Contributors

Ruzbeh Bacha is the founder and CEO of CityFALCON.com. CityFALCON is creating a level playing field for investors and traders by democratising access to financial news and tweets. CityFALCON sources and collate financial big data, and then using the power of social media and crowd curation, creates a comprehensive and timely resource for investors and traders.

Robbie Burns - The Naked Trader has been a full-time trader since 2001 and has made in excess of a million pounds trading the markets. He’s also written three editions of his book “Naked Trader” and the “Naked Trader Guide to Spreadbetting” and runs day seminars using live markets to explain how he makes money. Robbie hates jargon and loves simplicity. Catch him at www.nakedtrader.co.uk.

Connor joined Spreadex in November 2014 as part of a newly expanded Financial Analyst team, after graduating from the University of Southampton with an MA in English. His focus is on providing Spreadex’s customers with up-to-date and informative news, and is responsible for the market analysis found on the Spreadex website.

John is semi-retired after 40 years in City research of one sort or another covering most sectors, and an earlier career in the MoD and management consulting. As well as institutional research he has also long taken an interest in research for private investors, editing the long established and top performing Investors Stockmarket Weekly in the ‘90s, and later Small Cap Shares. In the noughties he worked for seven years with Hardman and published his own research for institutions via his FourSquare Research. He believes it is scandalous that the FCA’s misplaced rules have denied quality research to private investors - leaving them at the mercy of bucket shops and tipsters.

At 22, Caroline Drewett started an education business in London. After diversifying into the world of conservation, and the buy-to-let market, at 28 she now lives and works between Hong Kong, London and Ecuador overseeing the company’s projects. Clients include governments, foundations and private individuals. Her passion for nature, the outdoors, and exploring the world means Caroline spends much of her time travelling, experiencing new cultures, and identifying new opportunities whilst keeping abreast of global trends in real time. Caroline writes for our growing 'millennial' readership. Follow her on Instagram: @carodrewett.

A true stockmarket anorak, James Faulkner began investing in the stock market in his early teens. James is a devotee of the PEG-based growth investing model pioneered by Jim Slater in his seminal book, The Zulu Principle, while also being t1ps.com’s resident economic ‘guru’. James is an Associate of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and holds the CISI Certificate in Investment Management.

Chief Executive Officer with 9+ years’ experience in research at leading financial institutions, including the European Central Bank, Burnbrae Group and Stockhub. Imperial College graduate, and passed both levels 1 and 2 of the CFA, the most respected investment management qualification in the World. Featured in the press, including CityAM, Bloomberg and Master Investor.

Victor is a financial economist, consultant, trainer and writer, with extensive experience in commercial and investment banking and fund management. His career includes stints at JP Morgan, Argyll Investment Management and World Bank IFC.

A well-travelled Londoner, Adrian has had many incarnations: accountant, programmer, musician, international layabout, poker player, political and social agitant, comedy performer/promoter, cunning linguist and shit tennis player. He's refurbished more than one house for himself and is a decent electrician, plumber and a better plasterer. Never trusting tradespeople or professionals to do things properly he's picked up a lot of skills along the way. As a result, he's been studying investing, as well as doing it, for many years. Having so much varied experience he tends to analyse things in a different, even abstract way, which is a good lens through which to see markets and the world.

The man the Daily Mail dubbed “The King of the Short Sellers”, Evil Knievil (aka Simon Cawkwell) is Britain’s most feared bear-raider. A big man with a bigger reputation, Evil Knievil famously made £1 million by short selling shares in Northern Rock during its collapse. He also uses his knowledge and experience to buy shares, often resulting in the same devastating effect. Evil now writes exclusively for Master Investor Magazine.

Roger is currently Deputy Chairman of ShareSoc (the UK Individual Shareholders Society”) which promotes the interests of private investors. He has been an active stock market investor for many years; written numerous articles on stock market investment for a wide variety of publications; and has been actively involved in a large number of campaigns on “problem” companies. His previous career was mainly as a director of IT companies and he has done some “business angel” investments in early stage companies. He is a Member of the British Computer Society, has a Masters Degree in Business Administration and a first class degree in Engineering.

