The Truth on Pink Sheet Stocks

Every so often, I’m asked for my opinion on a stock trading on the Pink Sheet, or more formally, the OTC markets. Simply put, if a company is serious about its business, it’s not on the Pink Sheets. It’s on a real exchange.

Here’s a study that looked at Pink Sheet returns from 2000 to 2008. A tiny few did well. The overwhelming majority did horribly. The median return was -97%.

Posted by on January 5th, 2011 at 1:48 pm


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