Jon Ogg

Jon Ogg is co-founder and editor for 24/7 Wall St.

Jon has worked as a news analyst for nearly 10 years and also has experience as a broker, portfolio manager and investment adviser. He has been sourced for articles in CBS MarketWatch, E*Trade, TradeTheNews, FlyOnTheWall, Pristine, Evolution Trading, Knova Trading, Hammerstone, CNet.com, Seeking Alpha, Google Finance and other sites.

Prior to 24/7 Wall St., he formed News Contrast and was the founder of a service for active traders called TradeTheNews (which he sold in 2003) and built up a news desk that was merged into E*Trade. He also worked in Copenhagen, Denmark as a portfolio manager for European clients trading U.S. equities and ran the event-driven trading team there.

He has been a financial adviser and has advised start-up and emerging-stage companies, and started his career as a licensed broker selling fixed income to some of the largest investment managers in the United States. He received a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Houston (1992).

Jon does not hold any positions in any stocks he writes about.

Recent Articles

6 Stocks That Could Double in 2011

The stocks on this list could deliver 100% returns in the next 12 months.

Which Companies Does Warren Buffett Value?

Here are companies that Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway have either raised or lowered their position in:

ETFs, Stocks Soaring in Nuclear Power Sector

These ETFs and stocks are part of the soaring nuclear power sector.

New Gold ETF For Gold Explorers

Gold exploration companies are the focus of a new gold ETF, the Global X Gold Explorers ETF (NYSE: GLDX).

Gold and Oil ETFs Pumped Up By Bernanke QE2

This week’s announcement by the Federal Reserve that Ben Bernanke & Co. would embark on another round of so-called “quantitative easing” to manufacture inflation met with a myriad of results. But perhaps some of the most interesting are coming in bond ETFs, gold investments and crude oil funds.

Gold Prices at $10k – Optimistic or Just Insane?

The idea of gold prices hitting $10,000 per ounce sounds ludicrous to some – perhaps as ludicrous as gold rolling back to $200.00 an ounce sounds to others.

China ETFs Still Offer Potential Profits

These top-performing China ETFs offer potential profits for emerging market investors interested in exposure in China.

Franklin’s Lesson: Managing Funds Versus ETFs

Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN), home of the Franklin Templeton funds, is taking it on the chin this morning as the earnings were lighter than estimates. Earnings came in at $1.65 EPS vs. Thomson Reuters $1.74 EPS. Despite a +23% revenue gain to $1.53 billion, analysts were expecting $1.56 billion.

Is BofA Really at Risk of Going to $2.50?

A Barron's article could have been a disaster for Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC).

Earnings on the Rise for Philip Morris

Today, PM announced adjusted earnings of $1.00 per share, or +7%. The company also reported revenue of $6.61 billion. While PM did grow earnings, it did miss expectations slightly, as analysts forecasted EPS of $1.01 and revenue of $6.92 billion.