Jon Ogg

Jon Ogg is co-founder and editor for 24/7 Wall St.

Jon has worked as a news analyst for nearly 10 years and also has experience as a broker, portfolio manager and investment adviser. He has been sourced for articles in CBS MarketWatch, E*Trade, TradeTheNews, FlyOnTheWall, Pristine, Evolution Trading, Knova Trading, Hammerstone, CNet.com, Seeking Alpha, Google Finance and other sites.

Prior to 24/7 Wall St., he formed News Contrast and was the founder of a service for active traders called TradeTheNews (which he sold in 2003) and built up a news desk that was merged into E*Trade. He also worked in Copenhagen, Denmark as a portfolio manager for European clients trading U.S. equities and ran the event-driven trading team there.

He has been a financial adviser and has advised start-up and emerging-stage companies, and started his career as a licensed broker selling fixed income to some of the largest investment managers in the United States. He received a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Houston (1992).

Jon does not hold any positions in any stocks he writes about.

Recent Articles

Caterpillar Stock Continues to Impress

By Jon Ogg

It’s a good time to own Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) stock, as the equipment manufacturer posted earnings growth of +96% and revenue growth of +53% yesterday. Earnings came in at $1.22 a share with revenue of $11.1 billion.

Playing the Crude Oil Snap-Back

By Jon Ogg

Yesterday marked the first day since the end of September that oil tested and broke under the $80.00 per barrel mark in futures. During that rally, it took only six trading days to go from under $80.00 to $85.00. Today's move is being exacerbated by a weaker dollar, a government weekly inventory report and renewed quantitative easing optimism.

2 Ways to Trade a Potential Massey Buyout

By Jon Ogg

Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) is on the move after news of a possible sale.

Out of Control Gold Meets Leveraged ETN and ETF Products

By Jon Ogg

Gold exchange-traded funds and exchange traded notes have become the new fad for 401k plans and individual investors. ETF research and ETF information have led me to advise buying these gold exchange traded funds.

Solar ETF Funds are Shining Bright

By Jon Ogg

The performance has been stellar in many of the key solar stocks out there over the last two months. A rising stock market and higher oil tends to help. Many companies are raising guidance or are calming fears that margin compression is escalating and that orders are dropping.

3 Tech Volatility Trades for Friday

By Jon Ogg

Play a short-term move in cloud computing stocks with these option straddles.

5 Option Trades to Kick Off Earnings Season

By Jon Ogg

Jump-start your Q4 with these earnings trades.

Key Stocks to Watch This Week

By Jon Ogg

Stocks to watch and stocks on the earnings calendar this week include Geron, Monsanto, Take-Two and Netflix.

AirTran Options Could Take Off With a Higher Bid

By Jon Ogg

These speculative AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI) options could be high-fliers if Southwest Airlines Co.'s (NYSE: LUV) or another airline stock puts in a higher bid, or they could crash and burn.

6 Stocks That Could Double in the Next Year

By Jon Ogg

100% profits by 2011 is not impossible with these potential money-doubling stock picks.

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