Whois & Analysis for otcmarkets.com

OTC Markets Group, (previously known as "Pink Sheets") is an American financial market providing price and liquidity information for almost 10,000 over-the-counter (OTC) securities.

The group has its headquarters in New York City.

OTC-traded securities are organized into three markets to inform investors of opportunities and risks: OTCQX, OTCQB and Pink.

Over-the-counter (OTC) or off-exchange trading is done directly between two parties, without the supervision of an exchange.

It is contrasted with exchange trading, which occurs via exchanges.

A stock exchange has the benefit of facilitating liquidity, mitigates all credit risk concerning the default of one party in the transaction, provides transparency, and maintains the current market price.

In an OTC trade, the price is not necessarily published for the public.

The stock (also capital stock) of a corporation is constituted of the equity stock of its owners.

A single share of the stock represents fractional ownership of the corporation in proportion to the total number of shares.

In liquidation, the stock represents the residual assets of the company that would be due to stockholders after discharge of all senior claims such as secured and unsecured debt.

Stockholders' equity cannot be withdrawn from the company in a way that is intended to be detrimental to the company's creditors.

A security is a tradable financial asset.

The term commonly refers to any form of financial instrument, but its legal definition varies by jurisdiction.

In some jurisdictions the term specifically excludes financial instruments other than equities and fixed income instruments.

In some jurisdictions it includes some instruments that are close to equities and fixed income, e.g. equity warrants.

In some countries and/or languages the term "security" is commonly used in day-to-day parlance to mean any form of financial instrument, even though the underlying legal and regulatory regime may not have such a broad definition.

In finance, a bond is an instrument of indebtedness of the bond issuer to the holders.

The most common types of bonds include municipal bonds and corporate bonds.

It is a debt security, under which the issuer owes the holders a debt and, depending on the terms of the bond, is obliged to pay them interest (the coupon) and/or to repay the principal at a later date, termed the maturity date.

Interest is usually payable at fixed intervals (semiannual, annual, sometimes monthly).

Very often the bond is negotiable, that is, the ownership of the instrument can be transferred in the secondary market.

This means that once the transfer agents at the bank medallion stamp the bond, it is highly liquid on the second market.