Hot penny stocks to invest, hot small cap stocks investment idea

Goal

Find small cap companies with high cash balance relative to their total assets

Screening Criteria

Smallcaps with market capitalization between $5M and $500M, with Cash balance of $200M or more and cash + short term investments is greater than 50% of assets

Company Name	Exchange:Ticker	Total Cash & ST Investments [Latest Qtr] (C$M)	Total Cash & ST Investments / Total Assets	Market Cap [1-Feb-11] (C$M)
TradeStation Group Inc.	NasdaqGS:TRAD	1,410.0	89%	281.0
Gleacher & Company, Inc	NasdaqGS:GLCH	1,306.5	85%	280.0
China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd.	NYSE:STV	258.1	84%	387.3
LaBranche & Co. Inc.	NYSE:LAB	1,216.1	81%	154.4
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	NasdaqGS:AMAG	282.9	78%	372.0
FormFactor Inc.	NasdaqGS:FORM	349.3	75%	429.5
Qiao Xing Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.	NYSE:QXM	425.2	74%	238.9
Calamos Asset Management Inc.	NasdaqGS:CLMS	442.7	74%	319.9
Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd.	NasdaqGS:ACTS	206.7	73%	201.4
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc.	NYSE:GCAP	287.1	69%	297.1
Institutional Financial Markets, Inc.	AMEX:IFMI	218.3	69%	49.3
Zoran Corporation	NasdaqGS:ZRAN	383.2	68%	484.0
InfoSpace Inc.	NasdaqGS:INSP	235.3	68%	299.5
FBR Capital Markets Corporation	NasdaqGS:FBCM	290.7	66%	236.3
Penson Worldwide Inc	NasdaqGS:PNSN	6,535.0	65%	142.0
Exar Corp.	NasdaqGS:EXAR	203.3	63%	292.0
The9 Limited	NasdaqGS:NCTY	241.8	62%	175.8
Qiao Xing Universal Resources, Inc.	NasdaqGS:XING	532.0	62%	228.8
Cowen Group, Inc.	NasdaqGS:COWN	842.5	59%	337.7
SWS Group, Inc.	NYSE:SWS	2,695.5	58%	146.5
Syneron Medical Ltd.	NasdaqGS:ELOS	219.3	58%	387.8
Senvest Capital Inc.	TSX:SEC	265.2	57%	203.6
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	NasdaqGS:ALNY	238.9	56%	429.7
Ace Aviation Holdings Inc.	TSX:ACE.A	211.0	53%	406.6
Universal Insurance Holdings Inc.	AMEX:UVE	412.3	51%	216.5

Source: Capital IQ
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