For this episode of the Planet

MicroCap Podcast, I spoke with Sam Namiri, Associate at Grand Slam Asset

Management. I’ve met Sam at many MicroCap conferences over the years, and we

would exchange ideas about what is going in the MicroCap market. I thought it would

be informative to do an interview with Sam and share with all of you what I’ve

learned in my conversations with him. In this interview, we discuss Sam’s

MicroCap investing strategy and how that’s evolved since he started at

lunch-time in high school. Specifically, what I thought was very interesting

for this interview and the goal for this episode is to understand how to value

a MicroCap stock, according to Sam.

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In this episode, Sam and I discuss the following topics: 

- Sam's background and how did he got into

MicroCaps

- How Sam goes about investing in MicroCap

stocks - his investing strategy

- What a quality MicroCap

company according to Sam

- Timing – how

do you know when to buy, sell or hold

- On the podcast, most of guests recommend to sell

when something fundamental about the company changes – messaging, management or

business model – how Sam measures that and how he assesses if a

fundamental change in the company will result in something worse or better

- How he assesses a quality business model

- What is a financial model and why is that

important when doing due diligence

- What is a value investor and why is that

philosophy making a come back of sorts?

- What experience did

he learn the most from

- His advice for new MicroCap investors

For more information about Sam Namiri, you can follow him on Twitter @SNamiri, and please visit: www.gslamcap.com

You can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com

For this episode of the Planet

MicroCap Podcast, I spoke with Donald Porter, Senior Vice President at DGHM

& Co. I met Donald a couple months ago, and we were talking about how his

firm was working on a white paper talking about MicroCap stocks. I followed up

with him and he sent it over. The white paper is titled, “MicroCaps Value

Uncovered,” and I thought, rather than dissecting the paper myself, why not

invite Donald onto the podcast to explain the firm’s thesis.

And furthermore, as the first line of the thesis

states, “The world of microcap stocks is an exciting, vast and rich place to

allocate capital.” That got my attention and I wanted to hear more, so here we

go.

The goal for this episode is to

learn about the opportunities when investing in MicroCap Stocks, according to

DGHM & Co., what makes MicroCap stocks interesting today relative to other

asset classes, and an understanding of MicroCap stocks as compared to large

caps.

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In this episode, Donald and I discuss the following topics: 

- Mr. Porter's background, and you

were introduced to investing in MicroCap stocks.

- Motivation for why DGHM, recently put out a white paper,

titled, “MicroCaps: Value Uncovered”

- According to the paper, why MicroCaps beat large caps over the long term

- The difference between value Microcap

stocks vs. growth microcap stocks and why this is important to understand

- In the paper, it states, “passive investment in

microcaps has not been successful," he explains what this means

- Why the liquidity risk premium is a driving

factor for microcap performance

- What are some other characteristics that make

MicroCap investing attractive

- What are the parallels with Microcap vs. Private Equity and what is the

fundamental difference when owning a microcap vs. shares in a private company

in one’s portfolio

- What makes MicroCap stocks interesting today

relative to other asset classes

-  In

summary, the key points Donald would like our audience to take away from

reading the white paper

For more information about DGHM & Co., please visit: www.DGHM.com

You can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com

For this episode of the Planet

MicroCap Podcast, I spoke with Donald Porter, Senior Vice President at DGHM

& Co. I met Donald a couple months ago, and we were talking about how his

firm was working on a white paper talking about MicroCap stocks. I followed up

with him and he sent it over. The white paper is titled, “MicroCaps Value

Uncovered,” and I thought, rather than dissecting the paper myself, why not

invite Donald onto the podcast to explain the firm’s thesis.

And furthermore, as the first line of the thesis

states, “The world of microcap stocks is an exciting, vast and rich place to

allocate capital.” That got my attention and I wanted to hear more, so here we

go.

The goal for this episode is to

learn about the opportunities when investing in MicroCap Stocks, according to

DGHM & Co., what makes MicroCap stocks interesting today relative to other

asset classes, and an understanding of MicroCap stocks as compared to large

caps.

