The August 2012 issue of the SmallCap Informer is now available online for subscribers. To access the issue, please visit http://www.smallcapinformer.com. Print subscribers should expect to receive their issues by U.S. Mail within three business days.

You can read more about our approach to small-cap stock investing in this issue in the article “Five Secrets of Small-Cap Stock Investing.” It provides a useful overview to our approach to discovering and analyzing small-cap stock opportunities. Our five rules of small company stock selection provide you with a useful set of criteria on which you can see if any small-cap stock will measure up.

In our Subscriber Q&A column, we address the question we predict is foremost in the minds of many of our subscribers, “What Is a Small-Cap Stock?”

In the Beginner’s Corner, we address the topic of “Portfolio Diversification and Small-Cap Stocks,” explaining why any stock portfolio should include smaller companies.

Finally in this issue, you’ll find our two small-cap stock selections for your consideration.