The Small-Cap Investor

As the Chief Investment Strategist of SmallCapInvestor.com, Ian Wyatt has guided thousands of individuals in their quest to capture small-cap investing success. With the release of his new book, The Small-Cap Investor: Secrets to Winning Big with Small-Cap Stocks (Wiley, 27.95, September 2009, 978-0-470-40526-0), Wyatt continues his dedication to help investors find great companies at bargain prices before Wall Street or Main Street catch on.

Small-cap stocks, those publicly traded companies with market capitalizations less than $2 billion, can yield significant gains that are impossible to find when investing in larger stocks. The best performing investments of all-time started out as small-cap stocks, including Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO +94,983%), Dell (Nasdaq: DELL +61,025%), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT +50,209%), and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT +79,016%).

Following an economic recession, small-cap stocks have proven to consistently perform better than large-cap stocks. A recent study from Merrill Lynch found that in the 18 bear markets since the 1930’s, small caps posted an average gain of 41.4% in the 12 months after the end of the decline, compared with an average gain of 32.4% for large caps. This impressive performance makes small-cap stocks among the most attractive investments after a financial downturn.

Unfortunately, information about how to successfully invest in these smaller companies has been hard to find—until now.

Throughout The Small-Cap Investor, Wyatt clearly outlines his proven investment process and the systems that are involved – detailing eight straightforward steps readers need to take to find, research and analyze small-cap stocks that could have big gains. Page by page, he takes the time to explain the essential criteria involved in picking the right stocks and timing buy/sell decisions. Topics include:

• Identifying growth trends and market sectors positioned for rapid growth in the years to come
• Secrets for finding undiscovered small caps before they are embraced by the financial media and institutional investors
• Understanding the fundamentals of a potential investment, including products, services and management’s ability to run the business

By following Wyatt's eight-step process outlined in The Small-Cap Investor, you'll have the edge over other investors and be in a better position to profit from the exponential growth of the right small-cap companies. For more information on Wyatt’s book visit http://www.smallcapbook.com

The Small-Cap Investor

By Ian Wyatt

Wiley; September 2009; $27.95

978-0-470-40526-0

About Wiley

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