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

Berkshire Joins S&P 500, What’s Next? (BRK-B, BRK-A, BNI, V)

By Jon Ogg

Now that Berkshire Hathaway has joined the S&P 500 Index, profit-taking is very likely in the coming days.

Are More Utility Mergers On the Way? Dividend Investors Hopeful (AYE, FE, BRK-B, BNI, CEG, CPN, EIX, POM, PGE, NST)

By Jon Ogg

Will FirstEnergy Corp.'s (FE) $4.7 billion takeover of Allegheny Energy (AYE) create a wave of mergers in the utility sector? Dividend investors are hoping so.

How Protected Are Nuclear Stocks? (URS, FLR, JEC, SHAW, CCJ, USU, NLR)

By Jon Ogg

Nuclear stocks have enjoyed a brief renaissance over the last couple of weeks thanks to the 2011 White House Budget, which provides for $36 billion in new DOE and government loan guarantees for the construction of new nuclear plants.

Earnings Still Matter, Maybe More Than Last Week (HAS, ERTS, KO, DIS, BIDU, GOOG, S, CLWR, ATVI, PCLN, ALU, CSCO, LVS, WYNN, MPEL)

By Jon Ogg

Earnings season is slowly winding down, but there still many key market-moving companies set to report this week. Here's what you need to know.

3 Option Trades for a Market Crash

By Jon Ogg

The latest stock market pullback has many traders looking for ways to hedge against a market crash. Here are three option trades that will allow you to protect yourself from a crash -- AND profit from it.

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