Jonathan Berr

InvestorPlace Contributor

Jonathan Berr has been a professional journalist since 1991. He has covered a wide variety of beats, ranging from to electric utilities to media conglomerates to tech companies.

While a reporter at Bloomberg News in 2002, he won the Gerald Loeb Award, one of the most prestigious awards in business journalism. He was part of a team at AOL’s DailyFinance that won the New York Press Club’s award for Internet feature writing in 2010. His freelance writing has appeared in Atlantic.com, AOL, Yahoo, MSN and 24/7 Wall Street, along with The New York Times and Business Week.

He lives in New Jersey with his wife and son.

You can reach him at jdberr@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter at @jdberr.

Recent Articles

5 Food Stocks To Avoid

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 16, 2011

Increasing corn prices have helped weigh down these stocks, and there's little hope of a respite.

Microsoft’s Dividend Dallying

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 14, 2011

Investors want more than the modest dividend hike coming out of MSFT -- especially because the company has the cash hoard to provide it.

Walt Disney’s Goofy Stock Price

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 10, 2011

Many of Disney's operations are doing well, but after its disappointing second quarter, the magic disappeared.

Amazon Stands Down On California Tax Fight

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 9, 2011

The company has a year to keep fighting the proposition of collecting sales tax.

Time to Take Men’s Wearhouse off the Discount Rack

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 9, 2011

MW was unjustly battered on a slight earnings disappointment -- though it's still a little too pricey to buy.

Amazon’s Silly Tax Gambit

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 8, 2011

Amazon's Jobs-for-tax-amnesty request in California opens up a can of worms in the ongoing Internet tax debate.

GE’s Immelt Should Finally Get His Due

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 8, 2011

General Electric's stock has been hammered, but Immelt should get some credit for the company's continued earnings growth and strong foreign positioning.

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Should Get Fired Next

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 7, 2011

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong’s job has become less secure in the wake of the firing of Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz. The AOL leader may very well be next.

Tune Into Comcast Shares

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 6, 2011

Investors are ignoring the strength of this company.

Gaming’s Big Macau Players Are a Gamble

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 2, 2011

There's upsides to several casino owners with Macau properties, but none of these stocks are a particularly good value.