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

Family Dollar Profit Just What Wall Street Ordered

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Family Dollar stores came in with better profits than anticipated as additional items on the shelves brought in new customers.

5 Lean, Mean Profit Machines

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

These five companies aren't just able to maximize revenues out of their employees, but also can turn them into whopping profits.

Markets Lack Direction: Tuesday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Stocks finished mixed as markets were distracted from strong news out of the automotive sector, instead looking ahead to Spain's next bailout.

3 Reasons Dividends Will Keep Climbing

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Dividends are on the rise in 2012, with 250 payout hikes so far and the biggest increases in 13 years. Here's why that trend is likely to continue.

Health Care Won’t Help the Post’s Health

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Buying Celtic Healthcare is a diversification move that can't possibly aid the ailing newspaper -- or offset rising problems at the Kaplan education unit.

Markets Manufacture an October Spark — Monday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Monday's ISM manufacturing numbers came in stronger than expected, helping to lift the S&P 500 and Dow higher after last week's lull.

3 Tech Stocks for Your Retirement Fund

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Investors looking down the road toward retirement can look at some of technology's "old guard" for reliable, long-term income.

5 Dividend Stocks for a Diversified Retirement Portfolio

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

These five reliable payers provide the dividend income you'll need down the road, they're attractively priced and in a wide range of industries.

7 Companies Increasing Dividends

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Aerospace and defense contractor Lockheed Martin led this week's list of dividend-increasing payout performers.

Plenty of Fuel for Q3 M&A

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor

Despite a lagging economy, companies loaded with ready cash and the need to find growth lifted dealmaking, with health care, tech and media leading the way.

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