NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- IM Strategies' flagship subsidiary StockIM proves that the world of message boards as the sole means of online investor chatter will soon be a thing of the past, as today it announced an 800-percent increase in Website traffic after being featured in the October 23rd Edition of Barron's.
"To be included in the Electronic Investor section (of Barron's) highlights that our Instant Messaging platform and archival systems are valuable tools to the investment community," said Joseph Hain, Founder and CEO of IM Strategies and StockIM. "The weekend site traffic we received after the publication of that article truly represents that individual investors are desperately seeking a more efficient way to undertake their due-diligence."
Furthermore, StockIM is a platform and channel for small companies to communicate their corporate messages to the web site's focused group of users. By subscribing to StockIM's Corporate Communicator(tm) (http://www.stockim.com/view_CorpComm.php), public companies have the ability to communicate detailed information directly through the StockIM research site, which will be disseminated to a wide, targeted audience of new potential investors.
Using a proprietary messaging platform, StockIM provides a communications and research hub to the investor focused on micro-small-cap companies:
-- Instant messaging platform for all companies on all US exchanges
-- Includes OTCBB and pink sheet companies
-- Real-time streaming news feeds
-- stock quotes
-- information news alerts
-- chartings
-- Key statistics and fundamental data
-- Exclusive news and industry commentary
-- focused on micro-small-cap companies
-- Research reports
-- Message boards
-- Blogs
-- Podcasts/Video webcasts
About IM Strategies(r)
IM Strategies provides a complete communications hub to the investment community. The market flux caused by the Sarbanes Oxley Act has led to the creation of IM Strategies' flagship product, StockIM(r), which provides information of micro-small-cap companies across all US exchanges. StockIM's real time, centralized platform for streaming information helps investors identify news, trends, rumors and unique investor commentary, and allows them to communicate through an Instant Messenger functionality with people within their firm or with the diverse, group of investors congregated on the StockIM buddy network. Premium users have access to real time news, quote and chart feeds, and also have the ability to buy and sell stocks directly through a partnership with a premier fast execution order platform. StockIM is a unique, one-stop information source and communications tool for today's savvy investor. For more information about IM Strategies and StockIM, visit www.stockim.com or call 646.283.1707. StockIM(r) is a registered trademark of IM Strategies.