Kwame Osei
Kwame covers micro-cap market breadth, index composition, and the institutional and passive flows that reach the smallest listed companies.
Articles by Kwame Osei
Four Nasdaq companies disclosed late-filing deficiencies in nine days, and the cure clocks run to very different places
Gulf Resources, Breeze Acquisition Corp. II, Shuttle Pharmaceuticals and Netcapital each told investors in the second half of August that Nasdaq had cited them under Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) for overdue periodic reports. The rule is the same in each case; the deadlines the four companies disclosed range from this Monday to February 2027.
Four Micro-Cap Consolidations Across Three Sessions Cut Vision Marine to About 653,000 Shares and Longeveron to About 3.0 Million Class A
Vision Marine, Longeveron and Cycurion each moved this week to consolidate shares and defend a Nasdaq listing. A fourth, OTCQB-quoted GlobalTech, split to try to obtain one. All four left authorized share counts untouched.
Three Reverse Splits Hit the Nasdaq Tape Friday Morning. The market-value rule that would matter most to the companies behind them was approved on July 22, automatically stayed on July 29 and is not in force today.
PMGC Holdings consolidated 1-for-10 at midnight Friday, taking roughly 8.1 million shares to about 809,584; Bit Origin went 1-for-5 at the open and Smartkem 1-for-50 after Thursday's close. None of it moves market value — and a Nasdaq rule approved July 22 that would delist companies below $5 million of market value with no cure period was automatically stayed a week later pending full Commission review.
Six Micro-Caps Report August 17-21 With Listing Clocks and Financing Votes Already Running
While Walmart, Target and Home Depot dominate the week's coverage, InspireMD, Evogene, Datavault AI, Accuray, Unifi and Flux Power all print results the same week. For four of the six, a dated Nasdaq compliance deadline, a shareholder vote or a covenant default is already on the record before the numbers land.
Micro Caps Lead Again as Wednesday's CPI Looms Over a Historic Small-Stock Run
The Russell 2000 outpaced flat large-cap benchmarks Tuesday while the Russell Microcap Index sits on a roughly 59% one-year gain — and an inflation report now stands between the rally and its next leg.