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In general, you can invest in microcaps in one of two ways. First, you can buy a company’s stock in the open market, or Second, you can invest directly into the company via Private Placement. As an accredited investor I get pitched tons of private placement opportunities. Just like
One of my mentors in the business was a full time investor who had a big following. When I met him early in my investing career he showed me what to look for, how to talk to management, and even how to communicate a stock idea to others. He would
I really enjoy meeting investors face to face. A couple times per year we try to have MicroCapClub member meetups where those that are interested get together and just talk stocks for a day or two. We just had one of these events in Idaho, YES, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
I absolutely love reading business biographies because there is always some nugget of information that helps me to be a better investor. How do I find good business biographies? Searching Amazon for the highest rated business biographies that exist. Bouncing Back: The Life of Bill Bartmann published September 2013 is
Our experiences on the extremes of investing are often very memorable. You invested in a company and almost the very next day the rest of the world seemed to wake up to the story too and the stock goes on an epic run. Or you invested in a company and
I co-manage Blueprint Capital Management (www.blueprintcm.com) which is a MicroCap growth equity strategy focused primarily on the Technology and Consumer sectors. I launched my fund almost two years ago and, over time, have fielded many inquiries, both general and specific, regarding the initial setup, preferred structure, and actual
Benjamin Graham And The Power of Growth Stocks is the most important investment book I’ve ever read. Employing the principles outlined in the book, the author’s firm (Disciplined Growth Investors) has generated exceptional results for his clients. One offers this summary in the book’s foreword: When Frederick
When I was 11 years old I swung my first golf club, and I was hooked. It was my passion. At that very minute my love for soccer ended. I remember thinking even back then, “How long can I really kick this ball around for? What? 10 years tops? This
Sometimes you evaluate how lucky you are by how unlucky you are. I’m not a trader, but sometimes I try to act like one. I was trading a couple microcap biotech stocks in 2009. I was looking for biotechs that the street thought had less than a 50% shot
Pump and dumps have been going on since the beginning of the stock market and are most prevalent amongst penny stocks. The hard mailer is one of the most used avenues to pump a stock. The company themselves, affiliates, or large shareholders pay millions of dollars to mail out glossy
In the fall of 2008, institutions were punting positions left and right due to redemptions. This was a great time for some swing trades, as many stocks were under constant bid whacking pressure. The opportunity was finding the microcaps that had a few (not a lot) of institutional holders. You