I own a stock that is a pink sheet... it has applied to be traded on the nasdaq... will my stock become worthless if this happens, or will it benefit the stock price.
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It will significantly benefit you.  Stocks trading on the pinks have almost no legal obligations regarding disclosures.  There is material fraud in the pinks as a consequence people avoid them and so they are often mispriced.  If they are successful in their application, the price should eventually increase from greater market size and you will know more about the company.
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There are so much fluctuations in the trading of a stock sometimes it's hard to quantify one specific event.  Besides, bonus shares that are issued often is just a very small % of the total shares outstanding, you may or may not see any stock price impact because of that.
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Stocks, after their IPO, can go up or down.  \n\nBe very careful. If you're putting money into something that you know nothing about, know little about the mechanics, don't know what will make the stock go up or down and/or can't afford to lose this money - then this is gambling.\n\nMy recommendation is to save your money, invest in prudent investments for your situation.  This doesn't necessarily mean that you can't take on risk for high returns - it just means that you need to be careful and should probably do more homework before blindly throwing your money around.  You work hard for your money, don't neglect it. Treat it with respect and it will treat you nicely.
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I see first support at 12.75 and 2nd support at 12.00.  Definitely sell if it drops to about 11.80 as it might try to fill that gap.\n\nOn the upside, I could see it going to 13.50/14.00ish, but probably not past that just yet.\n\nIt's up to you how much you want to risk for where you think the stock will go.  \n\nDecide how much of your newfound profit you want to risk vs. what you might get back and that should help guide your decision.  If the stock is slowing down, you might take that money and find another stock that's moving so that it makes money for you.\n\nHope that helps!
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i would check with a brokerage firm rather than a bank. stock brokers would want to lock up the stock for sale when it is eligible and therefore would be better equipped to evaluate its worth.\n\ncall any of the major companies or discounters like Schwab and ask for the department that handles 144 stock.
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The lock up period is not made clear by the NYSE.  The NYSE stated members can sell in 3 steps 1 year, 2 year, 3 years.  The NYSE did not give exact dates.  But we are talking about 70% of the value of the company minus the cash the members received.   THAIN: Well, it will be staggered, but I think the most likely case is one year, two years, three years.\nhttp://www.nyse.com/Frameset.html?displayPage=/about/1121684330332.html  This could change if there is secondaary offering in which members are allowed to participaate.\n\nBut additional shares will be added by non officers of AX.  As for how many shares your guess is as good as mine.
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Most stocks, but not all, under 5 bucks are not what one would call investments.  They fall under the heading speculations, especially the gold mines.  There is one medical stock that even though it is a speculation it has some merit.  It is not under 5 though but not too far away.  MEDX.  They have several drugs in phase 3. And S&P rates them a buy.  They are involved in the options scandle. I once owned the stock but sold it. I have been thinking of buying it back.  There is a company TINY that invests in companies that do nanotechnology. It is really speculative and I expect it to probably go under but it is selling about as low as it has sold in a year. It might go up again in the near future.  It is about $10. \n\nHere is one to look at INPC. It is a communications company trading at 6.41, close to 5. Running a deficit but projected to make money this year and more next. Analysts tend to be overly optimistic though. It popped out at the top of the list of a S&P screen of stocks under $10.  Another LIOX. Also running a deficit but expected to post a profit. $5.37.  It is sort of an internet company, but after reading its profile I am still not sure exactly what it does.  Now.  You might very well buy stock in either of these companies and make some money, but there is a whole lot of risk.  Either could double in value or could go broke. \n\nIf you sign of for an account with Fidelity you can run these screens yourself and pick your poison.
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Depends on the information.\n\nMartha Stewart's stockbroker got in trouble by sharing information.
