Contributors
John Eade is President of Argus Research Company and Senior Analyst. Over the years, John’s responsibilities at Argus have included chairing the Investment Policy Committee as Director of Research, helping form the firm’s overall investment strategy, writing a weekly investment column and authoring the flagship Portfolio Selector. John has also provided coverage of the Healthcare, Financial and Consumer sectors. John has been with Argus since 1989. He has an MBA in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He has been interviewed and quoted extensively in The New York Times, Forbes, Time, Fortune and Money magazines, and has been a frequent guest on CNBC, CNN, CBS News, ABC News and the Bloomberg Radio and Television networks. John is a founder and board member of the Investorside Research Association, an industry trade organization. He is also a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the CFA Institute.
Doug Fabian is the editor of Successful Investing, High Monthly Income, and ETF Trader, and is the host of the syndicated radio show, “Doug Fabian’s Wealth Strategies.” Taking over the reigns from his dad, Dick Fabian, back in 1992, Doug has continued to uphold the reputation of Successful Investing as the #1 risk-adjusted market timer as ranked by Hulbert’s Investment Digest. In 1999, Doug became a member of the “SmartMoney 30,” a listing of the most influential individuals in the mutual fund industry. In the feature story, SmartMoney magazine named Doug Fabian as the best-known “trend follower” among the $56 billion (and growing) group of financial advisors. In 2001, Mr. Fabian wrote “Maverick Investing,” published by McGraw-Hill. He regularly appears at seminars around the country, has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and New York Times, and has appeared on CNBC, Fox News and Bloomberg Forum.
Mr. Flament has primary responsibilities for economic analysis and interest rate forecasting as a member of the fixed income team and he covers U.S Government securities. Additionally he provides investment research for the energy sector. Mr. Flament received a BA in Mathematics from Fairfield University, an MA in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from the University of Bridgeport. He is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the Hartford Society of Financial Analysts.
David Fried is the editor and publisher of The Buyback Letter, the only investment newsletter devoted to finding opportunities among companies that repurchase their own stock. His asset management firm—Fried Asset Management, Inc—offers separate investor advisory and money management services which use the “Buyback Strategy” principles. Mr. Fried has been profiled in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Barron’s, Bottom Line Personnel, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Forbes, Fortune, Business Week and numerous other publications. Mr. Fried was listed as one of “50 Great Investors” in Fortune’s Investors Guide 2004. He is also an approved guest speaker for the American Association of Individual Investors.
Tom Gardner is co-founder of The Motley Fool. Along with his brother David, Tom has written several best-selling books; overseen The Motley Fool’s nationally syndicated newspaper column; and hosted The Motley Fool Radio Show, which airs nationally on NPR member stations. In 2002, David and Tom Gardner launched Stock Advisor. In 12 months, it shot to the top of the Hulbert’s list. It shows that up, down or sideways—there’s money to be made in the market.
John Gardner is the organizer and principal of Blackhawk Wealth Advisors (BWA). In his 35 years of investment advisory understanding, John had the chance to work in numerous firms. Early on, John saw that the trade side of Wall Street was generally about developed investment goods that firms promoted and stockbrokers sold at a elevated cost. These were not for all time in the client’s best concern but regularly to make wealth for the firm. John acknowledged that there had to be a improved way.
John Gay is the editor and publisher of the Quiet Investor. He began his career in the financial world in 1959, as a broker with a wire house before going onto the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange in 1975. He sold his seat and started a company in the filtration business, which was sold in 1992 so he could retire. Boredom set in within six months and he began the Quiet Investor in order to participate in the bounty offered by the small business community in America. Each month a new company and business is explored.
Doug Gerlach is President of ICLUBcentral Inc., makers of software and tools for investment clubs and individual investors. He’s the author of five investing books and Editor-in-Chief of two stock newsletters, the Investor Advisory Service (a nine-time Hulbert Investment Honor Roll Recipient) and the SmallCap Informer.
Paul Goodwin is a news writer for Cabot’s free e-newsletter, Wall Street’s Best Daily.
James Grant originated the “Current Yield” column in Barron’s before founding Grant’s Interest Rate Observer in 1983. He is the author of five books on finance and financial history: Bernard M. Baruch: The Adventures of a Wall Street Legend, Money of the Mind, Minding Mr. Market, The Trouble with Prosperity and Mr. Market Miscalculates. Mr. Grant’s television appearances include “60 Minutes”, “The News Hour with Jim Lehrer”, “CBS Evening News”, and a 10-year stint on Wall Street Week. His journalism has appeared in a variety of periodicals, including the Finanicial Times, The Wall Street Journal and Foreign Affairs, and he contributed an essay to the Sixth Edition of Graham and Dodd’s Security Analysis.
John Gray grew up with Point & Figure analysis. Learning from his father, Lee, who was A W Cohen’s business partner for more than 20 years, he has charted stocks and commodities for almost 45 years. After attending Bennington College and Aarhus University in Denmark, John began working full time at Chartcraft in 1979, apprenticing under AW Cohen to refine his technique from the originator of the Chartcraft method. Since AW Cohen’s death in the early 1980s, John has worked side by side with Michael Burke.
