Contributors

The popularity of the SmallCap Network community reflects the insight and experience of its contributors. The analysts and journalists who provide the commentary for this website are also real traders and investors who live what they teach. Through their articles and ideas they strive to teach you how to get the most out of the market too, just like they have themselves.

All of our contributors are screened not just based on their personal ethical standards, but also for quality and commitment. Can they write meaningfully and clear, and will they do so consistently?

More than anything though, the main characteristic we require of our writers is a sincere desire to help other investors make more money in the stock market.

These high standards can make it challenging to find small cap commentators, but it’s worth the effort. Quality and results are everything when it comes to investing, so we insist on the very best when it comes to sharing commentary with our community’s members.

That said, one of the most compelling aspects about our community – and the reason we screen our writers so diligently – is that we don’t dictate what our contributors say, nor do we tell them how to say it. The editors reserve the right to make changes to commentary in order to improve clarity, and we may suggest or request article topics from time to time. However, our analysts’ ideas are truly unbiased and independent.

Do you think you have what it takes to be a SmallCap Network contributor? It’s not an easy challenge, but it’s definitely a rewarding one. You’ll have an opportunity to build a reputation within the community, teach others, and even learn from others. If you want to share your legitimate ideas and insights with other like-minded small cap traders, please contact us.

SmallCap Network Editorial Staff

James Brumley
Editor - Small Cap Network

James began his investment career as a broker with a prominent Wall Street firm. The core principles behind the advice he was dispensing as an adviser were diversifying, buying stocks with good fundamentals, and thinking long-term. Though the principles were sound, he soon realized they were incomplete in terms of generating and preserving his clients' wealth. He then moved on to become an analyst - and eventually the director of research - for a reputable subscription-based trading newsletter focused on technical analysis. As editor of the SmallCap Network newsletter, Brumley now follows both schools of thought in complementary ways. His philosophy is simply that fundamentals tell you which stocks to buy or sell and technical analysis tells you when to buy or sell them.

Dennis Askew
Sr. Writer

Mr. Askew spent 5 years at a daily newspaper as a feature writer and went on to work in various operational positions at Charles Schwab & Co from 1986 through 1989. He then went to Morgan Stanley as a credit specialist and in 1990 began his 5 year tenure at Bankers Pension as the Manager of Trade Administration. In 1996, he assumed the role of Publishing Manager for a Fidelity Mutual Funds broker-dealer and began contributing features to Buyside Magazine. In 1999, he became the Sr. Writer at Heartland Asset Mgmt., eventually becoming the manager of all corporate communications. Mr. Askew began contributing articles and research to web-based third parties such as NetStocks, CBS Market Guide, and Reuters-Multex. In 2000, he became the Director of Media Relations for an international financial relations firm and in 2005, became a corporate communications consultant for various publicly traded companies. Throughout 2005 and through mid 2006, he was a Sr. Writer for The Tech Briefing, a web-based report of Reuters Investment Research Dept. and in late 2006, he became a Partner and Managing Member of a financial relations firm representing the communications and investment banking needs of numerous publicly traded companies.

Bryan G. Murphy
Writer/Analyst

Bryan Murphy is a veteran investment analyst and journalist. The early part of his career was spent as an equity analyst for two different research and brokerage houses.  Recognizing that research opinions could be, and were, unfairly influenced by third parties, money, and financial politics, he began - on a part time basis - sharing his full and fair opinion of investment ideas and independent research of small companies... where bias and undue influence is far less common than with large cap companies.  With his analytical background and ability to spot and explain compelling trading ideas, he soon found that his written commentary was far more helpful to investors than the Wall Street research mills were.  He's now a full-time financial journalist, sharing investment ideas that the mainstream media (and therefore investors) overlook.  You'll find most of his writing at the SmallCap Network.

Jonathan Yates
Writer/Analyst

Jonathan Yates is a financial writer with over 100 articles appearing under his byline in such publications as Newsweek, Foreign Policy and The Washington Post, among others.  His experience includes General Counsel for a publicly traded corporation, Deputy General Counsel for a full committee in Congress, and Speechwriter/Editor for the Investment Company Institute, the trade association for the mutual fund industry.  He has taught courses in Finance, Writing, and Business-Government Relations.  He has degrees from Harvard University, The Johns Hopkins University, and Georgetown University Law Center.  He has also matriculated at The Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the United States Naval War College.  While working for Members of Congress, he was twice granted "Top Secret" clearance in accordance with his duties.

Brian Prescott
Writer/Analyst

Brian Prescott started as an amateur investor during college education buying and selling stocks recommended by business channels before realizing the spin involved in the picks. A brief stint in Investment Banking further strengthened the view, which was followed by a long and close association of 7 years with industries such as alternative energy, oil & gas and clean transportation as an analyst. Having spent a couple of years on a trading floor, he honed his skills of spotting early signs of trends that may be short-lived but often well used for short-term gains. He has now turned into a full-time financial journalist analyzing small cap companies and their business models. An occasional trader, Prescott combines technical and fundamental analysis with the market sense to identify undervalued stocks that are most likely to outperform the major indexes.

John Udovich
Writer/Analyst

John Udovich is both a recruitment and executive search professional and a freelance writer/researcher with a diverse range of skill sets and experience from working in or studying in the USA, Australia, China, the Philippines, Vietnam and now Malaysia. In fact, John has lived in SE Asia since late 2004 after finishing Murdoch University’s MBA in International Business: China Focus program based in Perth (Western Australia) and Guangzhou (China). John also has an undergraduate business degree from American University in Washington DC and is originally from the West Coast.

For investing, John prefers high dividend yielding stocks for future retirement or income purposes and industries such as consumer products, transportation, real estate, mining and energy. In addition and after living abroad for so long, he is not afraid to both consider or invest in international stocks and emerging markets as a sound strategy to outperform the general markets.

Matthew Briar
Writer

Peter Cleveland
Writer

Mark Spencer
Writer

Ed Liston
Writer