The Planet MicroCap Podcast is brought to you by SNN Incorporated, publishers of StockNewsNow.com, The Official MicroCap News Source, and the MicroCap Review Magazine, the leading magazine in the MicroCap market - check out the latest issue here: MicroCap Review Winter/Spring 2016

In this episode, Donald and I discuss the following topics: 

- Mr. Porter's background, and you

were introduced to investing in MicroCap stocks.

- Motivation for why DGHM, recently put out a white paper,

titled, “MicroCaps: Value Uncovered”

- According to the paper, why MicroCaps beat large caps over the long term

- The difference between value Microcap

stocks vs. growth microcap stocks and why this is important to understand

- In the paper, it states, “passive investment in

microcaps has not been successful," he explains what this means

- Why the liquidity risk premium is a driving

factor for microcap performance

- What are some other characteristics that make

MicroCap investing attractive

- What are the parallels with Microcap vs. Private Equity and what is the

fundamental difference when owning a microcap vs. shares in a private company

in one’s portfolio

- What makes MicroCap stocks interesting today

relative to other asset classes

-  In

summary, the key points Donald would like our audience to take away from

reading the white paper

For more information about DGHM & Co., please visit: www.DGHM.com

You can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com

For this episode of the PlanetMicroCap Podcast, I spoke with Adam J. Epstein, Founder of Third CreekAdvisors, LLC. Mr. Epstein is a former institutional investor, well-known speaker on corporate governance, and the author of the best-selling resource created specifically for small-cap corporate directors, titled, “The Perfect Corporate Board: A Handbook for Mastering the Unique Challenges of Small-Cap Companies.”

As defined by Investopedia, Corporate Governance, “is the system of rules, practices and processes by which a company is directed and controlled. Corporate Governance essentially involves balancing the interests of the many stakeholders in a company – these include shareholders, management, customers, suppliers, financiers, government and the community. Since corporate governance also provides the framework for attaining a company’s objectives it encompasses practically every sphere of management from action plans and internal controls to performance measurement and corporate disclosure.” You can probably imagine the implications of having good or bad corporate governance in a MicroCap company.

The goal for this episode is to learn about and define corporate governance, understand why this is important when doing your due diligence and what we can do as investors to better know what we’re getting on the corporate governance front in MicroCap companies.

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In this episode, Adam and I discuss the following topics: 

- Mr. Epstein's background

- Issues Third Creek Advisors helps pre-IPO and MicroCap companies with

- What Corporate Governance means and why is it important tokeep in mind when looking at MicroCap companies

- As a MicroCap investor, what are some qualities that we should look for in a MicroCap board of directors as a whole and individually

- Typical reasons to change a board member

- What do you do when the board becomes completely uncooperative?

- Going back to one of your previous answers, you referenced shareholder activists. Is that a realistic concern for most micro-caps?

- Where most microcap boardrooms underperform 

- Common governance shortcomings

- What can we do as investors to better know what we’re getting on the corporate governance front with micro-caps

- Do you have any stories, without using the names of the companies, that taught him the importance putting together a solid board

- Advice for new MicroCap investors when doing their due diligence on theboard of directors of these companies

For more information about Adam J. Epstein and Third Creek Advisors, LLC, please visit: www.ThirdCreekAdvisors.com

You can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com

For this episode of the PlanetMicroCap Podcast, I spoke with Adam J. Epstein, Founder of Third CreekAdvisors, LLC. Mr. Epstein is a former institutional investor, well-known speaker on corporate governance, and the author of the best-selling resource created specifically for small-cap corporate directors, titled, “The Perfect Corporate Board: A Handbook for Mastering the Unique Challenges of Small-Cap Companies.”

As defined by Investopedia, Corporate Governance, “is the system of rules, practices and processes by which a company is directed and controlled. Corporate Governance essentially involves balancing the interests of the many stakeholders in a company – these include shareholders, management, customers, suppliers, financiers, government and the community. Since corporate governance also provides the framework for attaining a company’s objectives it encompasses practically every sphere of management from action plans and internal controls to performance measurement and corporate disclosure.” You can probably imagine the implications of having good or bad corporate governance in a MicroCap company.

The goal for this episode is to learn about and define corporate governance, understand why this is important when doing your due diligence and what we can do as investors to better know what we’re getting on the corporate governance front in MicroCap companies.

