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New Pinks Trading Statistics Announced
On February - 5 - 2010
Pink OTC Markets Announces 2009 Trading Statistics
NEW YORK, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pink OTC Markets Inc. (Pink Sheets: PINK), which operates the leading inter-dealer quotation system in the Over-the-Counter (OTC) market, today announced 2009 trading results and marketplace trends. Pink OTC Markets upgraded its trading and quotation systems in 2009 to accommodate the growth in OTC trading activity and to continue to provide its broker-dealer customers the best platform for trading OTC stocks. Quotations on Pink OTC Markets’ system grew by 15% in 2009, attributable to both an overall increase in foreign stocks traded in the U.S. and to broker-dealers choosing to publish more priced quotations in Pink Quote™ to take advantage of the only market-wide quotation and trading platform for OTC securities.
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Pink OTC Markets continues to see strong growth in its OTCQX® Marketplace and industry adoption of the Pink Sheets® disclosure tiers. The OTCQX tier reached $550 billion in market capitalization in 2009. It grew by 63% as 30 new companies, including global leaders such as Allianz SE, Gazprom Neft, JBS S.A., Craftmade International Inc., Sangold Corp, and Peugeot S.A., began trading on this premier tier of the U.S. OTC marketplace.
The global growth and trading performance of the OTCQX tier, the industry acceptance of Pink Sheets’ disclosure categories, and the increasing number of broker-dealers choosing the Pink Quote platform as their inter-dealer quotation system of choice for all their OTC quotation activity, are the result of Pink OTC Markets’ continued investment in its technology platform and leadership as the financial information provider for the OTC market.
Liquidity follows transparency. Over 92% of all dollar volume traded in OTCQX, OTCBB, and Pink Sheets securities in 2009 was in companies that provided current disclosure to the public markets, either through a regulator or directly to Pink OTC Markets.
OTC # of Securities % Total 2009 Avg. 2009 $ Volume
Market Tier at Dec. 31, 2009 Dollar Volume Per Security
———– —————- ————- ————
OTCQX 78 9.5% $131,448,901
OTCBB on Pink Quote 3,321 15.1% $4,935,986
OTCBB Only 69 0.2% $2,883,275
Pink Sheets Current
Information 1,695 67.6% $43,282,661
Pink Sheets Limited
Information 739 5.6% $8,198,443
Pink Sheets No
Information 3,445 2.4% $743,063
In 2009, OTCQX was the leader by average dollar volume per security among alternative or entry level markets, demonstrating strong demand for trusted companies among U.S. investors:
# of Securities 2009 Avg. $ Volume
Market Tier at Dec. 31, 2009 Dollar Volume Per Security
———– —————- ————- ————
OTCQX 78 $10,253,014,306 $131,448,901
LSE AIM 1,293 $53,623,863,165 $41,472,439
Pink Sheets 5,879 $81,982,612,533 $13,944,993
TSX Venture 2,375 $15,334,615,907 $6,456,680
OTCBB 3,390 $16,591,354,365 $4,894,205
Over 160 broker-dealers access Pink Link®, Pink OTC Markets’ electronic messaging system, to send, execute, negotiate, or decline orders in OTCQX, Pink Sheets, and OTCBB securities. In 2009, broker-dealers communicated 35% of all OTCBB trades via Pink Link.
