Marc Bastow

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

4 Stodgy Ol’ Tech Stocks for the Long Haul

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Big Tech has hit some stumbling blocks as of late, but a few members of the old guard still look like solid long-term holdings for retirement portfolios.

8 Companies Increasing Dividends

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Ford doubled its payout, and Hormel and Goldcorp joined in on the dividend-hiking fun to lead 2013's first list of companies increasing dividends.

S&P Hits Five-Year High — Thursday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Positive earnings news, big corporate headlines and solid China exports helped move markets north and launched the S&P to five-year highs.

5 Reasons Why I’m Not Crazy for Buying Yahoo

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Well, I said I'd take a flyer, and I have. I'm buying Yahoo. It's a contrarian call, to be sure, but here's why I'm convinced YHOO is headed higher.

Tech Turns the Beat Around — Wednesday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Alcoa's earnings set a broader positive tone, then tech stocks took it home as U.S. stocks mounted a rebound in Wednesday trading.

Dividends + Buybacks = Great Returns

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

By mixing stocks from two ETFs with different strategies, one author found a way to easily beat the market. Here are his stock picks for 2013.

Stocks Dip on Pre-Earnings Jitters — Tuesday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Investors leery of a potentially weak fourth-quarter earnings season bid stocks down lower Tuesday, though Alcoa "officially" started things off right after the bell.

The Dividend Arrow Is Pointing Up

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

A recent analysis by S&P Dow Jones Indices shows just how great 2012 was for dividend investors -- and concludes that 2013 will be plenty fruitful, too.

Don’t Dump All Bonds for Retirement

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

As Goldman Sachs and others sound the alarms that bondholders are about to get creamed, panic moves to abandon bonds of every stripe won't pay.

Debt Ceiling Worries Cap Stocks — Monday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Stocks were broadly weighed down Monday by debt ceiling concerns and timidity over Q4 earnings, though Amazon, Trulia and Zillow were among a few stocks headed north.

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