Micro cap stocks are generally those with a higher capital funding than other stocks. They typically are lower risk investments but may consequently produce a lower yield and return.
The Small Cap Stock Report is a great free service for small cap stocks, micro cap stocks and penny stocks.
Micro caps are very low priced stocks that are offered by very small companies. These tend not to have much financial reports and other information, making it difficult for investors to get required information concerning them.
Your best resource for a listing of Small Cap and Micro Cap Penny Stocks would be at the Symbol Directory:otcbb.com/static/symbol.stmHere you will find all listing under the Over The Counter (OTC) umbrella of stocks.Hope this answers your question. "StockPickster over and out"
OTC Markets (over-the-counter) are basically penny stocks and they operate on the OTC exchange. If you're looking for micro cap stocks that's the exchange they're at. Primary markets basically house small to large cap stocks that have long passed the micro cap stage.
When we are talking about "large-cap" versus "small-cap" funds what we are really talking about is the stocks the underlying securities in the mutual fund is going out to buy. A large cap fund is purchasing large cap stocks and a small cap fund is purchasing small cap stocks. What does that really mean? Small cap stocks are riskier than large cap stocks, so long-term we have an expectation that a small cap fund is going to do better than a large cap fund. However, it is also riskier so in the short term so we are going to see much greater price volatility with a small cap fund than we are with a large cap fund.
Micro-Cap was created in 1982-09.
Most all brokerage houses deal in small cap stocks. They are stocks with a relatively small market capitalization. Most businesses with market capitalization of between 300 million and 2 billion are considered small cap or penny stocks.
Small cap investing works by investing in small cap stocks. Small cap stocks are smaller companies. Check performance of stock investment before investing.
The term 'mid cap' refers to a company with market capitalization of between $2 billion and $10 billion. This can be calculated using the companies share price.
The vanguard total stock market is a domestic stock fund that invests over a broad array of stocks. The fund invests in small, midsize, and micro-cap stocks. As of June 08, 2011, the fund has assets totaling $170.11 billion.
You can purchase Canadian Small Cap stocks at the key stocks website. They have information on purchasing Small Caps and you can subscribe to their newsletter for updates.
A mid cap stock refers to the stocks of a company that is considered mid-size as per its market capitalization. Market capitalization refers to the total market value of all the company's stocks put together. If it runs to a few hundreds/thousands of crores the company will be called large cap and if it only a few crores it is called a small cap. All companies that fall between these two are called mid cap companies.