Top 25 broker-dealers in 2009 by Pink Link volumes:
Firm Name Share Volume Dollar Volume
——— ———— ————-
Knight Equity Markets, LP 342,569,949,272 $8,991,471,641
Archipelago Trading Services
Inc. 10,864,101,143 $8,983,755,511
Jane Street Markets, LLC 366,810,773 $6,282,823,082
Automated Trading Desk Fincl
Svcs 84,233,698,610 $4,750,325,885
UBS Securities, LLC 84,659,502,599 $4,444,186,052
E*Trade Capital Markets, LLC
IMM 162,616,565,628 $3,761,520,503
Intl Trading, Inc. 282,504,907 $3,416,284,350
Domestic Securities, Inc. 85,629,635,404 $2,729,396,768
Natixis Bleichroeder, Inc 21,909,430,577 $2,425,732,347
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, FS 203,842,125 $2,243,656,317
Hudson Securities, Inc 58,750,052,549 $2,221,175,375
Pershing Trading Company 17,945,525,490 $1,681,411,584
StockCross Financial Services 2,261,670,038 $971,090,679
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 816,797,163 $823,347,508
BTIG LLC 1,105,190,863 $770,304,279
GFI Securities LLC 41,752,553 $708,213,100
Vandham Securities Corp. 10,651,951,956 $634,771,377
Collins Stewart Inc. 690,196,294 $632,181,618
Maxim Group LLC 7,513,892,563 $613,518,320
The Vertical Group Inc. 66,109,124,586 $593,615,153
Lighthouse Financial Group LLC 11,132,919,353 $487,900,675
LaBranche Financial Services,
Inc. 2,655,037,122 $442,082,874
Ticonderoga Securities LLC 400,623,736 $427,043,631
Pali Capital Inc 1,943,165,815 $384,098,234
Noble International Inc. 7,379,916,305 $370,847,131
All broker-dealers using Pink OTC Markets’ quotation and trading services are regulated by FINRA for their quotations, trade reporting, and best execution of customer orders.
E*Trade, Fidelity, Scottrade, TD Ameritrade, and other online broker-dealers provide real-time Pink OTC Markets’ quotation information to their customers for point and click trading. Real-time market data for professional traders is available from Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and other leading market data providers.
Featured Company
On February - 5 - 2010
EcoBlu Products is the premier manufacturer of proprietary wood products coated with an exclusive non-toxic, eco-friendly chemistry that protects against mold, rot-decay, termites and value added fire.
EcoBlu is committed to providing a whole home system of value added fire, mold, wood rot and insect protection of all wood components for homebuilders, remodelers and homeowners. The family of EcoBlu products includes dimensional lumber, joists, beams, rim board, sheathing and trim. Wood components and engineered wood products are manufactured and coated in our California and Texas facilities for distribution throughout the United States and for export.
Best of all, EcoBlu coatings are GreenSpec listed which makes it an environmentally sound building decision, quickly becoming the choice of green builders around the world. EcoBlu products are ready to deliver the winning edge to builders and the environment with its sustainable green product line.
EcoBlu Products
The EcoBlu product line includes all of the wood products you need to frame homes or commercial properties. For the first time, there is a complete line of wood products protected against mold, rot/decay, termites and value added fire. And all of our products are covered by a 10 year limited warranty.
Why are EcoBlu Products So Green?
When you build with EcoBlu products, you are doing your part for a sustainable environment. Our products are coated with a non-toxic, eco-friendly solution that has less Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) than a can of soda!
- EcoBlu Products protect against termites so you will not ever have to ‘tent’ your home and use harmful chemicals and gases to kill termites and other insects that are damaging the ozone layer faster than automotive exhaust.
- When you use EcoBlu products to protect your home, you will never have to replace any wood from loss to mold or wood rot again! You will be saving our forests.
- EcoBlu coatings are non-toxic and will not leach into the ground water.
- EcoBlu products are fire retardant – you will reduce the risk of losing your home to fire and protect our forests at the same time! The San Diego wildfires alone consumed over 6,000 truckloads of lumber!
ECOB’s Market Opportunity
Coated or treated lumber and wood products generated about $6 billion in sales, even in a down year like 2008. Prospects are that revenues will rebound into the $11 billion range by end of year 2010, and likely much higher because of new building codes. Information provided from NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) and CIRB (Construction Industry Research Board).
They can catch this growth opportunity by several means, some occurring simultaneously.
- EcoBlu increases the number and size of supplied projects with large production builders, emanating from its core markets in southern California and the greater Dallas/Northeast Texas area.
- EcoBlu licenses additional lumber distributors or yards to apply EcoBlu coatings to raw lumber, and resell EcoBlu coated and EcoBlu manufactured engineered wood products.
- EcoBlu sets up and leases its coating equipment on-site at large lumber producers or mills in the Pacific Northwest, Canada and Southeast US.
- EcoBlu leases its coatings chemistry and coating machinery to facilities in Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and Asia.
