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

Droid May Have Saved Motorola (MOT, AAPL, GOOG)

By Jeff Reeves

Motorola (MOT) has been one of those stocks that investors love to kick around. It peaked at almost $60 a share during the tech bubble days of 2000, slumped to $20 a share in 2006 amid increased competition from smartphones, and bottomed out at about $3 a share in March of 2009. But thanks to Google (GOOG) and its Android smartphone OS, Motorola and its Droid handset are profitable.

Is a BP Stock Buyout Possible? (BP, XOM, RDS, CVX, PBR, SNP, CEO)

By Jeff Reeves

By most Wall Street estimates, the sell-off of BP plc (BP) is overdone -- sparking speculation of a buyout of the crude oil stock from western rivals like Exxon Mobil (XOM), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) and Chevron (CVX). There are also thoughts about Brazil's state run oil giant Petrobras, more formally Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR), as a potential BP buyout suitor -- and a few fringe theories about China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (SNP) or Sinopec, or China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CEO) known as CNOOC.

Yum! Brands Takes Taco Bell to England (YUM, MCD, BKC, DPZ)

By Jeff Reeves

Yum! Brands (YUM) has been getting a decidedly global flavor at its KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurants in recent years. And the next global market that is in its sights is the United Kingdom.

Why Emerging Markets China and India are Second to BRIC Investment Brazil

By Jeff Reeves

Among BRIC funds, Brazil investments may offer greater returns than China, India and Russia. Find out what makes this Latin American nation the current leader in BRIC investments now – and for the foreseeable future.

Hot Tech Stock Picks to Buy Now – AAPL, MSFT, BTN, MRVL, VIT, HPQ, STM

By Jeff Reeves

For tech stock investors, this week heralded the end of an investment era as Apple Inc. (AAPL) briefly overtook Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) as the most valuable technology company in the world. As of this writing, Microsoft stock has rallied to close the gap and retake the lead, but the iPad and iPhone maker is not far behind. The tally right now is Apple at #2 with a market cap of $228.1 billion compared with a Microsoft market cap of $228.7 billion.

PG Stock – Procter and Gamble Gives Pantene Brand a High Tech Makeover

By Jeff Reeves

Pantene, the hair care line that generates $3 billion for personal products giant Procter and Gamble (PG), is no stranger to makeovers. And after the recession drove consumers into the arms of cheaper rivals, Pantene is reinventing itself yet again – the third rebranding since 1999 – in an effort to reconnect with consumers.

8 Hot Stocks to Heat Up Your Portfolio

By Jeff Reeves

Heat up your portfolio this summer with these hot stocks to buy from our InvestorPlace experts.

BP or Goldman Sachs (GS) Stock – Which One is Worse?

By Jeff Reeves

Who's really worse, BP plc (BP) or Goldman Sachs (GS)? Consumers have plenty of reasons to be down on both companies right now. Energy giant BP is up to its elbows in oil as a deepwater well on the ocean floor continues to spew oil over a month after the initial failure, and Goldman is currently under investigation for allegedly peddling investments while at the same time profiting from those investments' failures.

High Yield Dividend Stocks Reduce Risk of Your Trading Strategies

By Jeff Reeves

Investment in dividend stocks has come back into favor among trading strategies now that the stock market has gotten rocky in May. A high dividend yield allows your investment to keep paying you even if the stock moves sideways -- or even if your dividend paying stocks roll back a bit. The best dividend stocks are not necessarily investments that will see soaring share prices overnight but rather pay reliable dividends and offer a high yield no matter what happens in the stock market.

Greece Debt Weighs on Euro Zone ADR Investment in May (IRE, NBG, DB, ABB, DT, TOT)

By Jeff Reeves

The Greece debt crisis as well as budget woes in other so-called PIIGS nations in the euro zone -- Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain – have dominated the news and dominated European stocks markets. The resulting affect of Greece debt problems on euro zone stocks traded in the U.S. as ADR shares has been dramatic, especially among companies like the Bank of Ireland (IRE), National Bank of Greece (NBG), Deutsche Bank (DB) ABB Inc. (ABB), Deutsche Telecom (DT), and Total SA (TOT).

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