Igor Greenwald is chief investment strategist of MLP Profits and managing editor of The Energy Strategist. He also serves as an investment analyst at Personal Finance. Igor served as a financial columnist and has also worked as a newspaper editor, foreign correspondent and online producer. He was born in Ukraine, educated at Georgetown University and lives in Massachusetts.
Bill Hall is Managing Director and President at Plimsoll Mark Capital, a wealth management firm with offices in New York, London and Singapore. Plimsoll manages money for some of America’s wealthiest families. As President, one of his key roles is to direct and manage the investment committee. Mr. Hall has more than 25 years experience in the investment- and wealth-management business. He attained the credentials of Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP) by the time he was 34 years old.
Gold Stock Trades Editor Jeb Handwerger is a highly sought-after stock analyst and best selling writer syndicated internationally and known throughout the financial industry for his accurate, in depth and timely analysis of the general markets, particularly as they relate to the precious metals, nuclear and rare earth sector. Jeb utilizes both fundamental and technical analysis, especially the study of price volume action to understand the long term macroeconomic trends in the natural resource market. A true renaissance man Jeb has a strong background in stock market history, investment psychology, geopolitics, mining engineering and economics. Jeb studied engineering and mathematics and received his undergraduate degree from University of Buffalo and a Masters Degree at Nova Southeastern University. Teaching technical analysis to professionals in South Florida for over 7 years, Jeb began a daily newsletter which grew to include thousands of readers from over 40 nations such as China, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand amongst many others who are interested in the North American Resource Market.
Sy Harding is the founder and president of Asset Management Research Corp., which has been providing exceptional market research and investment recommendations to professionals and serious investors for more than 23 years. He is the publisher of Sy Harding’s Street Smart Report and the free daily blog www.StreetSmartPost.com. Harding has been ranked in the Top-Ten Market Timers in the U.S. almost every year since 1990. He has written two investment books, including 1999’s dramatically timely Riding the Bear—How to Prosper in the Coming Bear Market, as well as numerous articles for respected financial publications, including Barron’s.
Ingrid Hendershot, CFA is the founder and president of Hendershot Investments Inc., an investment management firm established in 1994. She is also the editor of Hendershot Investments, a quarterly investment newsletter designed for long-term investors seeking capital growth at reasonable valuations.
For the past fourteen years, Brian Hicks has shown investors how to profit from America’s new information-based economy. A former member of the Market Technicians Association, Mr. Hicks has managed several investment letters specializing in micro-caps, biotechnology, high tech, and energy and trading. He is also credited with creating the Volume Spike Indicator (VSI). Mr. Hicks has been a keynote speaker at countless national and international investment conferences as well as a guest commentator on the financial television networks CNBC, CNNfn, Fox News, Fox Business, and Bloomberg TV. Brian has also been quoted and profiled in many financial publications such as The Wall Street Journal, and recently published a book titled Profit from the Peak: The End of Oil and the Greatest Investment Opportunity of the Century. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Hicks attended the University of Baltimore where he graduated in 1992 with honors in Political Science.
Jeffrey A. Hirsch is president of the Hirsch Organization, and editor-in-chief of the Stock Trader’s Almanac and Almanac Investor newsletter. He started with the Hirsch Organization in 1990 as a market analyst and historian under the mentorship of his father Yale Hirsch. He was handed the reins in 2000 and continues to run the operation from his Nyack, New York offices. He regularly appears on major news networks such as CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg and Fox News. As well as writing numerous financial columns, he is widely quoted in all of the major newspapers and financial publications.
Investment director of the advisory Early Advantage, Nick Hodge has been in the investment publishing business since graduating Loyola University in 2006. Known for a “call it like you see it” approach to money and policy, his insights have led to numerous appearances on television and in various outlets on the Web, including the Business News Network and Yahoo!'s Daily Ticker. Co-author of a bestselling book on energy investing, Nick has led tens of thousands of investors to ten triple-digit wins and over 220 double-digit wins in the sector. He’s also passionate about public policy, population, agriculture, water, and raw materials, and has developed an intuitive approach to using global change for financial gain. Mr. Hodge is also a managing editor of Energy & Capital.
Bob spent 7 years working as VP of Mortgage business CAL FED and was a stock broker from 1983 to 1990 (Lehman, Bache)
Rich is a trained economist and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He has researched and invested in stocks for more than 20 years and has become a recognized expert in micro-cap stock investing. He started his career at investment advisory firm Eaton Vance where he covered a wide range of sectors including software and internet, financials, and health care.
Crista Huff is the lead analyst of Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor, where she combines a strict fundamental methodology with technical analysis, to identify growth and value stocks whose charts are turning bullish.
Douglas Hughes is a portfolio manager, managing money for individuals as well as businesses. Specializing in smaller and mid-cap companies. Mr. Hughes’ approach is based on selecting high-potential undervalued securities and managing downside risk. He seeks businesses whose financials can be easily understood and can be bought at bargain prices. Mr. Hughes has been quoted in Barons, the Los Angeles Times and many other financial publications.