Technical Communications (TCCO.OB) takes off, announces $2 special dividend

As I noted back in November, Technical Communications (OTCBB:TCCO) had a lot going for it.  The company was profitable (though it did post a quarter in the interim where operating results were negative due to increased R&D spending), had a low float that would make any move explosive, and was sitting on a huge cash [...]

New Frontier Media (NOOF): adult pay-per-view company yields high dividends

I’ve had my eye on New Frontier Media (NOOF) all year, and its not the scantily-clad women in its videos that caught my attention. Its the fat dividend yield. According to Yahoo!, New Frontier currently yields over 10%. As mentioned earlier, NOOF’s second quarter earnings (ending 9/30/07) disappointed. Third quarter earnings were down slightly as [...]

Microcap Vice: 5 companies taking the low road to high profits

The figures are in, and vice beats nice. Look no further than this comparison between The Vice Fund [[VICEX]] and The Timothy Plan Conservative Growth Fund [[TCGAX]], which claims to be “America’s first pro-life, pro-family, biblically-based mutual fund group.” The Conservative Growth Fund is only one of the funds in the Timothy Plan, but the [...]

Microcap BAB, Inc. (BABB.OB) announces special dividend

BAB, Inc. (BABB.OB), the tiny comany that operates, franchises, and licenses the Big Apple Bagel, Brewster’s Coffee, Jacobs Bros. Bagels, and My Favorite Muffins brand restaurants, recently announced a special dividend of $.02 in addition to its regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.02 per share, for a total of $0.04. The dividend is payable on [...]