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WOW! I hope you are not into heavy investing or your company has not been removed from NASDAQ or AMEX or NYSE. It means that the Company is doing very badly and these exchanges don't think their stock is worthy of trading on their exchanges. Many times their stock might get listed for trading over the Bulletin Board. If even that that does not happen it'll have to trade over the counter if some broker thinks it is worth his while to make a market in the stock of this company. If an investor is wise he would have liquidated his position of the stock of this company long before this happens.\n\nOfcourse if you are a speculator with deep pocets you might start accumulating the stock of a company not before this happens but after it happens with the hope that some rich person like Ican will get greedy and starts buying millions of shares of the stock of this Company with a view to turning it around so that it will go up.\n\nBut I'd not want you to fiddle around with the stocks of these companies if you are not a speculative investors with deep pockets just because you received an email touting the virtues of some company. It is usually the work of some pump and dump scheme which will be a cause for your financial burn down. You don't want it to happen. Financial burn down is not pretty.\n\nBetter be satisfied by saving a penny or two by looking at the prices of several merchants like the affiliates of NEW ERA WISP. A penny saved is a penny made.
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I would suggest a wait and watch. Though the corrections offer an attractive level to enter over priced shares.
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Most stock games require that the price of the stock be over a dollar.  Finding "killer" returns in that time is difficult.\nShock her and buy Revlon Cosmetics.  No, I am not kidding.  They are trading around $1.30 and should come back to around $1.80 in a couple of months.\nCareful, too- most of those stock games are hard to play.  The computer eats your data (like it did mine on Investopedia.com - I don't play it any more...) or the computer doesn't work at all for half the country (like it did with CNBC SquawkBox Game...).\nGood luck!
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With all due respect - and it's wonderful to see someone so young who is managing so well - but I think you might be just a little bit mixed-up here.\n\nThe option, in this case a call, will have a B/A (bid/ask) spread.\n\nIf you were to enter an order to buy it, you could specify a price (a limit order) that would be less than the asked price, or you could enter a market order that might get filled at the ask price you see on your quote screen, or it might get filled at a higher price.  \n\nWhen trading options, I absolutely never, never enter market orders.  Why not?  "It's a license to steal."  There's nothing to prevent the MM from jacking the ask when he sees your order.\n\nHow to choose the limit price that will 1) be less than the ask and 2) will actually work so you can get the job done?  This is a bit of an art.  Get detailed quotes for everything, GOOG itself and options with strikes close to the one you're interested in.  Examine the sizing.  How many bidding, how many offering?  Is GOOG trending down this minute?  This day?\n\nWith respect to the option you're interested in, if there are 399 contracts bid and only 7 offered, and GOOG is trending up, you'll have to set your limit order closer to the ask to get the job done.  If the situation is reversed, you can come down in your limit price, closer to the bid - but why would you be buying at just that minute anyhow.\n\nLastly, don't want to rain on your parade, but please keep in mind that countless studies have shown that it's the buyers of naked options who are the ones that lose money.  It's the option sellers who make money, because they are selling time value.\n\nYour broker probably won't allow you to sell naked options.  You could do a spread combination, going long one option and short another option.  For example, in a calendar spread one would buy a call farther out in time and sell a near-term call which would be covered.  If the near-term expires out-of-the-money one then sells another near-term, and so on until one catches up with the long-term position.\n\nThere are countless variations and all this requires quite a lot of study first.  CBOE has a virtual option trading model, so you could play with virtual trading while you get the hang of things.\n\nWishing you great success.
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I just wanted to share a few links I found for you...\n\nhttp://www.delta.com/about_delta/deltas_restructuring/investors_faqs/index.html\nhttp://www.deltadocket.com/\n\nIf I had to take a few guesses...\n1) I don't think there's any law about what must happen w/a stock after bankruptcy.  The government has no control about what happens after the bankruptcy proceedings are over.\n2) Are you sure your stock is canceled?  Those links say it's listed on the pink sheets.\n\nI believe the priority for liquidation (which this is not, but the priority should be the same) is IRS, unpaid wages, secured bondholders, unsecured bondholders, preferred stock, then common stock.  Technically Delta doesn't owe stockholders anything.
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I don't think whether you still work for them or not is an issue. Whether the company is publicly-traded or not might be an issue. How long the options are good for is definitely an issue. \n\nIf you think the options are worth 50 times their price, and you can cash them in, then I'd do so.
