A common question I receive is if I am aware of a reputable company which allows electronic trading of the traditional commodities such as Oil, Grains, Meats, Metals, and also Index futures such as S&P’s, Dow, Nasdaq, and Russell. At the trade show in Ontario, CA last week I met with Mark Monaco, who is the Head of sales for Prime Investments LLC and also Ehedger, both Introducing Brokers at the Chicago Board of Trade in Chicago, Illinois. I used to work with Mark and know him to be a good man and an excellent trader. Mark showed me his company’s trading platform and told me about his company’s background of 40 years trading at the CBOT and expertise in trading grains as his company’s owners are third generation corn and soybean farmers in Northern Illinois, they not only understand the technicals of trading, but also …

ESPRE Solutions, Inc. is billed as a video media solutions company, and has been making significant headway in that arena over the last few months. The company’s revolutionary video compression codec, LSVX™, was recently enlisted by Baidu.com, China’s largest search engine.

Shares of ESPRE experienced an impressive surge in price today (June 16th), as a result of this morning’s news that the company has received official approval for listing on the OTC: Bulletin Board. “This acceptance on the OTC:BB marks the successful completion of a concerted effort to achieve the sounder listing and trading platform for our shares that our shareholders have been seeking,” remarked Peter Lanace, ESPRE’s CEO.

The company became fully reporting in January of this year, with the hope that a Bulletin Board listing would come to fruition. Now a reality, the added transparency afforded by the switch will likely increase investor confidence, resulting in a greater innate

The current financial services melt-down has had differing effects on different companies. Dealing with the realities of the situation has become the only way that most can move forward. Some are assessing their situation while others are moving to right the issues. If there is one thing that most can agree upon; it would be that admitting to losses, making the needed moves now and working to move forward are the only ways to get back toward solid results.

E*Trade Financial Corp., an online trading concern, works to facilitate the online trading of certain financial products. In a general sense, the company is a retail company that offers the “average” person an opportunity to trade stocks and buy mutual funds. As with many financial institutions and companies, E*Trade Financial has been going through a period of adjustment. It has, however, readjusted in a significant manner and appears to be moving forward