Andy Cross
The Editor
Andy Cross
Andy Cross is co-advisor of Hidden Gems and an associate advisor on Motley Fool Stock Advisor, Motley Fool's broad-based flagship newsletter service. Andy is a longtime Fool, having started his career there in 1996, just a few years after Tom and David Gardner founded the company.
He's played many roles at the Fool, from director of marketing analytics to financial editor (including a multiyear stint next to Tom as an analyst for Hidden Gems), and most recently, he served as co-advisor on Motley Fool Income Investor, our dividend-investing newsletter service. He’s also served as the Fool's director of research and analysis, leading the team of research analysts who assist the advisors for all of the Fool's newsletters.
Motley Fool Hidden Gems
Motley Fool Hidden Gems is The Motley Fool's small-cap investing newsletter service. It focuses on underfollowed, undervalued companies with a market cap between $200 million and $2 billion.
Seth Jayson and Andy Cross uncover companies that give individual investors an edge: cash-generating businesses managed with shareholders' interests in mind—with significantly undervalued stock prices. Hidden Gems looks in places that Wall Street ignores, decreasing risk and increasing upside potential. Hidden Gems delivers high-quality research and profitable small-cap opportunities within the Foolish mantra of “educate, amuse, and enrich.”
The service offers a monthly newsletter (available in print and online) written by co-advisors Seth Jayson and Andy Cross, with contributions from Hidden Gems associate advisor Charly Travers, and analysts Stan Huber and Jeremy Myers. The service site offers a wealth of exclusive information and articles, including weekly updates on recommended companies, and is home to the Hidden Gems real-money portfolio.
Each Motley Fool Hidden Gems monthly newsletter hands you:
- 2 New Portfolio Candidates: All the details of not one, but TWO stocks Andy Cross and Seth Jayson are looking to invest a portion of their $250,000 real-money small-cap portfolio in.
- 2 New Watch List Stocks: An early look at two stocks undergoing the team's scrutiny, which they think could become potential portfolio candidates. They might be waiting for earnings to smooth out, or for a more attractive entry price.
- Tiny Gems: For investors who are looking for the more lucrative profits of micro-cap stocks (with a market cap below $250 million), each month you receive these tiny stock ideas that could add huge growth to your portfolio.
- Investing Lessons: Everything you need to become a better, more intelligent investor. From the ins and outs of financial statements to valuing companies -- you receive new lessons every month.