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

Meredith Whitney – When Doom and Gloom Isn’t Really Bad (GS, MS, JPM)

By Jon Ogg

Meredith Whitney lowered earnings estimates for Goldman Sachs Group (GS) on Tuesday perhaps proving that interpreting analyst "downgrades" ahead of earnings reports might be more art than science.

Kraft-Cadbury Merger Looks More Complicated (KFT, CBY, BRK.A, MO, HSY)

By Jon Ogg

The merger between Kraft (KFT) and Cadbury (CBY) keeps getting more complicated, including a potential wrench thrown in by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), but the real issue for investors is whether Kraft's move adds more risk than upside.

The Kraft Cadbury Saga – Merger Makes More Mergers (KFT, CBY, HSY, UN, CAG, GIS, HNZ)

By Jon Ogg

Kraft Foods (KFT) is expected to raise its bid for Cadbury (CBY), but some of the smaller food and candy companies might become more viable as buyout candidates as a result.

Don’t Sweat the BlackBerry Outages (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG, T, MSFT, AMZN, EBAY)

By Jon Ogg

After two outages in one week for Research In Motion's (RIMM) Blackberry smartphone, some are wondering if this is a win for Apple (AAPL) and Google's (GOOG) smartphones.

A Look at the Week Ahead – (BMY, JBL, OSIP, RHT, SQNM, V)

By Jon Ogg

Trading ideas for the week include BMY, JBL, OSIP, RHT, SQNM, and V.

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