Ethan Roberts

Ethan Roberts

Ethan Roberts is a stock and real estate investor, and a financial writer. He has taught courses for more than a decade in the Jacksonville, Fla., area on investing for retirement and investing in residential real estate. Ethan is also a licensed real estate agent in the state of Florida and served as the real estate editor of a major newsletter, The Tycoon Report, for three years.

His articles on stocks, finance and real estate have also been featured on Reuters.com, Seeking Alpha, Market Greenhouse and many other financial Web sites. In 2010, he created Fast Profit Trades, a website primarily devoted to day trading and swing trading.

Follow him on Twitter: @FastProfitTrade.

Recent Articles

Walk Along the Fiscal Cliff With Cliffs

A high dividend yield and a tremendous pullback make Cliffs Natural Resources an intriguing buy for the long-term.

Walk — Don’t Run — Into Hovnanian

Shares of Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV) have more than tripled this year, leaving many investors wondering whether there's any upside left in the homebuilder.

Is Real Estate Ready for a Nap?

Investors in homebuilders are either enjoying the start of a new uptrend, or being pulled into a great head fake before prices come crashing down again.

Is Home Ownership Dead for 20-Somethings?

Today's 20-somethings are increasingly shying away from owning a home. Where does this trend leave homebuilder stocks?

Watch Out For Insiders Who Say One Thing, Do Another

The selling activity of Packaging Corp of America insiders might be with innocent intentions, but because of timing, comes off as otherwise.