Contributors

Kaloyan Gadzhev

Kaloyan is the editor in chief at hotstocked.com. He has been a part of our team since 2010. In that time, what started off as a mere fascination with the workings of the penny stocks market has become a major professional focus. Although the psychological aspects of trading are still of interest to him, these days Kaloyan is driven by the desire to help traders avoid losing their money on pump schemes.

Martin Tsvetkov

Martin started his career in the field of international trade in 2007. Both his Bachelor's degree in International Economic Relations and Master's degree in Foreign Trade provided him with a thorough grounding in economics and finance. As a reporter for Pinkinvesting.com he is utilizing his knowledge and expertise in order to provide prospective investors with objective stock market information.

Hristina Beeva

Hristina Beeva has been covering the OTC markets for two years already, and has seen both the good and bad fortune of investors. Before joining the Hotstocked team, Hristina was a business and economics reporter for a daily newspaper and a business-topic website. Now, with degrees and experience in both business and philosophy, Hristina is enjoying the unraveling of stock drama that mixes the perfectly explainable economic logic with the irrational exuberance of investors.

Todor Pichurov

Todor has been a columnist at Hotstocked since the summer of 2012. Previously he worked as a freelance translator and later - as a commissioning editor at a major publishing house. He holds a bachelor's degree in English Philology. Branching out into the world of stock markets has been a welcome challenge for him and he is currently focused on penny stocks, stock promotions and helping people dodge a few holes in their pockets. Todor also occasionally covers the mobile game industry - the sector enjoying most explosive growth in today's markets - and its big movers and shakers.

Borislav Tonev

Borislav has a bachelor's degree in English Philology and although his educational background is not strictly related to economics and finance, he has always been interested in the small and micro cap sectors of the stock market. Becoming a part of the Hotstocked team in 2012 fueled his enthusiasm further and, after more than a year of research and due diligence on start-up enterprises, he knows that everything is possible in Pennyland. This, coupled with his ability to pay close attention to detail and his love of creating quality content makes every day at the office fun and enjoyable.

Anastas Gegov

Anastas has studied applied arts in Sofia, but has had an interest in trade markets and the connection between them and world economics and politics. Having traveled to many places throughout his life and experienced different lifestyles around the world has only heightened his curiosity and he has decided to enrich his knowledge on the subject. He pursues this knowledge by investigating all the aspects that drive the stock markets, be it psychological, economical or political. He has been a part of our team for one year now, sharing his insight with investors, and the experience he has had during that period has only made him more curious on the matter.

Georgi Kamburov

Georgi has always been interested in the inner workings of the economy and how it affects our daily lives. This led him to pursue a Bachelor's degree in International Economic Relations giving him ample theoretical knowledge. Now he has decided to put his academic background to practice by focusing on the world of micro-cap stocks and unveiling its underlying trends and patterns. He has been part of the Hotstocked team for a year providing our readers with detailed and comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of pennystock trading.

Violeta Slavtchevska

Violeta is a columnist and senior editor for Hotstocked. She is a graduate from the University of Trier in Germany and has a degree in Economics with a major in Finance. Her interest in analyzing stocks arose during her university courses in financial management and capital markets. Violeta also worked on a project related to Electronic Business in Germany and participated in a seminar in Luxembourg dedicated to Hedge Funds.

Nelly Shishkova

Nelly has been working as a journalist since 1998 with a main focus in Finance and Economics. Since 2010, she has been a financial reporter and columnist for www.hotstocked.com. She graduated the University of Plovdiv as a Bachelor in English Philology and Master in Linguistics and Translation. Later Nelly received a postgraduate certificate in Business Management from Scott's College, UK.

Maria Maneva

Maria is the Creative Director for Hotstocked, and produces the "Failure Report" videos. Her goal is to add some fun and entertainment to those informational videos and make them pleasent to digest. During her career, she has has worked on various projects: 3D character animation, landscape visualization, motion graphics and web design. Her eye for aesthetics is also shaped by her experience in the more convenient arts such as sculpture, drawing and photography. And her sense of humor is inspired by her favorite book series The Discworld by Terry Pratchett and the cartoons South Park and Family Guy. Maria has a bachelor's degree in Computer Graphics and Imaging from CUNY's Lehman College.

Dragni Dragnev

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