Marc Bastow

InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Marc Bastow is Assistant Editor at InvestorPlace.com. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Connecticut and a Masters in Finance from American University. Bastow worked in corporate banking and finance, and he most recently was Senior Editor at MocoSportsFan.com.

Recent Articles

Merger Mania Takes Over: Tuesday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor Sep 3, 2013

Merger and buyout news for Verizon, Vodafone, Microsoft and Nokia led the headline news as investors bid up markets broadly to start the fall.

3 Things We Learned During Summer Vacation

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor Sep 3, 2013

The fed, housing and some rebounding stocks taught us a few lessons during the past three months.

3 Widely Held Dividend Stocks Pulling up Lame

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor Aug 31, 2013

A few dividend stocks that are widely held in the ETF world have been a little slower than others to boost their payouts as of late.

Canadian Banks Give Back: 13 Companies Increasing Dividends

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor Aug 30, 2013

A slow week of dividend increases heading into the Labor Day weekend still had 13 companies increasing dividends for shareholders

3 Battered ETFs. 1 Fund Worth Saving.

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor Aug 30, 2013

Three big-name defensive sectors have been lagging the market in a big way for months, but one is worth picking up off the ground right now.