Jonathan Yates

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 Limping Into the Weekend

By Jonathan Yates, InvestorPlace Contributor

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

McDonald’s, BAC a Drag on Dow Jones

By Jonathan Yates, InvestorPlace Contributor

McDonald's sales disappoint Wall Street, sending shares down almost 4% early Friday. JPMorgan, Pfizer and GE also slumping.

S&P 500 Fighting off Fifth Consecutive Drop

By Jonathan Yates, InvestorPlace Contributor

Valero, Hess Corp. are helping to keep index in the black; Genworth Financial, Morgan Stanley are taking losses.

Light Day for Dow as Traders Wait on Obama

By Jonathan Yates, InvestorPlace Contributor

Bank of America leads financial stocks downward early Thursday; Cisco, Microsoft each make 2% gains.

S&P 500 Bounces Back

By Jonathan Yates, InvestorPlace Contributor

Stocks look on track to break their losing streak.

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