Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,899,722,501 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Pink Sheets
(redirected from Pink Sheets LLC)

   Also found in: Wikipedia 0.02 sec.
Pink sheets
Refers to over-the-counter trading. Daily publication of the National Quotation Bureau that reports the bid and ask prices of thousands of OTC stocks, as well as the market makers who trade each stock.

Pink Sheets
1. A daily quotation system for OTC stocks. Pink sheets include information such as the bids, asks, and the market makers giving them. Because companies listed on pink sheets are over-the-counter, they do not have to meet any listing requirements, and may therefore be quite small. They are published by the National Quotation Bureau and were originally printed on pink sheets.

2. Informal; the over-the-counter market.

Pink Sheets
The registered name for a privately owned company that operates a centralized quotation service that collects and distributes market maker quotations for securities traded in the over-the-counter market. The service is named for the color of the sheets on which the National Quotation Bureau distributed bid and ask quotations for OTC securities. In 1999 Pink Sheets introduced its Electronic Quotation Service, which provides real-time quotes for OTC equities and bonds. See also OTC Bulletin Board, Yellow Sheets.

Pink Sheets. Pink Sheets LLC is a centralized financial information network.

It provides current prices and other information in both print and electronic formats to the over-the-counter (OTC) securities markets.

Its Electronic Quotation Service reports real-time OTC equity and bond quotations to market makers and brokers, and its website provides a broad range of historical and current data.

The name pink sheet derives from the pink paper on which the National Quotation Bureau originally printed information on OTC stocks. Comparable information on OTC bonds was printed on yellow paper.


Pink Sheets

What Does Pink Sheets Mean?

A daily publication compiled by the National Quotation Bureau that quotes bid and ask prices of over-the-counter (OTC) stocks along with all the market makers that trade them. Unlike companies on a stock exchange, companies quoted on the pink sheets are not required to meet listing minimums or file with the SEC. The term also refers to OTC trading.

Investopedia explains Pink Sheets

Pink sheets got their name because they were printed on pink paper. One can tell whether a company trades on the pink sheets because the stock symbol will end in “PK.”

Related Terms:
Illiquid
Over-the-Counter Bulletin BoardOTCBB
Market Risk Premium
Penny Stock
Securities and Exchange CommissionSEC



Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Financial browser?   Full browser?
 
What investors need to realize when choosing to jump on board with Cromwell Coulson, CEO of Pink Sheets LLC, is that not only are the stocks listed on the Pink Sheets listed there for a reason but there is a very real and legitimate reason that these stocks aren''t on the more notable exchanges.
About Pink Sheets LLC Pink Sheets provides broker-dealers, issuers and investors with electronic and print products and information services designed to improve the transparency of the Over-the-Counter (OTC) markets.
Following the effectiveness of the Form 25 filing, the Company's common stock may be quoted over-the-counter on the Pink Sheets LLC if market makers commit to make a market in the Company's shares.
 
 
 
Financial Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.