The Momentum Letter

News & Research for Microcap Investors

Editor—Bill McClain

Bill, who has made a career out of exploiting inefficiencies in markets, started studying the microcap markets in 2014 and has applied his contrarian strategic thinking and risk management skills into microcap researching and investing ever since. A mathematician by formal training with dual Bachelor of Sciences degrees in mathematics and physics from the University of Missouri, Bill left his academic career path five years into his Ph.D. studies—with an A.B.D. (All But Dissertation)—at Georgia Tech to pursue an alternative career path and lifestyle. From 2007-2014 Bill travelled the world as one of the top high-limit poker players, with a consistent record of beating games at the highest limits. Bill stepped back from his professional poker-playing stint with a desire to distance himself from zero-sum games and into a field where the work can have a net-positive sum impact on the world.

Senior Writer—M.J. Moye

With a Bachelor of Arts double major in English and History from East Carolina University and a Master of Arts degree in writing from The Johns Hopkins University, M.J. Moye is a freelance writer and demographic researcher. M.J. has worked as a Washington, DC journalist, communications manager for an environmental lobbying group, and was a partner and communications director of an asset management company that focused on population dynamics as a catalyst for market movement and specific company share price gains. This latter position led him to co-author the book, “Upside: Profiting from the Profound Demographic Shifts Ahead.” In addition to demographic- and investment-related writing, M.J. has extensive experience writing about legal issues, politics, health, and sailing, among other subject matter.