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

Walmart Takes On GameStop in Used Video Game Sales (WMT, GME, ERTS)

By Jeff Reeves

In a recent conference call to discuss the company's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings, Electronics Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) COO John Schappert estimated video game sales would be down 3% year-over-year in April industrywide. But Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) isn't concerned about slumping video game trends – the retail stock is looking to give rival video game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) a run for its money by jumping back into the used gaming business.

7 Low-Risk Dividend Stocks with High Yields

By Jeff Reeves

These blue chips not only have the staying power and stable share price that make them good long-term investments, they have a history of strong dividend growth and high dividend yields that mean a regular paycheck.

Baidu and Green Mountain Plan Stock Split

By Jeff Reeves

Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), China's leading internet search engine, is scheduled to execute a 10-for-1 stock split on its ADR shares on Wednesday. Another stock split comes soon after with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) executing a 3-for-1 stock split on May 18. That raises the question whether other high priced stocks like Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Intuitive Surgical Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG), Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) or MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) will follow suit.

11 Red Hot Retail ETFs to Buy (RXI, IYK, IYR, XRT, XHB, RTH, VCR, RCD, PEZ, PEJ, PMR)

By Jeff Reeves

As consumer spending and consumer confidence both continue improve, now may be the best time to buy into retail index funds such as RXI, IYK, IYR, XRT, XHB, RTH, VCR, RCD, PEZ, PEJ and PMR.

Stock Valuations May Be Best in Decades (AAPL, CSX, INTC, CEG, WLP, GS)

By Jeff Reeves

Price ratio analysis shows there are some good valuation plays out there for value investors. Even after the stock market surged about 70%, investment valuations for U.S. companies remain some of the most attractive in about 20 years at the end of April. Profit forecasts for S&P 500 companies from consumer electronics icon Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to tech stock Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) to rail company CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) have climbed 9.3 percent on average in April.

New York Times NYT Stock Faces Potential 15% Downside Thanks to News Corp. NWS

By Jeff Reeves

The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) recently reported a 12% year-over-year decline in its print advertising business for Q1 of 2010 compared to same period last year, primarily as a result of the on-going macroeconomic declines in the broader ad market. Furthermore, the company is facing rising competitive pressure from News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS) publication The Wall Street Journal, which is launching a NYC metro edition and aggressively luring new advertisers.

Higher Profit Margins Boost SanDisk Stock (SNDK, INTC, MU)

By Jeff Reeves

SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK), which competes with Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) in flash memory cards for consumer electronics, reported a strong improvement in flash memory gross margins for the first quarter of 2010.

Nike Inc. Makes Emerging Markets Top Priority (NKE, MCD, KO, DPZ)

By Jeff Reeves

Top Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) executive Mark Parker talked about his ambitious goal to boost global sales 40% by 2015 recently in a Wall Street Journal interview. If Nike can meet that goal, it will become yet another iconic American company like Domino's Pizza Inc. (NYSE: DPZ), The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) and McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) that is putting emerging markets ahead of the U.S. on its priority list.

9 Hot Europe Stocks Leading the EU Rally

By Jeff Reeves

After a brutal week on Wall Street sparked by rising fears over budget troubles in Europe, a concerted and focused bailout effort announced over the weekend sent European stocks soaring on Monday. The Dow was up dramatically, to the tune of about 4%, but that's nothing compared to the 9% run for Paris stocks, or the over 5% run for England and Germany exchanges to open the week.

U-Verse Is Saving AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) Wireline Business

By Jeff Reeves

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), which competes with Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S), reported a sharp growth in consumer IP data revenues driven by increased adoption of its fiber optic network U-Verse. AT&T provides services like TV, digital voice and broadband through U-Verse, and the use of these services has increased IP data consumption.

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