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

Cisco Options – Using Puts to Buy Cisco Under $25

By Jon Ogg

If you missed the chance to get in on <strong>Cisco Systems Inc. </strong>(NASDAQ: CSCO) when the stock fell last week, it may not be too late.

BIDU Options to Play Baidu Inc Stock Split

By Jon Ogg

These speculative calls will benefit if Baidu, Inc. ADS (NASDAQ: BIDU) pops after analysts adjust their targets following Wednesday's 10-for-1 stock split.

Sirius Earnings Trade – A Sirius Hail Mary Option Trade

By Jon Ogg

Check out Sirius (<strong>SIRI</strong>) May call options for a low-risk/high-return way to play the company's earnings report.

Palm Options – 2 Cheap Palm Buyout Trades

By Jon Ogg

Betting on additional buyout offers for Palm (<strong>PALM</strong>) may be a long shot, but these options are so cheap they are hard to pass up.

AIG Options Expensive for Long-Term Bets

By Jon Ogg

Any option trader making a long-term bet on AIG's failure or success needs extreme conviction, because they'll be putting up a lot of money.

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