THE INTUITIVE TRADER... CEO of Clever Games UK (www.clevergamesuk.com), Andre Minassian started trading as a retail investor 11 years ago. Some six months into his trading, he discovered that conventional methods of predicting the stock markets, i.e the technical and the fundamentals alone, simply did not help him make profitable trades . According to Andre, whatever news and data that is put out there to the public and almost all market calls by the big players is simply to move the retail investor in the direction which they want him/her to move. Consequently, he decided to ignore all broker forecasts, most market data - in short all noise created out there - and look for the macro geopolitical & economic Game Plans and Agendas which, according to him, control and decide market directions.

Claire, Hybridan’s founding partner and CEO, was previously at Nomura in the UK Small Cap Life Sciences and Technology Sales and Trading team, and prior to joining Nomura, Claire was a mid cap equity analyst at Lazard, with a significant involvement in IPOs and capital market transactions. Claire started her career as an analyst and consultant at Datamonitor covering large cap companies. Claire is on the Board of the Quoted Companies Alliance as a non executive Director and is also Deputy Chairman of the QCA Board. Claire also heads up the Small Cap Awards judging panel of investors and advisors as Chairman. Claire has a Double Honours Degree from Manchester University, where she also undertook some postgraduate studies. She is fluent in French and German, and actively involved in a number of groups and government initiatives to empower women in the workforce and on Boards. Claire remains a mentor at Manchester University.

Tim Price is manager of the VT Price Value Portfolio and author of 'Investing Through the Looking Glass: a rational guide to irrational financial markets'. To find out more, visit www.pricevaluepartners.com.

Having completed his Economics BSc Degree in Manchester, Samuel Rae quickly discovered that the retail Forex industry was for him. His personal trading style combines classic candlestick analysis with a simple, logical and risk management driven approach to the financial markets - a strategy that is described and demonstrated in his best selling book, Diary of a Currency Trader.

In September 1984, John left university with a degree in Zoology and started work in the City of London. Over the next twenty five years most of John’s career involved managing UK equity portfolios with Fleming Investment Management and Henderson Global Investors, for corporate and local authority defined benefit pension schemes as well as the reserve fund of a well-known charity. During 2009 he left full time employment and decided to take time out to consider the next stage of his career, whilst putting his years of experience to good use investing the family savings. John thoroughly enjoyed the freedom of investing from home and in January 2012 set up www.JohnsInvestmentChronicle.com.

Carl is a seasoned commentator on financial matters and one of the minds behind Just Mortgage Brokers. He has worked in the mortgage industry for over 20 years, first working for a high street lender, before departing to setup and run his own branch of mortgage brokers 15 years ago.

Vince Stanzione is a self-made Multi-Millionaire financial trader and entrepreneur with over 30 years’ experience. He is the New York Times best-selling author of ‘The Millionaire Dropout, fire your boss, do what you love & reclaim your life’ (Wiley) and has been featured in the Guardian, Times, Sunday Express, Daily Telegraph, CNBC, New York Times, Investors Chronicle and Shares Magazine. He is one of the best know Financial Spread Traders in the UK and wrote the first edition of ‘Making Money from Financial Spread Trading’ in 1997. Find out more at www.finbets.com.

Robert Stephens, CFA, is an Equity Analyst who runs his own research company. He has been investing for over 15 years and owns a wide range of shares. Notable influences on his investment style include Warren Buffett, Ben Graham and Jim Slater. Robert has written for a variety of publications including The Daily Telegraph, What Investment and Citywire.

Analytical Surveyor has worked for over 40 years in the City and West End of London as a real estate investment manager, an equity analyst, a multi-manager, a fund manager and as a researcher and strategist. In his area of expertise, he is highly regarded and currently works as a consultant.

James Tuckett is a full-time crowdfunding evangelical and founded investUP in 2012. From an aerospace engineering and accountancy background, James has seen the power of the alternative finance sector at first hand. He is a keen believer that crowdfunding represents the new order in the finance sector.

Director of SQC Research and Author of mw-m.com.

Mark, who has over fifty-five years’ experience in the UK stock market, established SQC Research in 1993. He previously worked as a dealer for four stockbroking firms and an investment fund management business. Prior to SQC Research, which provides investment information and comment on smaller quoted companies, he published financial and investment magazines and newsletters.