Jonathan Yates

InvestorPlace Contributor

Jonathan Yates is a financial writer with over one hundred articles appearing under his byline in such periodicals as Newsweek, The Washington Post and Foreign Policy. He was Press Secretary for a Member of Congress on the House Banking Committee, Speechwriter/Editor for the Investment Company Institute, and General Counsel of a publicly traded corporation.

He holds degrees from Harvard University, The Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University Law Center.

Recent Articles

S&P 500 Barely Up as Best Buy Staggers

By Jonathan Yates, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 13, 2011

Poor second-quarter results slam major electronic retailer early Tuesday; Cummins Inc., Comerica among day's gainers.

Dow Jones Slightly Up During Choppy Trading

By Jonathan Yates, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 13, 2011

Financials JPMorgan, Bank of America slightly up during early Tuesday trading; falling back were McDonald's, Wal-Mart and Procter & Gamble.

S&P 500 Trying to Recover After Early Plunge

By Jonathan Yates, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 12, 2011

Xilinx working on a comeback of its own; Wynn Resorts up Monday on approval to develop its Cotai property in Macau.

New Week, Same Slow Start for Dow Jones

By Jonathan Yates, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 12, 2011

Chevron, Home Depot, Kraft all head lower alongside the DJIA; 3M, Bank of America and General Electric swim upstream.

S&P 500 Limping Into the Weekend

By Jonathan Yates, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 9, 2011

VeriSign, grocers among Friday morning's falling stocks; Micron, SanDisk and Southwest make gains.