Jonathan Yates

Jonathan Yates

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

Bears Take Hold of S&P 500

H&R Block, Netflix and PulteGroup sustain big losses during Friday's morning trading. JDS Uniphase, Newmont Mining and Clorox claw upward.

Dow Drooping Before Labor Day Weekend

Index unanimously down in early Friday trading, with Bank of America, JPMorgan and Hewlett-Packer among big losers.

S&P 500 Slips in Early Thursday Trading

Juniper Networks among rallying tech sector companies; Chesapeake Energy, WellPoint also headed upward.

Dow Jones Enters September on the Upswing

Boeing, Chevron and Cisco among Thursday's early winners; Bank of America, Kraft and American Express lose ground.

S&P 500 Tries to Leave August on a High Note

Joy Global, Tesoro each up more than 5% early Wednesday. Altera, CF Industries Holdings lose ground.

Dow Jones Keeps Making Forward Progress

Alcoa, Caterpillar and Bank of America among early Wednesday's winners. IBM the only losing stock in early trading, but only by a few cents.

S&P 500’s Financials Take a Beating

Lincoln National, Zions and First Horizon National all down in early Tuesday trading; PulteGroup, Sprint and JDS Uniphase among early winners.

Bank of America, Cisco Lead Dow Retreat

Alcoa, McDonald's also off in early trading; Boeing, Microsoft post slight gains.

Allstate, Techs lead S&P 500 Gains

JDS Uniphase, Micron Technology up in early Monday trading; Monsanto falls, Newmont Mining recovers to trade flat.

Dow Jones Thinks Positive to Start the Week

No DJIA stocks are in negative territory in early Monday trading; Bank of America, Pfizer and Caterpillar are among the day's gainers.