Mike R. Brown

ICM Asset Management, Inc. (ICM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Spokane, Washington. The firm was founded by James (Jim) Simmons in 1981. ICM provides investment advice and management to individually managed accounts.

RedChip Independent is an investment research firm located in Maitland, Florida. The firm is a division of RedChip Companies, Inc. and their ultimate parent is ProManage, Inc., an advanced software development process management and consulting firm located in Burlingame, Massachusetts. RedChip provides fundamental research on small-cap companies. They seek to identify undervalued and underfollowed small-cap companies that are profitable or near term profitable and have effective management teams, mass appeal, growing sales and improving margins. After considering these factors and looking at expectations implied by the stock's current price, RedChip issues a strong buy, buy, speculative buy, hold or sell rating. The rating combines the firm's projection of the stock's performance, their assessment of the company's financial strength, their confidence in the company's management team and their confidence in their forecast.