The Planet MicroCap Podcast is brought to you by SNN Incorporated, publishers of StockNewsNow.com, The Official MicroCap News Source, and the MicroCap Review Magazine, the leading magazine in the MicroCap market - check out the latest issue here: MicroCap Review Winter/Spring 2016

In this episode, Adam and I discuss the following topics: 

- Mr. Epstein's background

- Issues Third Creek Advisors helps pre-IPO and MicroCap companies with

- What Corporate Governance means and why is it important tokeep in mind when looking at MicroCap companies

- As a MicroCap investor, what are some qualities that we should look for in a MicroCap board of directors as a whole and individually

- Typical reasons to change a board member

- What do you do when the board becomes completely uncooperative?

- Going back to one of your previous answers, you referenced shareholder activists. Is that a realistic concern for most micro-caps?

- Where most microcap boardrooms underperform 

- Common governance shortcomings

- What can we do as investors to better know what we’re getting on the corporate governance front with micro-caps

- Do you have any stories, without using the names of the companies, that taught him the importance putting together a solid board

- Advice for new MicroCap investors when doing their due diligence on theboard of directors of these companies

For more information about Adam J. Epstein and Third Creek Advisors, LLC, please visit: www.ThirdCreekAdvisors.com

You can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com

For this episode of the PlanetMicroCap Podcast, I spoke with Rick Rule, President and CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings, Inc. Rick Rule has dedicated his entire life to natural resource securities investing, and is one of the more sought after speakers and leading thinkers in natural resources and mining. I’ve seen him speak at many conferences to packed rooms, and let me tell you, when he speaks, people listen. I have wanted to speak with him since starting this podcast, so I feel quite privileged that he was able to carve out some time to do this. I felt that he was the natural resource, pardon the pun, to discuss the cyclical nature of resources. Roughly being able to predict where we are in any given cycle, while difficult, can provide an edge when looking at investing in microcap resource companies. In this interview, Rick provides an overview to understand when these peaks and valleys can and do happen, and their characteristics.

The goal for this episode is to learn about the cyclical nature of the resource market, in his opinion, where we are currently at in the cycle, and his advice for aspiring MicroCap Investors looking at the resource sector.  

You might also be interested in joining Rick and his team as they will be hosting the Sprott Vancouver Natural Resource Symposium at the Fairmont Hotel inVancouver, BC, July 26th to the 29th. You can register to attend at NaturalResourceSymposium.com or go to SprottGlobal.com under,“Upcoming Events”. Also, at the end of the interview, Rick makes a very special offer that you may want to take advantage of.

The Planet MicroCap Podcast is brought to you by SNN Incorporated, publishers of StockNewsNow.com, The Official MicroCap News Source, and the MicroCap Review Magazine, the leading magazine in the MicroCap market - check out the latest issue here: MicroCap Review Winter/Spring 2016

In this episode, Rick and I discuss the following topics:

- Rick's background and how he got into Natural Resources

- How many cycles he has been through in your lifetime thus far

- In this currentmarket, what he is looking for. 

- When he believes is the righttime to start looking at MicroCaps in the resource sector

- Consolidationof exploration MicroCap companies 

- The strong dollarand increasing interest rates are pressuring precious metals prices, when willthis trend reverse?

- Why shouldinvestors buy MicroCap producers when major named producers seem undervalued?

- Gold had a recentrun up and then corrected, several analysts predicted that would happen. Is thecorrection near over? Is this correction really a buy signal?

- In the last article for the MicroCap Review, he stated, “Value-oriented clients willprobably be able to buy the best names in the middle of 2016.” We’re just aboutthere – are we on target?

- His advice for aspiring MicroCap investors looking at theresource sector

For more information about Rick Rule and Sprott U.S. Holdings, Inc., please visit: www.SprottGlobal.com

You can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com

For this episode of the PlanetMicroCap Podcast, I spoke with Rick Rule, President and CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings, Inc. Rick Rule has dedicated his entire life to natural resource securities investing, and is one of the more sought after speakers and leading thinkers in natural resources and mining. I’ve seen him speak at many conferences to packed rooms, and let me tell you, when he speaks, people listen. I have wanted to speak with him since starting this podcast, so I feel quite privileged that he was able to carve out some time to do this. I felt that he was the natural resource, pardon the pun, to discuss the cyclical nature of resources. Roughly being able to predict where we are in any given cycle, while difficult, can provide an edge when looking at investing in microcap resource companies. In this interview, Rick provides an overview to understand when these peaks and valleys can and do happen, and their characteristics.