Vist the EcoBlu website at: www.ecobluproducts.com to watch celebrity Lisa Ling kick off EcoBlu’s Green Exchange.
ALTO Rocking!
On February - 5 - 2010
Here’s the latest press. ALTO had a huge Friday and Tuesday should be MASSIVE!
Alto Group Provides Update at Alto-Ashanti Gold Project in Ghan
Press Release Source: Alto Group Holdings, Inc. On Friday January 15, 2010, 5:31 pm EST
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – 01/15/10) – Alto Group Holdings, Inc. (OTC.BB:ALTO – News) (“Alto Group” or the “Company”), is pleased to offer an updated summary of recent activities at the gold exploration program currently underway at the Nkwanta Concession on the Company’s Alto-Ashanti Project in Ghana, West Africa.
Significant gold bearing quartz veins have been discovered, sampled and are undergoing further exploration throughout the Nkwanta Concession. Work crews are acquiring both surface and underground samples for gold analysis. Initial results indicate that the Golden Arrow vein appears to be the richest location with high grades of up 47.49 ounces per ton. In a 100 foot deep underground tunnel excavated by local miners, the samples averaged as high as 2.284 ounces per ton in the quartz vein with significant shows in the surrounding rock.
The Golden Arrow Vein has been traced for 275 meters on surface and appears to trend much farther. Alto crews are now working on the surface in order to expose the vein to the west. The vein is roughly 2 meters (6 feet) wide with an 85 degree dip which will easily allow for simple mining methods of extraction. Prior to any further digging, the vein will be drilled every 50 meters so that a three dimensional picture and proper resource calculation can be developed. A recent, small 800 pound bulk sample from the vein prepared by the local miners was crushed and subjected to simple mercury recovery extraction and returned a calculated grade of 2.12 ounces per ton.
EcoBlu Attends 2nd Annual LD Micro Conference
On February - 4 - 2010
VISTA, Calif., Dec 3, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — EcoBlu Products, Inc., (OTCBB:ECOB) a manufacturer of proprietary wood products coated with an eco-friendly chemistry that protects against mold, rot, decay, termites and fire announced today that Company executives will present their corporate story at the 2nd annual LD MICRO Conference on Thursday, December 3 at the Luxe Sunset Bel Air in Los Angeles, California.
The LD MICRO Conference is an opportunity for growing companies to present their business model to over one hundred institutions focused on small and micro-cap companies.
About EcoBlu Products, Inc.
EcoBlu Products, Inc. is a manufacturer of proprietary wood products coated with an eco-friendly chemistry that protects against mold, fungus, rot-decay, wood ingesting insects, termites and fire with EcoBlu’s FRC(TM) technology (Fire Retardant Coating). EcoBlu products utilizing BLUWOOD(TM) and FRC(TM) technology are the ultimate in wood protection, preservation, and fire safety to building components constructed of wood; from joists, beams and paneling, to floors and ceilings.
The Company is committed to the development, marketing and sales of environmentally-responsible building materials. EcoBlu products are ready to deliver the winning edge to builders and the environment with its sustainable green product line.
About LD MICRO
LD MICRO is a by-invitation only newsletter firm that focuses on finding undervalued companies in the micro-cap space. Since 2002, the firm has published an annual list of recommended stocks as well as comprehensive reports on selected companies throughout the year. LD MICRO concentrates on finding, researching, and investing in companies that are overlooked by institutional investors. It is also a non-registered investment advisor.
For more information on the list of presenting companies or to register for the event, please visit www.ldmicro.com or call 408-457-1042.
Investors who are interested in additional information or who want to schedule a one-on-one meeting with EcoBlu Products at the conference should contact Jim Blackman at 713-256-0369 or email jim@prfmonline.com.
Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements in this release relating to completion of the acquisition and the positive direction are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Some or all of the results anticipated by these forward-looking statements may not occur. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, contractual difficulties which may arise, the failure to obtain necessary approvals, the future market price of EcoBlu Products, Inc. common stock and the ability to obtain the necessary financing.
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SOURCE: EcoBlu Products, Inc.
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