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

Citigroup’s Offering a Blueprint for TARP Players to Avoid

By Jon Ogg

Citigroup's offering should become a blueprint of what not to do if you are a bank indebted to Uncle Sam via the TARP.

Intel and the FTC: Implications Far Beyond AMD

By Jon Ogg

This morning's key legal action from the FTC against Intel (INTC) has many caught off guard.

Risks Abound if Citi Repays TARP Too Fast

By Jon Ogg

Citigroup (C) will be the next big bank to repay its TARP obligations, but Citi needs to be extremely cautious on how it goes about this at $45 billion repayment.

November Sales Data Yield Coal for TGT, M, SKS, ANF and Other Retailers

By Jon Ogg

Dismal November same-store sales for many retailers, including Target (TGT), Costco (COST), Macy's (M) and Saks (SKS), among other retailers, should give pause to investors chasing these retail stocks.

Technical Event Risk in AIG on Top of Bernstein Call

By Jon Ogg

Today's price action is putting an added technical risk into shares of AIG stock.

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