Jonathan Yates

Jonathan Yates

Jonathan Yates is a financial writer with over one hundred articles appearing under his byline in such periodicals as Newsweek, The Washington Post and Foreign Policy.  He was Press Secretary for a Member of Congress on the House Banking Committee, Speechwriter/Editor for the Investment Company Institute, and General Counsel of a publicly traded corporation.

He holds degrees from Harvard University, The Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University Law Center.

Recent Articles

S&P 500 Limping Into the Weekend

VeriSign, grocers among Friday morning's falling stocks; Micron, SanDisk and Southwest make gains.

McDonald’s, BAC a Drag on Dow Jones

McDonald's sales disappoint Wall Street, sending shares down almost 4% early Friday. JPMorgan, Pfizer and GE also slumping.

S&P 500 Fighting off Fifth Consecutive Drop

Valero, Hess Corp. are helping to keep index in the black; Genworth Financial, Morgan Stanley are taking losses.

Light Day for Dow as Traders Wait on Obama

Bank of America leads financial stocks downward early Thursday; Cisco, Microsoft each make 2% gains.

S&P 500 Bounces Back

Stocks look on track to break their losing streak.

Everything Looking Up Early for Dow Jones

Bank of America rebounds on management changes; Alcoa, Chevron, Intel also make gains early Wednesday.

Bears Take Hold of S&P 500

Harley-Davidson, Jabil Circuit cut down in early Tuesday trading; International Paper, Newmont Mining among day's gainers.

September Doing Dow Jones No Favors

Every DJIA stock is down at least 1% in early Tuesday trading; Bank of America, JPMorgan and Boeing among hammered stocks.

Bears Take Hold of S&P 500

H&R Block, Netflix and PulteGroup sustain big losses during Friday's morning trading. JDS Uniphase, Newmont Mining and Clorox claw upward.

Dow Drooping Before Labor Day Weekend

Index unanimously down in early Friday trading, with Bank of America, JPMorgan and Hewlett-Packer among big losers.