Jeff Reeves

Jeff Reeves

Jeff Reeves is a financial commentator with almost two decades of newsroom and markets experience, including a stint as an editor for the New York Times Co. He has been lead writer and editor for InvestorPlace.com since the beginning of 2010.  

Jeff’s work has appeared in numerous finance publications and broadcast outlets, including The Wall Street Journal network, CNBC, TheStreet.com, Fox Business Channel, USA Today and a host of others.

View some of his TV appearances on YouTube, or check out his writing links below.

Jeff has also penned an eBook, The Frugal Investor’s Guide to Finding Great Stocks: 11 Free Resources to Help Beginners Identify Fantastic Investments.

Write Jeff at editor@investorplace.com, or follow him on Twitter @JeffReevesIP.

Recent Articles

Stock Market Posts Best Week in Nearly a Year – So What’s Next?

By Jeff Reeves

Equity investors saw a brutal May for stocks followed by a choppy June for investments. But the stock market has kicked off July in style after a long holiday weekend. Stocks tallied their fourth straight gain in a row to give Wall Street its best weeklong performance in about a year as investors saw renewed optimism entering another earnings season.

Top 10 Dow Dividend Stocks

By Jeff Reeves

High yield dividend stocks have fallen back into favor this summer as the market continues to remain choppy. Even though finding an investing strategy that…

5 Penny Stock Picks Under 5 Cents Trading Over 5M Shares Daily

By Jeff Reeves

Penny stocks are one of the most exciting ways to invest money in the stock market today. Though penny stock picks can be volatile, with great risk also comes the potential for great reward. After all, it doesn't take a lot for a pick to jump from one penny in stock price to two pennies and double your money. And online stock trading with stocks - penny or otherwise - is always risky, so why not try your hand at supercharged profits if you have money to play with?

Retail Stock Abercrombie Banks on Sexy Catalog Sales (ANF, ARO, GPS)

By Jeff Reeves

Retail stock Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF) suffered another drop in same store sales in May. Now Abercrombie is rolling out a racy magazine-style catalog that will sell for $10 in ANF stores to consumers age 18 and up. Aeropostale (ARO) and Gap (GPS) retail stores are taking notice.

Amazon Kindle v. Apple Inc iPad – eReader War Heats Up (AAPL, AMZN, TGT, BKS)

By Jeff Reeves

Amazon (AMZN) just struck a deal to sell Kindle eReaders in stores at airports to compete with the Apple Inc. (AAPL) ipad. At the beginning of the month, Amazon started selling the Kindle at Target (TGT) retail chains. Then just weeks later, Amazon dropped the price of the Kindle from $259 to $189, a price dropped matched by Barnes & Noble's (BKS) Nook eReader the same day.

Stock Market Investment Trends – Dow Jones Returns in the First Half of 2010 for All 30 Components

By Jeff Reeves

There’s no easier way to get an overview of the investment environment than to look at the big indexes like the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index, right? But while that is true – but only if you look beyond the numbers. Just because the Dow Jones goes down doesn’t mean it’s a bear market for all investments, and just because the Dow goes up doesn’t mean that every stock will make you money.

Starbucks SBUX Stores Get into Beer and Wine Biz

By Jeff Reeves

Starbucks (SBUX) has been on the resurgence in 2010, with its stock up +16% year-to-date and the successful launch of several new products including its Via instant coffee and a rebranding of Seattle's Best as a low-priced coffee alternative. Now, Starbucks is looking to keep up its growth with a trendy Seattle location that is being billed as a "coffee theater" that brings customers closer to the staff, offers plush seatting and even offers a wine and beer menu.

7 Dividend Duds – Stocks With High Yield Hurting Investors

By Jeff Reeves

What happens when your high yield dividend investment actually ends up losing more of your retirement money than it protects? That is the sad reality for many dividend stocks in 2010 despite their high yields and investor perceptions that these investments are low-risk, conservative plays.

High Yield Dividend Stocks – 5 Income Investments Boosting Their Yields

By Jeff Reeves

High yield dividend stocks are still crucial to investors in June, despite mild improvements in the stock market after May's volatility. Investors are focused on stocks raising dividends and boosting dividend yields as a way to limit their risk. The guarantee of a dividend payout – particularly one that is a high yield – is crucial to protecting your retirement money right now.

Target Corp. to Offer 5% Discount on Store Credit Card Purchases (TGT, WMT, V)

By Jeff Reeves

Earlier in the year, Target (TGT) broke ties with Visa (V) over its store-branded credit cards Rather than let the credit card giant take a cut, the big box retailer decided it would process the payments itself and limit sales to in-store purchases only as opposed to a broad use Visa credit card that consumers could use to buy just about anything. Now Target Corp is offering a 5% discount to consumers using its TGT store brand credit card.

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