Bud Leedom is publisher of California Stock Report, a complimentary report on California-based companies, available at www.CaliforniaStocks.com. He is also President of California Equity Research, LLC, an equity research boutique firm that specializes in California-based equities.

Previously, Bud was a Senior Equity Analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, LLC where he covered general industry companies with an emphasis on healthcare. Bud developed the LSI algorithm in 1992, a tool that is used by institutional investors to track accumulation and distribution activity in stocks.

Bud has been widely quoted including the Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, BusinessWeek, New York Times and many others. He has also been a TV guest on CNBC, CBS and KPBS and is a regular radio guest on KNX 1070 and Politics and Money, KCEO 1000.

Bud may be reached by email: bud@californiastocks.com (mailto:bud@californiastocks.com).

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