference On Saturday. Come Join Us

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:05 AM on Friday, September 25th, 2009

Hey, gang.  Please be advised that our Friday show is actually taking place on Saturday from the floor of the Cambridge Conference in Toronto (click here for your free pass as Cambridge is now charging $20 at the door) and you’re all invited to watch it live and participate.

We will be taping the show via video from the AGORACOM booth (#1006) at 12:30 PM sharp.  It should be a lot of fun and truly interactive, so make sure to come by to participate, meet Peter and abuse me over my Cowboys defeat last week 🙂

For those of you who won’t be at the show, we’ll be posting the video to YouTube, this blog and a hundred other places.

Regards,
George

Markets, Money And Life With Grandich and George Now On iTunes!

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:42 AM on Friday, September 25th, 2009

I’m happy to announce that our hugely successful, wildly popular, bandwidth busting Friday show – Money, Markets and Life With Grandich and George – has now been approved by Apple and available for download via iTunes.  In addition, the show has it’s own podcast section on smallcappodcast.com.  Have a look at the images below, which you can also click on to take you to your destination of choice.

Regards,
George

Peter Is Podcasting? There Really Is A God Afterall!

Peter Is Podcasting? There Really Is A God Afterall!

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (September 25/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Friday, September 25th, 2009

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s September 25th and we’ve found 1 great press release and 4 stock halts to report on at the open. Another great day for mall-cap and micro-cap financial news.

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 news of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page .

If you miss an episode or want to search for your company in our archive, you can visit our industry leading Small-Cap Podcast site at any time:

If you want to subscribe to our Small-Cap RSS Feed or download our podcast everyday via iTunes, or your favourite podcatcher, just use the following:

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

TODAY’S SMALL-CAP AND MICRO-CAP BREAKING FINANCIAL NEWS BEFORE THE OPEN

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 entries in our small-cap, micro-cap news blog, where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing, so don’t give me a hard time!

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

** Denotes an AGORACOM Client. AGORACOM TV Only Reports News From AGORACOM Clients That Meets The Same Newsworthy Threshold Of All Other Press Releases.

  • Hana Mining – TSX-HMG $0.33
  • First Gold Corp – TSX- FGD Cease Trade Order
  • Seismic Canada Inc. – TSX-V:VGS Stock Halted – Pending News
  • International Health Partners Inc. – TSX-V:DOC Stock Halted – Pending News
  • Tagish Lake Gold Corp. – TSX-V:TLG Stock Halted Pending News

Perot Insider Trader Would Have Been Better Off Robbing Investors With A Helicopter

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:35 AM on Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Photo Via BBC - Click For Story

Photo Via BBC - Click For Story

When will people learn that you can’t get away with insider trading?  ESPECIALLY when you make $8.6 Million via call options! The paper trail you leave is so rock solid that you are basically hoping nobody notices that you just made a one-time bundle of cash.

I don’t care how tempting the situation is, you’re better off flying in a helicopter to raid a cash depot. I’ve heard it works.

UPDATE: Apparently, Henry Blodget agrees with us .. “It’s the most easily detectable crime in the world”. He didn’t go as far as advocating using a helicopter to rob a cash depot – but I’m sure he would if he read this post.

Regards,
George

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (September 24/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s September 24th and we’ve found 8 great press releases and 2 stock halts to report on at the open. Another great day for mall-cap and micro-cap financial news.

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 news of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page .

If you miss an episode or want to search for your company in our archive, you can visit our industry leading Small-Cap Podcast site at any time:

If you want to subscribe to our Small-Cap RSS Feed or download our podcast everyday via iTunes, or your favourite podcatcher, just use the following:

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

TODAY’S SMALL-CAP AND MICRO-CAP BREAKING FINANCIAL NEWS BEFORE THE OPEN

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 entries in our small-cap, micro-cap news blog, where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing, so don’t give me a hard time!

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

** Denotes an AGORACOM Client. AGORACOM TV Only Reports News From AGORACOM Clients That Meets The Same Newsworthy Threshold Of All Other Press Releases.