The goal for this episode is to learn about the cyclical nature of the resource market, in his opinion, where we are currently at in the cycle, and his advice for aspiring MicroCap Investors looking at the resource sector.  

You might also be interested in joining Rick and his team as they will be hosting the Sprott Vancouver Natural Resource Symposium at the Fairmont Hotel inVancouver, BC, July 26th to the 29th. You can register to attend at NaturalResourceSymposium.com or go to SprottGlobal.com under,“Upcoming Events”. Also, at the end of the interview, Rick makes a very special offer that you may want to take advantage of.

The Planet MicroCap Podcast is brought to you by SNN Incorporated, publishers of StockNewsNow.com, The Official MicroCap News Source, and the MicroCap Review Magazine, the leading magazine in the MicroCap market - check out the latest issue here: MicroCap Review Winter/Spring 2016

In this episode, Rick and I discuss the following topics:

- Rick's background and how he got into Natural Resources

- How many cycles he has been through in your lifetime thus far

- In this currentmarket, what he is looking for. 

- When he believes is the righttime to start looking at MicroCaps in the resource sector

- Consolidationof exploration MicroCap companies 

- The strong dollarand increasing interest rates are pressuring precious metals prices, when willthis trend reverse?

- Why shouldinvestors buy MicroCap producers when major named producers seem undervalued?

- Gold had a recentrun up and then corrected, several analysts predicted that would happen. Is thecorrection near over? Is this correction really a buy signal?

- In the last article for the MicroCap Review, he stated, “Value-oriented clients willprobably be able to buy the best names in the middle of 2016.” We’re just aboutthere – are we on target?

- His advice for aspiring MicroCap investors looking at theresource sector

For more information about Rick Rule and Sprott U.S. Holdings, Inc., please visit: www.SprottGlobal.com

You can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com

For this episode of the Planet

MicroCap Podcast, I spoke with Mike Corbett CEO and Portfolio Manager for

Perritt Capital Management. One thing I hear quite a bit from MicroCap CEO’s

and management is their desire to meet with institutions. According to

Investopedia.com, an “Institutional Investor”, “is a

non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough

quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and

lower commissions.” Investopedia.com goes on to break down what this term

implies, “watching what the big money is buying can sometimes be a good

indicator, as they (supposedly) know what they are doing.” In past interviews

on the podcast, I recall that the goal as a MicroCap Investor is to find those

companies before they get institutional coverage for this very reason – the

expectation that once the institutions get involved, the cat is out of the bag,

so to speak. So, I wanted to understand this a little better – who and what is

an institutional investor and key in on what they look for in MicroCap stocks.

The goal for this episode is to

learn about what a fund is, in particular, a MicroCap fund, and if there is a

difference in philosophy for investing between an institutional and an individual

investor, understanding Mike’s due diligence process and his advice for

investors looking into investing in MicroCap stocks.

The Planet MicroCap Podcast is brought to you by SNN Incorporated, publishers of StockNewsNow.com, The Official MicroCap News Source, and the MicroCap Review Magazine, the leading magazine in the MicroCap market - check out the latest issue here: MicroCap Review Winter/Spring 2016

In this episode, Mike and I discuss the following topics:

- Mike's background and he got into MicroCaps and land at

Perritt

- What is a fund, and in particular, a MicroCap fund

- At Perritt Capital Management, why does a fund, and the

“Opportunities Fund” in particular, exist to invest in MicroCap stocks? What do

MicroCaps have to offer?

- What is your investing philosophy? How do you evaluate MicroCap

companies? And is it any different from the perspective as a fund, as opposed

to an individual investor?

- What is the due diligence process? Can you name a few criteria? What

is your investment process?

- How important is liquidity and the ability to trade in and out?

- How hard is it to invest $100 million and more?

- Is your fund sector agnostic?

- When do you cut your losses? Is there a % down to buy or sell? And,

do you buy more when it moves up a certain %?

- What for example is an undiscovered stock to you?

- What’s is your advice for investors looking at investing in MicroCap

stocks? Any resources you recommend?

