Friday’s Big Small Cap Stock Movers: Set to Keep Moving? CDIF, GVIT, CICN & SIPC

On Friday, small cap stocks Cardiff International (OTC: CDIF), GEO Vision International Group (PINK: GVIT), Cicero Inc (OTC: CICN) and SIPP Industries (PINK: SIPC) were making big moves for investors with the first three stocks sinking 41.76%, 32% and 27.9%, respectively, and the last one surging 34.48%. Even more interestingly, two of these small cap stocks appear to be the subject of paid promotions while the other two are not (although they are getting plenty of mentions in investment newsletters). So what should be your trading or investing strategy with these four rising or sinking small cap stocks? Here is a quick glance:

Cardiff International (OTC: CDIF) Has No New News to Report

Cardiff International apparently develops proprietary software systems to manage consumer purchases. According to various disclosures, no transactions have occurred for the mentions of Cardiff International in various investment newsletters. On Friday, Cardiff International sank 41.76% to $0.0099 for a market cap of $1.08 million plus CDIF is down 50.5% since last June and down 88.3% since February of 2008 in off and on trading according to Google Finance.

What’s the Catch with Cardiff International? A quick look at Cardiff International’s newsfeed does not reveal any news or press releases to explain the stock’s sudden drop on Friday. Cardiff International has also reported virtually no revenues; net income of $2,579k (most recent reporting quarter) and net losses of $1,173k and $334k along with net losses of $2,835k (2011), $2,289k (2010) and $1,135k (2009); and had $10k in cash to cover $5,158k in current liabilities as of September 29th. With that in mind along with the lack of any new news, investors who aren’t traders or gamblers might want to stay away.

GEO Vision International Group (PINK: GVIT) Has Been Busy Issuing Press Releases (But Not Financials)

GEO Vision International Group is dedicated to offering health conscious Boomers safe and natural products at affordable prices. According to various disclosures, transactions of $1k, $3k and $20k have occurred to mention GEO Vision International Group in various investment newsletters. On Friday, GEO Vision International Group sank 32% to $0.0085 for a market cap of $244.4k plus GVIT is up 9% since last March and down 87.9% since early 2009 in off and on trading according to Google Finance.

What’s the Catch with GEO Vision International Group? Since the middle of January, GEO Vision International Group has issued around 8 press releases with those issues last week including an announcement that the company has become a verified merchant on TheFind.com, has launched two new supplements under its Boomer Vanity product line and has been approved to become a Sears.com merchant. However, I am not seeing the one thing that investors should look at with a small cap stock: GEO Vision International Group’s financials as they are not posted on Yahoo! Finance or Google Finance.

Cicero Inc (OTC: CICN) Has New Deals With Big (But Unnamed) Clients

Cicero Inc provides business performance software that enables companies to monitor and improve their existing technologies to deliver smart, integrated and secure solutions at employees' desktops and mobile devices. According to various disclosures, no transactions have occurred for mentions of Cicero Inc in various investment newsletters. On Friday, Cicero Inc sank 27.9% to $0.0750 for a market cap of $5.48 million plus CICN is down 11.8% over the past year and down 60.5% over the past five years according to Google Finance

What’s the Catch with Cicero Inc? For January, Cicero Inc has issued just two press releases, one about an (unnamed) Global 200 / Forbes 500 insurance company signing an enterprise software license and services agreement to deliver an integrated Cicero XM Smart Desktop solution for their call centers and a second press release about a Global 100 financial services company signing a software license and services agreement to deliver a Cicero XM Smart Desktop solution to back office employees. A quick look at Cicero Inc’s financials reveals revenues of $570k (most recent reported quarter), $1,044k and $3,669k for the first three quarters of 2012 along with net losses of $971k (most recent reported quarter) and $815k and net income of $2,156k. As of September 29th, Cicero Inc had just $9k in cash and $148k in receivables to cover $8,248k in current liabilities. At best, that’s a mixed picture while at its worst, the Cicero Inc’s press releases that mention deals with unnamed companies could be more than just an exaggeration.

SIPP Industries (PINK: SIPC) is Merging With a Liquor Company

SIPP Industries is a publicly traded company with one main subsidiary, Palm Beach Coffee Inc., which offers the very finest espresso/cappuccino machines in the industry. Sipp Industries, Inc. is also in the final stages of finalizing a merger with Spectre Worldwide Corp., an authorized importer, licensor and marketer of liqueur brands including vodka, liqueurs, prosecco, tequilas, vodkas, cognac and wines. According to various disclosures, transactions of $1k, $3.5k and $9k have occurred to mention Spectre Worldwide Corp. in various investment newsletters. On Friday, SIPP Industries surged 34.48% to $0.0039 for a market cap of $130.1k plus SIPC is up 54.1% over the past year and down 99.7% over the past five years according to Google Finance.

What’s the Catch with SIPP Industries? Last week, SIPP Industries was busy issuing press releases, including one to announce that its in the final stages of finalizing a merger with Spectre Worldwide Corp. That announcement was followed by an announcement that SIPP Industries expects 25,000 to 100,000 cases would be a reasonable sales number for the first year of a private label brand in association with Spectre's association to the Event and Concert industry.The final press release was more of an update with SIPP Industries noting that its management has extensive Liquor industry expertise and sales are projected to quadruple over the next 18 months. However, there really aren’t any up-to-date financials for SIPP Industries posted on Yahoo! Finance and Google Finance that reflect the announcements in the press releases – meaning investors might want to take the wait and see approach with this one.