Alyssa Oursler

Alyssa Oursler

InvestorPlace Contributor

Alyssa Oursler is a freelancer writer based in San Francisco. She covers a wide variety of topics, including investing, personal finance, technology and gender … but she is most interested in what those things mean for the big questions (and vice versa).

Her work has appeared on InvestorPlace.com, Business Insider, MSN Money and more. She is a Gettysburg College alum, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a Mahan Fellow and a big fan of dogs, books and basketball.

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Recent Articles

5 Stocks Serving Our ‘Need-It-Now’ Society

By Alyssa Oursler, InvestorPlace Contributor

From telegraphs to instant pudding, instant gratification has always been popular. In fact, it's part of the reason customers love these five companies.

Will Google’s Email Payments Gut eBay?

By Alyssa Oursler, InvestorPlace Contributor

Google made a big splash by announcing it's testing the ability to send money via Gmail in the U.S. But just how worried should eBay and PayPal be?

Tesla Motors Takes a Breather: 6 Stocks in 60 Seconds

By Alyssa Oursler, InvestorPlace Contributor

This week's video: Tesla takes a break from its run of monster gains. Also, find out what other stocks have been soaring in 2013.

Stay ‘Home’ But Get Away: Top Shelf Trips

By Alyssa Oursler, InvestorPlace Contributor

CordeValle, between its lovely views, championship golf course, 85-acre vineyard and Sense spa, can offer you a taste of the good life that you won't soon forget.

3 Red-Hot Retailers That Could Get the Earnings Hose

By Alyssa Oursler, InvestorPlace Contributor

JCPenney, Zumiez and Gap have all been soaring of late, but could be stopped by their upcoming earnings reports. Here's what you need to know.

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