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

9 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy in China

By Jeff Reeves

Among the best investments to buy now in China are a number of high yield dividend stocks. These include crude oil, natural gas and coal energy stocks such as Yazhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (YZC), CNOOC Ltd. (CEO), PetroChina Co. Ltd. (PTR) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (SNP). Also in the mix are communications stocks such as China Mobile Limited (CHL), City Telecom (H.K.) Limited (CTEL) and Giant Interactive Group, Inc. (GA). Rounding out the list is the China rail stock Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd. (GSH) and health care stock China Medical Technologies, Inc (CMED).

Ford May Pay for Employees’ College, But No Dividend Yet (F, TM, HMC)

By Jeff Reeves

Ford Motor Co. (F) has been on the resurgence in the past year or so. It's chief domestic rival General Motors has yet to make a return to Wall Street, Japan auto maker Toyota (TM) has been beset by recalls and Honda (HMC) has struggled for the past six months as the auto industry looks to the future.

Buffett Moves Berkshire Out of Health Care (UNH, WLP, JNJ, GSK, SNY)

By Jeff Reeves

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) just released its portfolio -- albeit belatedly. Warren Buffett's company has shown its investment holdings as of the end of the first quarter. The one thing that stands out in Berkshire Hathaway's holdings list for the quarter is a clear movement away from health care -- including outright sells of positions in healthcare stocks United Health Group (NYSE: UNH) and Wellpoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP). Buffett also reduced Berkshire's position in health care stock Johnson and Johnson (NYSE: JNJ). Pharmaceutical stocks GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) and Sanofi Aventis SA (NYSE: SNY) both remained steady.

McDonald’s Focuses on Beverage Sales With Smoothies (MCD, BKC, SBUX, CBOU)

By Jeff Reeves

McDonald's (MCD) is increasingly becoming a fast beverage stock instead of a fast food stock. And with the non-alcoholic beverage business in the U.S worth $153 billion, there are plenty of profits to share with restaurants like Starbucks (SBUX), Burger King (BKC), Caribou Coffee (CBOU) and others.

Priceline Earnings Up With Other Online Travel Stocks (PCLN, CTRP, EXPE, OWW)

By Jeff Reeves

Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN), an online travel merchant with a market cap of almost $10 billion, reported strong first-quarter earnings on Tuesday. This is along with strong results from other travel stocks such as Ctrip International Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTRP), Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) and Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: OWW).

Baidu Split Boosts Value – Will Apple and Google Stock Splits Follow? (BIDU, AAPL, GOOG, GMCR, BRK-B)

By Jeff Reeves

China Internet stock Baidu Inc. (BIDU), had a 10-for-1 stock split on Wednesday. Investors seemed to gobble up the "cheaper" shares even though the underlying value of Baidu didn't change after the split, just the share price and the number of BIDU stock shares on the market. This is a case study for why pricey stocks like tech stocks Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL) should execute splits of their own. Other pricey blue chips like Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Priceline (PCLN) or MasterCard (MA) may be good candidates as well.

Burger King Says Farewell to Israel (BKC, MCD, YUM, WEN)

By Jeff Reeves

Burger King Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BKC) will officially closing the doors of locations in Israel this summer after a failed attempt to bring Western tastes to the Middle East. This is the latest in a string of fast-food failures for U.S. restaurants including McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD), Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) and Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. (NYSE: WEN).

7 Reasons to Buy Housing Stocks (or a New Home) Now

By Jeff Reeves

Yes, the housing market has been less than pleasant over the last two years. Yes, foreclosures are still a problem. Yes, high unemployment is weighing on Americans' ability to buy a new home or boost existing home sales. But that's not the whole story.

7 Dividend Investments Boosting Yields (UNP, PEP, OXY, CLF, KEI, TE, MCHP)

By Jeff Reeves

Though first-quarter earnings season is drawing to a close, there are still some earnings reports trickling in that are showing lots of free cash. Coupled with these reports are also some announcements that stocks will be raising dividends. Stocks boosting their dividend yield this week include Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE: UNP), PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP), Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY), Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF), Keithley Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: KEI), Teco Energy Inc. (NYSE: TE) and Microchip Technology Incorporated (NASDAQ: MCHP).

Starbucks Focusing on Seattle’s Best Brand (SBUX, MCD, GMCR, PEET, CBOU, BKC)

By Jeff Reeves

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is on the rise in 2010 – the stock is up 16%, almost five times better than the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and a Starbucks dividend was offered to shareholders for the first time in the company's history. But to maintain this growth SBUX will have to fend off coffee rivals that include McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) with its lower-priced cappuccinos, gourmet home brewers like Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) and Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEET) -- not to mention smaller rivals like Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOU) and local community coffee shops.

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