For more information about Mike Corbett and Perritt Capital Management, please visit: www.PerrittCap.com

You can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com

For this episode of the Planet

MicroCap Podcast, I spoke with Mike Corbett CEO and Portfolio Manager for

Perritt Capital Management. One thing I hear quite a bit from MicroCap CEO’s

and management is their desire to meet with institutions. According to

Investopedia.com, an “Institutional Investor”, “is a

non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough

quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and

lower commissions.” Investopedia.com goes on to break down what this term

implies, “watching what the big money is buying can sometimes be a good

indicator, as they (supposedly) know what they are doing.” In past interviews

on the podcast, I recall that the goal as a MicroCap Investor is to find those

companies before they get institutional coverage for this very reason – the

expectation that once the institutions get involved, the cat is out of the bag,

so to speak. So, I wanted to understand this a little better – who and what is

an institutional investor and key in on what they look for in MicroCap stocks.

The goal for this episode is to

learn about what a fund is, in particular, a MicroCap fund, and if there is a

difference in philosophy for investing between an institutional and an individual

investor, understanding Mike’s due diligence process and his advice for

investors looking into investing in MicroCap stocks.

The Planet MicroCap Podcast is brought to you by SNN Incorporated, publishers of StockNewsNow.com, The Official MicroCap News Source, and the MicroCap Review Magazine, the leading magazine in the MicroCap market - check out the latest issue here: MicroCap Review Winter/Spring 2016

In this episode, Mike and I discuss the following topics:

- Mike's background and he got into MicroCaps and land at

Perritt

- What is a fund, and in particular, a MicroCap fund

- At Perritt Capital Management, why does a fund, and the

“Opportunities Fund” in particular, exist to invest in MicroCap stocks? What do

MicroCaps have to offer?

- What is your investing philosophy? How do you evaluate MicroCap

companies? And is it any different from the perspective as a fund, as opposed

to an individual investor?

- What is the due diligence process? Can you name a few criteria? What

is your investment process?

- How important is liquidity and the ability to trade in and out?

- How hard is it to invest $100 million and more?

- Is your fund sector agnostic?

- When do you cut your losses? Is there a % down to buy or sell? And,

do you buy more when it moves up a certain %?

- What for example is an undiscovered stock to you?

- What’s is your advice for investors looking at investing in MicroCap

stocks? Any resources you recommend?

For more information about Mike Corbett and Perritt Capital Management, please visit: www.PerrittCap.com

You can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com

For this episode of the PlanetMicroCap Podcast, I spoke with David Weild from Weild & Co. Reg. A+ and equity crowdfunding have been in the news quite a bit recently, especially since the first ever Reg. A+ deal, Elio Motors, got funded and went public on OTC Markets. This new alternative financing option did not happen overnight, it’s been in the works for quite a while, and although it’s still very early, there could be opportunity to invest in exciting new companies using this vehicle.But, it was unclear to me how it all works. I thought, who better to explain this topic than the Father of the JOBS Act himself, David Weild.

The goal for this episode is to learn about Reg. A+, equity crowdfunding, how this type of financing is changing the landscape of raising capital for emerging growth companies, and what investors should understand about these types of deals.

The Planet MicroCap Podcast is brought to you by SNN Incorporated, publishers of StockNewsNow.com, The Official MicroCap News Source, and the MicroCap Review Magazine, the leading magazine in the MicroCap market - check out the latest issue here: MicroCap Review Winter/Spring 2016

In this episode, David and I discuss the following topics:

- His background and how he became known as the, "Father of the JOBS Act"

- History and explanation the JOBS Act, Reg. A+, Equity Crowdfunding?

- Importance in understanding this new type of financing for emerging growth companies

- Why we're still in the "Early Innings"

- What to look out for as an investor

- Conversion: how companies convert indications of interest to investment

- Crowdfunding portals: what is their necessity?

- How investors participate in Reg. A+ deals

- Is it easier to market a Reg. A+ deal than an IPO?

- Due diligence process on Reg. A+ deals

- Disclosure requirements

- How are Reg. A+ deals priced to investors and then in the aftermarket? Who prices the deals?

For more information about David Weild and Weild & Co., please visit: www.WeildandCo.com

You can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com