  • **Legend International Holdings Inc. – OTC.BB: LGDI $0.85
  • Metanor Resources – TSX-V:MTO $0.67
  • Energy Focus Inc – NASDAQ:EFOI $1.10
  • China Advanced Construction Material – OTC.BB: CADC $6.35
  • Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co. – NYSEamex: TPI $4.13
  • BVR Systems (1998) Ltd – OTC.BB: BVRSF $0.19
  • Turbosonic Technologies – OTC.BB:TSTA $1.35
  • Churchill Energy Inc – TSX-V:CEI Stock Halted – Pending News
  • Kinbauri Gold Corp – TSX-V:KNB Stock Halted – Pending delisting

Cambridge Conference Is Must Attend For Resource Investors In Toronto and Surrounding Area

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:35 AM on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

ATTENTION: ALL TORONTO AND SURROUNDING AREA RESOURCE INVESTORS

The Cambridge Conference is taking place this weekend and it will be as good as any given the state of commodity markets.  The line-up of speakers is the best you’ll find at any conference in Canada and you’ll get a chance to meet with a number of great companies face-to-face.

Cambridge House will now be charging $20 entry fee at the door (not a gimmick, this is real) - BUT click on this link or the banner below and use our code (AGT9) to get in for free.

Second, AGORACOM will be meeting with members at our booth (#1006) on both Saturday (1:00) and Sunday (12:00).  We will be drawing for cool prizes on the spot! Be sure to print off your profile page and bring it with you so you can enter the draw!

See you there!

Regards,
George

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (September 23/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s September 23rd and we’ve found 3 great press releases and stock halts to report on at the open. Another great day for mall-cap and micro-cap financial news.

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 news of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page .

If you miss an episode or want to search for your company in our archive, you can visit our industry leading Small-Cap Podcast site at any time:

If you want to subscribe to our Small-Cap RSS Feed or download our podcast everyday via iTunes, or your favourite podcatcher, just use the following:

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

TODAY’S SMALL-CAP AND MICRO-CAP BREAKING FINANCIAL NEWS BEFORE THE OPEN

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 entries in our small-cap, micro-cap news blog, where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing, so don’t give me a hard time!

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

** Denotes an AGORACOM Client. AGORACOM TV Only Reports News From AGORACOM Clients That Meets The Same Newsworthy Threshold Of All Other Press Releases.

  • ATAC Resources Ltd. – TSX-V:ATC $0.83
  • Homeland Security Capital Corp – OTC.BB:HOMS $0.158
  • China Energy Recovery – OTC.BB: CGYV $1.17

78.3% Of Research Into New Small-Cap Investments Comes From The Web

Posted by AGORACOM at 3:55 AM on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

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As some of you may have noticed, we love to take surveys because of the valuable data they provide.  Despite the fact we’re an online company, quite a number of our surveys are done offline (i.e. at conferences).  Why?  There’s no point in trying to figure out the impact of the web on small-cap investors if you’re only going to ask online people.

To this end, here is some incredibly valuable information that we discovered about small-cap investors over the last 12 months:

In 2008

  • The web accounted for 74.3% of all research into new small-cap investments, up from 67% in 2007
  • 73% of Investors Conduct the Majority of their Research (75%+) into New Stocks Online
  • 48% of Investors Conduct All of their Research (95%+) into New Stocks Online
  • 64% of Investors Use Discussion Forums For Information and/or Research, up 7% from 2007

In 2009

  • The web accounted for 78.3% of all research into new small-cap investments, up from 74.3% in 2008
  • 73% of Investors Conduct the Majority of their Research (75%+) into New Stocks Online, up from 73% in 2008
  • 55% of Investors Conduct All of their Research (95%+) into New Stocks Online, up from 48% in 2008
  • 54% of Investors Use Discussion Forums For Information and/or Research, down from 64% in 2008

Clearly, small-cap investors are overwhelmingly using the web to research new investments.  We didn’t get as far as asking why they rely on the web so heavily but one answer has to be the fact that major financial media don’t cover small-cap stocks extensively.  As such, small-cap investors are forced to resort to search engines, electronic shareholder forums and social networks to help them discover new small-cap stocks.

I hope you found this information to be helpful.  If you’re a small-cap CEO that isn’t conducting a significant online investor relations program, take this data to your board …. and then call me 🙂  Hey, couldn’t resist.  The data is just that good.

Regards,
George