Healthcare >> Analyst Interviews >> October 21, 2002

Healthcare Technology Companies: Ronald Opel – H.c. Wainwright & Co

RONALD OPEL, a Senior Investment Research Analyst at Moors & Cabot, Inc., covers healthcare technology stocks. In two of the past four years he has been included in The Wall Street Journal's 'Best on the Street' group and in 2002 he was ranked first in medical products stock-picking. His early career included marketing management positions at 3M Company and Polaroid Corporation; he was recruited from Polaroid to an analyst position at Kidder, Peabody on Wall Street where he was elected to the Institutional Investor All-Star team. He has a degree in fine arts and philosophy from the University of Minnesota and has done graduate work at New York University in business and technology. He is a classical music buff and has been music director of several orchestras and chorales. Profile
TWST: May we start out with an overview of your coverage?

Mr. Opel: H.C. Wainwright specializes in small cap and micro-cap

stocks. When I arrived here four years ago I was given a charter

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