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There's sooooo much poor information here.\n\nWhen you invest in most stocks the Stock Exchange manages things so you are guaranteed to find a buyer if you're selling and guaranteed to find a seller if you're buying.  The large banks are granted favourable trading terms in return for being in the market and quoting a price to take those 200 MSFT shares off your hands.  They can drop the price they're prepared to pay when more people are selling than buying but they commit to being in the market and quoting a price most of the time.\n\nPink Sheets and Over The Counter are basically the same thing (the name Pink Sheets comes from the fact that closing prices were printed and distributed at the end of the trading day on pink paper).  It is a seperate market for stocks not quoted on the main market.  Basically, when you want to buy or sell a stock there is no guarantee there will be anyone prepared to trade with you.  The more popular stocks normally trade reasonably well but there are thousands of stocks on the OTC market that trade no volume for weeks at a time.  Most of the shareholders will be held privately and if no one is prepared to sell you're not going to be able to buy.  If you are able to find a seller you run the risk of paying a large spread (the difference between the buy and sell price).  On the main market the buy or sell price for MSFT will be the same.  On the OTC market the buy price for a stock might be $10 higher than the sell price.\n\nThe biggest danger is that something happens to the stock while you're holding it and you find yourself locked in.  If I buy MSFT I can sell the stock seconds after bad news is announced by going to my PC and logging onto my brokerage account.  If I hold OTC stock I can only sell my stock if there's someone out there prepared to buy.\n\nOTC stocks are not neceessarily up and coming, as with penny stocks choose very carefully.  Stocks quote on the OTC market for a number of reasons, and there are definately some bargains out there.  But it is much much more risky than the main market.
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I have no idea why anyone would want to buy stock so they can take a loss.  Would you like to explain that to me?  \n\nThere are no tax consequences for letting worthless options expire.
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I dont know what kind of answer you're expecting. I'm New York USA. We have the Nasdaq, S&P 500, New York Stock Exchange and a few others. Stocks go up and down. You would need to learn alot about stocks and how they work before "getting into stocks". \nStock  101. A small company decides they will incorpate their business. When they incorporate they give stocks to other members of the company. These members are then shareholders. Each share has a worth. It could be $0.20 or $20.00 or anything else. As more people buy the cost of shares rise. As more people sell the cost of shares drops. People get ansy about buying stocks. It's like gambling. You don't know if the your shares will go up or down. People study the company and the market. For instance, Someone has designed a machine that will make typing a letter much easier than using a typewriter. With a typewriter you have to press hard on the keyboard. You must buy ribbon. You must buy correctype and if you want a different font you will nead to buy a new daisy wheel or other item in order to change the font. This new machine will prevent more error because it allows you to see the words before they reach the paper, which give you a chance to backspace without using white out or correct type. No wasted ink. Less paper to throw away because less mistakes are made. And hey my machine even has a spell check. The person who invented the machine has already told all his friends. He has an article in the newspaper. Some reporter had an interview with him. He has even written a short book about it and some new other inventions he has lined up. He has a 10 year patent on his machine. Now keep in mind that the manufacturer of the old typewriter has many "shareholders". The manufacturer of the correct type or white out also has share holders. The Ribbon Manufacturer also has shareholder and the manufacturer of the ink for the ribbon also has shareholders. The new typewriter is called a word processor. He going to sell his new word processor to book publishing companies first. Then hes going "Go Public" and have the outside public buy shares. He just announced the new and improved word processor for the home office. Its lighter and more affordable. It will be just a matter of time before the old typewriter is out of business. A smart shareholder would sell his stock once he/she read or heard of this new invention and start buying shares of the manufacturers of the material (sony, toshiba, texas instruments) of the new machine as well as the new machine (brother, panasonic).\nAnother example: You know that there was a tsunami that destroyed the cities where the largest manufacturer (Company A) of computer memory chips were manufactured. You also know that the second largest manufacturer (Company B) of computer memory chips will now become the largest until Company A gets back on its feet. You had shares in Company A. Well you are going to sell those or just expect a major loss but you've thought ahead and borrowed some money and purchased a huge amount of stocks from Company B. Smart move unless you did'nt read that there was another Company A manufacturing plant in another city not affected by the tsunami.\nDepending on how much you want to invest and on what kind of risks to take will determine how you want to invest. High Risk = Stock Broker. Low Risk = Mutual Funds, CD's, Treasury Bonds.\nI would suggest speaking with stock broker. But be very weary, they are bigger snakes than used care salesmen.