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

Wednesday’s Vital Data: General Electric Company (GE), Facebook Inc (FB), Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)

General Electric (GE) call volume surges on $2.5 billion investment, Facebook (FB) loses in the EU and Exxon Mobil (XOM) follows oil prices higher.

MON Earnings Preview: 2 Trades for Monsanto Stock

Wall Street remains bullish on Monsanto ahead of earnings, but options traders are begging for a MON stock selloff.

Monday’s Vital Data: Apple Inc. (AAPL), Bank of America Corp (BAC) and Netflix, Inc. (NFLX)

Apple's (AAPL) smartwatch moves into Target, BofA (BAC) plunged alongside rate-hike odds and Netflix (NFLX) rallies on a Cantor note.

Yum Brands Earnings Preview: 2 Trades for YUM Stock

YUM stock is showing signs of life ahead of Yum Brands' third-quarter report, but will it be enough to stave off a bearish technical selloff?

Friday’s Vital Data: Facebook Inc (FB), Twitter Inc (TWTR) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)

Facebook (FB) is ranked a “buy” at Wedbush, Twitter (TWTR) gets a new CEO and JPMorgan (JPM) cut to “buy” at Vetr.