THE EQUITY STOCK ANALYSIS TEAM

John Pentony, President

John is President of Pentony Enterprises which owns EquityStockAnalysis.com and StockGuru.com. John is a Finance graduate of The University of Houston. He is a former stock broker. He started StockGuru.com as TheStockGuru.com about five years ago. That company was built on a foundation of stock picks chosen with the best of due diligence, with a mix of profiles of quality publicly traded companies. John is married to his wife Monique.


Clay Mahaffey, CFA

Mr. Mahaffey began his career with Exxon Chemical in engineering and technical assignments and later moved into sales and marketing. He conducted merger and acquisition services for The Sterling Group and led an LBO program targeting a segment of the specialty chemical industry for a Boston based financial service firm. He has worked with Investors Capital Management, Inc, and also as an independent equity analyst with Pittsburgh Research covering chemical and energy stocks. Mr. Mahaffey has a BS in Chemical Engineering from LSU and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter.


Kris Gupta, CFA

Kris completed the Chartered Financial Analyst program from the CFA Institute in August of 2005, and was awarded his CFA Charter in September 2005. Mr. Goldcross holds a bachelors degree in commerce and currently works for an Investment Banking Firm which specializes in a private wealth management. His work profile includes analysis and recommendation of stocks listed on the Indian stock market to clients on the basis of both technical as well as fundamental analysis. Mr. Goldcross primarily concentrates on the metal, banking and FMCG sectors of the Indian capital markets. He also has expertise in analyzing the movement in exchange rates and its likely impact on global commodity prices. In addition he is also responsible for analyzing macro-economic variables including inflation, money supply to forecast movements in interest rates.


Shailesh Duri, CFA

"Shailesh is co-founder of Advanced Investment Mechanics. Prior to establishing AIM, Mr. Dhuri worked for the treasury team at Credit Agricole Indosuez, where he was responsible for bond trading, ALM and transfer pricing. Before moving to Credit Agricole, Shailesh headed the trading desk of one of the primary dealers of Indian Government Bonds. Shailesh started his career with Unit Trust of India, where he held various assignments, including launch of the first money market mutual fund in India, heading the treasury desk of the fund. Shailesh is holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. In addition, he holds CFA qualification from ICFAI, FRM qualification from GARP, PRM qualification from PRMIA, and Cost Accounting qualification from ICWAI."