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

Can General Motors (GM) Pull a U-Turn?

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Just when I thought GM was running on empty, it appears that the Barron's bounce is alive and well. In an otherwise lousy day in the stock market, shares of General Motors (<a name="GM"/><a href="/getaquote/?STOCK_VAR=GM" class="getaquote">GM</a>) bucked the trend and rose 2% after the automaker was the subject of the weekend article, "Buy GM."

Toll Brothers (TOL): Nothing to Write Home About

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Luxury-home builder Toll Brothers (TOL) yesterday reported a second-quarter loss of 59 cents a share, but shares rallied 3% in early trading as analysts were expecting a loss of 96 cents a share according to Reuters Estimates. Revenue exceeded analysts' expectations of $807.2 million, coming in at $818.8 million. I suspect the rise in the shares was a knee-jerk reaction to a very small piece of good news. Here's why.

Election Season: A Great Time to Sell Stocks

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

While the talking heads may tell you that the market is selling off because of more bad news from the credit crunch, the real reason for the decline is directly correlated to likelihood of a Barack Obama Presidency. Here's what investors need to do now to prepare their portfolios.

Time to Check Out Marriott International (MAR)

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Today it's not the airline industry, or the retailers, or restaurants. It's the hotels-another industry completely dependent on discretionary consumer spending. The culprit once again: High gas prices, the housing slowdown and recession worries, what else?Marriott International (<a name="MAR"/><a href="/getaquote/?STOCK_VAR=MAR" class="getaquote">MAR</a>) lost significant ground this week and traded near their 52-week lows.

Retail Steals for Summer Profits

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

The women from "Sex and the City" shoved Indiana Jones out of summer blockbuster contention with more than $55 million in weekend movie box-office sales. As retail stocks headed lower in opening trades Monday ahead of May's sales reports, I thought this would be the perfect time to start shopping for apparel stocks.

If CEOs Could Change the World

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

These are challenging times. Our housing market is in shambles and inflation is threatening to eat away at the gains of the last 30 years. Is this the end as we know it, or will we rise to the challenges of what we now face? And just who will lead this charge? We need to be looking in the corner offices of corporate America.

Fannie Finally Gets Off Its Fanny?

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

This week, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee approved legislation that strengthens congressional oversight of Fannie Mae (FNM) and its sister company Freddie Mac (FRE) two of the largest U.S.-mortgage finance companies. I'm sure both companies, whose primary responsibility is to ease the effect of the housing bust, are surely in no hurry to be regulated by any government agency! That being said, I can rationally say that shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have finally hit bottom.

Searing Heat for Sears Stock (SHLD)

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Competition for a share of the consumer dollar is fiercer than at any other time in recent history. Corporations that adapt to the new field of play will survive. Those that don't won't. One company that is not faring so well in the current environment is Sears Holding (SHLD).

Lehman Brothers (LEH) Share Price Smack Down

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

Lehman Brothers shares rose 3 percent today even as analysts at Banc of America Securities slashed their earnings estimates and warned that the share price is not inline with current risk levels. Sound familiar? After rival Bear Stearns' (BSC) bombshell, analysts, like everyone else, are understandably gun-shy these days.

Investing in Stocks: The Next Sure Thing

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer

I am always on the lookout for the sure thing. I want to find inefficiencies in the market so great that I can exploit the correction. This way, I can generate huge profits for my portfolio with little to no risk. In surveying the current macro landscape these days, where I will find the next great market inefficiency? Oil.

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