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

Ford Motor Co. Sales Up in May But Can Not Save Mercury (F, HMC, TM, GELYF, TTM)

By Jeff Reeves

Ford Motor Co. (F) offered up a pair of interesting investment headlines today: First, Ford sales rose 22% in May over last year's numbers, topping the forecast of +16% to mark. That makes it the third consecutive month where more than 11 million Ford cars and trucks were sold and sixth straight month of sales gains of Ford in excess of +20%. Secondly, Ford is going to kill its Mercury brand.

Buffett Defends Moodys in Financial Crisis Hearing (BRK-A, BRK-B, MCO, MHP)

By Jeff Reeves

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) CEO and investment icon Warren Buffett defended rating agencies in testimony in New York today before the Financial Crisis Inquiries Commission. Legislators and regulators critical of rating agencies like Moody's (MCO) and McGraw-Hill (MHP) division Standard and Poor's wanted an explanation as to why mortgage-backed securities could get high grades but still be so toxic. Buffett's response was simple: "They made the wrong call. I was wrong on it too."

Next Virgin Group Investment Venture: Video Games (ATVI, ERTS, MSFT, SNE, GME)

By Jeff Reeves

Private conglomerate Virgin Group -- along with its iconic helmsman Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson -- knows a thing or two about investing strategies. From airlines to media to mobile phones, the company has its fingers in a lot of pies. But according to a new website set to launch June 15, it appears that the next Virgin venture will be video games -- and that has leading studios like Activision Blizzard (ATVI) and Electronic Arts (ERTS) taking notice.

Amazon Kindle Hits Target Stores on Sunday (AMZN, TGT, AAPL, HPQ, SNE)

By Jeff Reeves

It's official: Target (TGT) has confirmed that it will begin selling the Amazon.com (AMZN) Kindle e-reader this weekend. The Amazon gadget will see a $259 price tag at Target stores' brick and mortar locations. Rumors of the Amazon Kindle and Target sales partnership between AMZN and TGT stock was first reported here about a month ago, and has finally been confirmed.

ATT Looks to Boost Profits Via Apple iPhone Data Charges

By Jeff Reeves

AT&T (T) announced today that it is eliminating unlimited data plans for its wireless service. The move comes conspicuously just before the expected launch of a new Apple (AAPL) iPhone in about a week, the data hungry device that is blamed by many as the culprit behind recent criticism of AT&T's network and reliability. Now that the Apple iPad is also draining AT&T bandwidth with 3G data plans for the tablet computer, it's clear T stock needs to do something about managing its wireless data network.

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