Joseph Hargett

Joseph Hargett

Despite hailing from the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio area, Joseph Hargett has spent nearly the past decade elbow-deep in Wall Street.  Specializing in financial writing, options strategies and stock-market analysis, Joseph cut his teeth in the research department of Cincinnati-based Schaeffer’s Investment Research.

While at Schaeffer’s, Joseph wrote market, stock and options commentary for SchaeffersResearch.com, and was lead editor for The Options Advisor (the nation’s leading options newsletter).

Joseph has since moved on to become a prolific Forbes contributor in the options realm, as well as a lead copy editor and contributor for a well respected investment newsletter publisher.  Joseph’s commentary has appeared in a plethora of media outlets, including The Wall Street JournalThe New York TimesMoney Show Digest, Reuters, CBE MarketWatch and Sentiment Magazine.

Recent Articles

GoPro Inc.: Troubled GPRO Stock Offers Trades for Bulls and Bears Alike

GPRO stock is looking for any sign of good news, and depending on your view of GoPro heading into earnings, there's a trade for you.

Monday’s Vital Data: Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN), Bank of America Corp (BAC) and Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)

Bank of America (BAC) gets a buy call on shareholder activism speculation, Amazon.com (AMZN) puts are popular on earnings and Gilead’s (GILD) CEO steps down.

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. – 2 Spicy Trades for CMG Stock

Chipotle faces a wall of worry heading into next week's earnings report, but selling CMG premiums may be the better (and safer) options play.

Friday’s Vital Data: Facebook Inc (FB), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) and Qualcomm, Inc. (QCOM)

Options traders flooded Facebook (FB) and Microsoft (MSFT) with call activity following strong earnings, while Qualcomm (QCOM) calls got popular despite poor guidance.

Alphabet Inc – 2 Profitable Options for GOOGL Stock

Expectations are high for Alphabet earnings on the options front, but selling GOOGL puts ahead of the event may end up being more profitable