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

3PAR Bidding War Rages On

By Jon Ogg

3PAR, Inc. (NYSE: PAR) options activity hints that the company will get a better offer.

5 Option Trades to Prove Tech Isn’t Dead

By Jon Ogg

Tech stocks may not be as dead as people think.

SanDisk Options: Lock ‘n’ Roll

By Jon Ogg

What happens when you have an exponential return in an option before your trade rationale has even played out? You lock in your gains and…

5 Cheap Option Trades on Education Stocks

By Jon Ogg

If you're interested in cheap options trading picks with big upside, these five trades on education stocks are just what you're looking for.

New Mutual Fund with a 45 Year Outlook

By Jon Ogg

There was an interesting launch this week from Vanguard in its new "target date" funds, which aims to entice investors to put in their funds into a single fund for a target retirement date. Vanguard's new target fund is for 45 years down the road via the Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund.

A Cheap Way to Bet on a Slowing SanDisk

By Jon Ogg

With a much higher beta than peers, buying these SNDK put options become a cheap way to bet on a slowing SanDisk.

An Options Winner If RIMM Gets Torched (RIMM, AMZN, AAPL)

By Jon Ogg

Weak BlackBerry Torch smartphone sales cause retailers to slash price and Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) to fall.

Warren Buffett and Berkshire Buy a New Stock

By Jon Ogg

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) revealed its latest quarterly holdings report, with stocks of record as of the market close on June 30. Though many positions remain unchanged, there are some notable moves where Warren Buffett boosted his companies stake in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and in Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT).

Apollo: A God Among Education Stocks?

By Jon Ogg

APOL is shining where other stocks in the for-profit education sector are failing

Beer Prices May Soon Be Harder to Swallow

By Jon Ogg

Beer prices have gone up regardless of inflation or deflation in the broader economy, and it looks like they're about to go up even more.

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