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

S&P 500 Trying to Recover After Early Plunge

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

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

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

McDonald’s, BAC a Drag on Dow Jones

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

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