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

USO Options – Bet Against Rising Oil Prices With USO Put Options

By Jon Ogg

Find out why you should bet against the crude rally with these United States Oil Fund (<strong>USO</strong>) put options.

5 Option Trades on Hot Takeover Rumors

By Jon Ogg

It seems we hear rumors every day about which company is next in line to be acquired. Find out how to play the hottest ones.

AAPL Options – Use AAPL Options to Bet on Apple iPad Launch

By Jon Ogg

With all the hype surrounding the upcoming iPad launch, will Apple (<strong>AAPL</strong>) sell off on the news? And how should you play it?

Oracle Heeds Caution for Enterprise Spending Sector (ORCL, SAP, CSCO, IBM, MSFT, EMC, VMW)

By Jon Ogg

Oracle Corporation (ORCL) is proving to investors today that, despite a significant run up and despite a significant bullish bias, valuations may be catching up to even the best of the stocks out there. This earnings report showed many issues out there lurking for SAP AG (SAP), Cisco Systems (CSCO), and perhaps even IBM (IBM). And let's not leave out Microsoft (MSFT), EMC (EMC) or VMware (VMW).

Four Tech Stocks to Watch This Week (ADBE, RHT, BBY, ORCL)

By Jon Ogg

Tech earnings to come this week include reports from Adobe Systems (ADBE), Red Hat (RHT), Best Buy (BBY) and Oracle Corp. (ORCL).

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