Larsen Kusick is a research associate at TheStreet.com, where he writes TheStreet.com Breakout Stocks. Prior to joining TheStreet.com, Kusick spent a year on the floor of the NYBOT and COMEX exchanges, trading options on commodity futures. Before that, he spent four years in management consulting, performing financial analyses on major companies, primarily in the finance industry. His market interests include small-caps, technical analysis and contrarian investing strategies. Kusick holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Manhattan College and has completed Level 1 of the CFA program.