Shares of GenVec (NASDAQ:GNVC) tumbled today after its TNFerade product did not meet the primary endpoints of its phase III study for Pancreatic Cancer. While this may be bad news at first glance, it is important to consider a few factors amidst the panic selling by the market. For one, institutions are not selling and [...]

Thresher Industries Inc. (Public, PINK:THRR) Thresher Industries has become the center of controversy the last couple of weeks, given its recent announcement of selling the company at nearly 5x current market prices by April 10th, 2010. Many question the truth behind the news, however, amongst uncertainty lies opportunity. As The Oracle of Omaha once said, [...]

Below is a list of the small cap companies that have been making waves accross some of the world’s most popular stock market forums. Yahoo, Google, Investorshub, TheLion, and a few others were taken into consideration. News Updates for: Quasar Aerospace Industries, Inc. (PINK:QASP), Thresher Industries, Inc. (PINK:THRR), WiseMobi Inc. (PINK:WMBI), Converge Global, Inc. (OTC:CVRG) [...]

Smokefree Innotec, Inc. (Public, PINK:SFIO) The recent flurry of positive news which was followed by aggressive profit takers has left Smokefree (PINK:SFIO) investors wondering where the stock is headed to next. Projects distribution expansion to 125,000 outlets, a new $400,000 line of credit to be officially announced within the next two weeks, a first-time 19,000 [...]

Coppr King Mining Corp. (Public, PINK:CPRK) With March Madness flowing through everyone’s veins, its time we set your sights on the next small cap cinderella story. This stock went from relatively unknown to spreading like wildfire ever since we conducted our conference call on the company found here: http://www.themarketfinancial.com/copper-king-moves-towards-transparency-and-discusses-upgrades-and-restart-of-mill/1787.The stock closed up 17.78% on nearly [...]

Updates for: Thoratec Corporation (NASDAQ:THOR), IVAX Diagnostics Inc. (AMEX:IVD), Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:MNTA), STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ:STAA), Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) Thoratec Corporation (NASDAQ:THOR) Based on positive interim Phase 3 clinical trial results reported for its HeartMate II Pump and discussions with the FDA, THOR previously announced the submission of a PMA (Pre-Market Approval) supplement seeking [...]

The markets are all hovering higher today. Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 up over half a percent on the day. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) is higher by .60%. The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSE:DIA) is up the same. Since the February 5th bottom, the markets have gone straight higher. Rumors and [...]

The markets are trading slightly higher today as they await word from the Federal Reserve on interest rate policy.  The markets jumped higher early this morning as the dollar dropped sharply.  However, over the last hour, the markets have started to gently fall back.  The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) is up .40% on the [...]

Since the February 5th pivot, the stock market has rallied higher. The S&P 500 is now approaching its January 2010 high at 1150.00. This recent rally has been lead by the small capitalization stocks in the Russell 2000 index and also the technology heavy NASDAQ Composite. These two indexes have made new highs for 2010. [...]

Oil made a short term bottom on February 5th, 2010 after hitting an intra-day low price of 69.50. Since that time oil has rallied over 10 points to a high of 82.50 on March 9th, 2010. The continuous gasoline contract on the NYMEX was 1.87 on February 5th and it hit a recent high on [...]