Reed Wirick

Reed M. Wirick, CFA, is a Portfolio Manager and Analyst at Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC, based in San Diego, CA. In this role, he is responsible for managing and analyzing equity portfolios, specifically focusing on strategies covering SMID cap, small cap, and micro cap equities. Reed has overseen these portfolios since joining the firm in July 2008 and is integral to their small-cap and micro-cap investment product lines.

His investment expertise is concentrated in U.S. equities, with particular emphasis on companies that exhibit market capitalizations within the Russell 2000 and micro-cap indices. Reed applies a fundamental, bottom-up research approach aimed at uncovering pricing inefficiencies and undervalued growth opportunities in less widely followed companies.

Before Rice Hall James, Reed was a Senior Manager Research Associate and Performance Analyst at Cambridge Associates and previously served as an Economist at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. He holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a BA in Economics and Political Science from St. Mary's College of Maryland. Reed is a CFA charterholder and member of CFA Society San Diego, reflecting his commitment and impact in the field of small and micro-cap equity investing.