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

Deere & Co.’s Conundrum

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Here's a riddle for you: If a business makes its profit from the agriculture boom, yet the majority of its products run on oil (and are therefore dependent on oil prices) does its stock go up…or down? This is the conundrum of farm equipment behemoth Deere & Co.

Chilly Forecast for Starwood (HOT)

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

A name and a ticker symbol can have a very powerful meaning in the marketplace. Case-in-point: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (HOT). Starwood enforces their brand with a ticker symbol that has powerful implications when abbreviated. Unfortunately for investors, the stock's performance over the past year has not been so hot.

Why The Rich Get Richer

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

One of the most striking features of the current economic meltdown is the growing chasm between the rich and the poor. To those that study social economics it is well known that the middle class is disappearing.

Don’t Get Burned By Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (HOT)

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

A name and a ticker symbol can have a very powerful meaning in the marketplace. Case-in-point: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.

Speculating on MBIA’s Strength

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

The credit crisis has created historical levels of uncertainty for banks, mortgage companies and brokerage firms. Yet, there are some banks that seem to rise from the ashes. MBIA might just be one of them.

AIG’s House of Falling Cards

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

It's tough to watch grown men cry, especially when they are unemotional, conservative bankers. But before we all start to feel bad for them, we need to remind ourselves that these guys got rich off greed and the easy lending practices of the past two decades.

What Lower Oil Prices Mean for Your Portfolio

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Barack Obama visited my hometown yesterday to talk about oil. He suggested that more oil could be saved by simply keeping tires properly inflated and engines tuned. When it comes to oil, I agree with him. We need to change our own behavior. Aside from the obvious environmental benefits, lower oil prices drive stocks higher.

Avoid Devon Energy (DVN) Like The Plague

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Oil industry executives are partying like its 1999. Actually, out in the oil patch it looks more like the roaring 1920s as oil speculators rake in more money than they ever thought possible. And this is an industry in need of billions of dollars in tax payer subsidies?

Palomar Medical Technologies (PMTI) Reinventing the Fountain of Youth

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Remember that song by Carly Simon, "You're So Vain?" I heard it on the radio the other day and thought it would be good song in an ad campaign for Palomar Medical Technologies (PMTI). Palomar sells lasers and pulsed light systems for popular cosmetic treatments that remove age spots or even that fading college tattoo.

Is Humana (HUM) On The Mend?

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

I think most of us would agree that our health care system is far from perfect. Thankfully, health care is now at the front and center of the political debate. No matter who voters choose to elect this November, health insurance companies will be an integral part of the solution.

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