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Microcap Message Boards
Most microcap stocks do not have daily press coverage contrasting large and mid cap stocks. The majority of microcaps, especially those stocks quoted by the OTCBB or the Pink Sheets, never receive conventional press coverage while some AMEX and NASDAQ microcaps receive an occasional mention in the press. About the only time you will ever see a penny stock mentioned in conventional print is when there is an astounding story depicting a sophisticated, scam bilking investors of their hard earned money. This lack of press coverage created a dilemma for microcap investors...where were they supposed to find information on microcap stocks?
It has been commented that necessity is the mother of invention. As such, microcap investors have developed a exceptional way to communicate news, ideas, tips, and strategies to one another...the online stock message board. With the advent of the internet and online investing, penny stock investors started to utilize message boards to communicate to one another. Online message boards are typically referred to as "the boards" and are often filled with a multitude of exclusive and interesting characters. Longs, shorts, bashers, hypesters, spammers, na?ve newbies, and overbearing bullies can all be found cavorting on stock message boards. Because most online message boards are unidentified forums, people tend to drop their guard and let their alter egos take over. Unquestionably, online message boards are a very fascinating and pleasurable forum.
Hundreds of thousands of posts are made to online stock message boards on a daily basis. Fact, fiction, speculation, and nonsense are daily fodder at these gatherings. Interpreting stock message board postings can be a tricky business. How do you make a distinction of rumor from fact? Who is it you can trust? Is there any way to determine a reasonable tip in the midst of all of the garbage? As there is very little regulation concerning the content of message board postings, it would be wise of you to consider most postings as fiction or opinion. One grand right in our much-loved country is the freedom of speech and, for the most part, this freedom transcends to online message board postings. Although most sites have rules against obscenities, racial slurs, and threatening language, they characteristically tolerate just about anything to be posted. Simply put, these websites do not have the time or manpower to monitor the incredible volume of daily postings displayed on their pages. Most board services have a link to report posts that violate the "terms of service" agreement and the SEC has a link to report posts containing false or illegal information. Besides that, there is little regulation regarding what can and cannot be posted on an online stock message board. When visiting an online stock message board, a simple rule of thumb to abide is "Reader beware."
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