Uncommon Equities
| Uncommon Equities provides issuer-paid research for promising public small and microcap companies that need to have their stories told. We tell these stories in a balanced, professional manner. Uncommon Equities believes it is important that investors, evaluating a company’s investment merits, have access to comprehensive and timely company and industry information and professional insights to put this information in context. Since many investors need time to build confidence in a company as a rewarding long-term investment, our research offering includes an extensive initial report, quarterly updates, and research notes as warranted. Uncommon Equities provides this service in response to the contraction of quality equity research coverage on small companies from traditional sources. Other ServicesAs we search for under-followed investment opportunities for inclusion in our company-sponsored research coverage program, we often come across stocks that, while already receiving research coverage from brokerage firms, strike us as being promising investment opportunities that we would like to share with our visitors. We will share why we believe these ideas are worthy of consideration in brief "Snapshots."In addition, as a service to our site visitors, we prepare a market comment each morning. Although the focus of Uncommon Equities is on introducing investors to under-followed and, in many cases, undiscovered specific investment opportunities, we believe it is helpful to have a context within which to make investment decisions. Recent Research
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 Market Comment(Prepared by Resnik Asset Management Co.resnikresearch@msn.com) May 24, 2013 Pacific Ethanol Update report published earlier this week. Company now expected to turn profitable in current quarter.
The market slipped lower yesterday against a backdrop of a 7.3 percent decline in Japan's Nikkei stock index, weaker than expected manufacturing data from China, and a mixed message from The Federal Reserve meeting minutes and statements about plans to continue its asset-purchase program. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 12.67 points (0.08 percent), the S&P 500 Index lost 4.84 points (0.29 percent), and the Nasdaq Composite was off 3.88 points (0.11 percent). In economic news, the initial claims level fell back to 340,000 for the week ending May 18 from an upwardly revised 363,000 (from 360,000) for the week ending May 11, slightly better than with the consensus estimate had 348,000. New home sales increased 2.3 percent to 454,000 in April after a sizable upward revision for March to 444,000 (from 417,000), beating the consensus estimate of 426,000. New home inventory levels remain depressed with only a 4.1-month supply at current sales rates. During a normal environment, homebuilders try to maintain a 6-month supply. That means construction growth should accelerate from current levels.
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