Jamie Dlugosch

Jamie Dlugosch

InvestorPlace Writer

Jamie Dlugosch has over 20 years of experience in financial markets including investment banking, equity analysis and research and money management.

Previously, he was the publisher of Al Frank’s Prudent Speculator and CEO of Al Frank Investment Management Inc. He is the founder and editor of The Rational Investor.

Jamie earned his Master’s in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina. He currently lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Sarah, and their two daughters, Julia and Ellie.

Recent Articles

The Trader’s Game Plan

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Trends can be found anywhere. It can be specific stock, an industry or an economy. It can be a commodity, a trading methodology or investment style. There is a reason successful investors say to let your winners win. So what trend can we follow today to make super size profits?

Market Misses the Boat Valuing MasterCard (MA)

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Some speculate that the next leg to fall in a massive global de-leveraging will be the credit card business. Given that the crisis started with bad debts in the mortgage market, it makes sense for many to believe that our obsession with plastic will end and end badly.

Why Kraft Foods (KFT) is Perfect for the Wary Investor

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

For the wary investor seeking investments which are more secure and less volatile than investment in the equity markets, fixed income corporate bonds can offer a high rate of return and a relatively stable market value.

Circuit City (CC): Will There Be Anything Left?

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

The company announced that it will be closing 155 stores as a result of unprecedented economic crisis and spending retrenchment. In addition to announcing store closings, the company stated that vendors are tightening the noose with some demanding payment in advance of delivery and others reducing credit lines.

Index Shenanigans

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

So how's that index fund doing for you now? With stocks essentially treading water with levels seen many years ago, those that invested in index funds have essentially lost money if you take into account inflation.

Are Casino Stocks Worth the Risk?

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Very few industries are immune to the market carnage. We know now that failure can strike anywhere. What industry is next? One sector that may be vulnerable is the casino space. 

Exxon Mobil (XOM): The Price is Right

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Is $14.83 billion in profits all that you can produce? Come on Exxon Mobil (XOM), you can do better than that! In a period of huge oil price gains I would have expected profits double that rate.

Buy What the Hedge Funds Are Selling

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

By identifying some of the largest positions held by the hedge funds prior to the market's move down, profits will follow. In theory, the stocks sold due to forced selling do not reflect true value. Instead, these stocks are now inefficiently priced in a very disjointed market. And buying and holding them for the long term should result in significant out-performance. Get the names of six stocks here.

Shame on Brokers: Buy and Hold Didn’t Cut it This Time

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Crisis tends to bring out the best in people, but it also brings out the worst. The same is true with any industry. When times are tough you see the best and worst that industry has to offer.

United States Steel Corp. (X): Opportunity in our Back Yard

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Over the weekend I had a chance to watch some professional football. With my team not playing, I took the opportunity to view a game featuring one of the most storied franchises in sports history, the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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