General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> February 10, 2003

James Ragan – Crowell, Weedon & Co

JAMES D. RAGAN has been a partner and Senior Equity Analyst with Crowell, Weedon & Co. in Los Angeles since 1999. Officially a generalist with primary coverage of consumer products and retail, as well as some technology (PCs and semiconductors), Mr. Ragan also coordinates Crowell, Weedon's small cap and Southern California research coverage. From 1992 to 1999 he worked at PaineWebber Inc. (now UBS PaineWebber) as an Equity Analyst/Portfolio Manager. Prior to that, he was a partner in a small cap equity money management business that serviced high net worth individual investors. Mr. Ragan was the group's principal equity analyst and focused exclusively on small cap emerging public companies. He received his BS from UCLA in Accounting and Economics and his MBA from UCLA (Anderson Graduate School of Management) in Finance. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a quick overview of Crowell,

Weedon?

Mr. Ragan: Crowell, Weedon & Co. is a regional brokerage firm

headquartered in Los Angeles. We have remained independent