Will Ashworth

Will Ashworth

InvestorPlace Contributor

Expertise: Public and private companies, Portfolio construction

About Will:
Will Ashworth has written about investments full-time since 2008. He loves investing and is passionate about helping others put their money to work. He particularly enjoys creating model portfolios that stand the test of time.

Publications where he’s appeared include InvestorPlace, The Motley Fool Canada, Investopedia, Kiplinger, and several others in both the U.S. and Canada. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Recent Articles

Activist Investors: Do They Really Help?

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Studies seem to indicate that activists like Bill Ackman are good for stocks. Is it true?

J&J: Sometimes Buybacks Make Sense

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Sometimes buybacks makes sense. Take Johnson & Johnson's $12.9 billion second-quarter repurchase, for example. Here's why.

3 Targets for a Yahoo Shopping Spree

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

The question investors need to ask themselves is whether Marissa Mayer and Yahoo will spend the company's Alibaba cash boldly or predictably.

3 Ways to Play the Strength in Mid-Caps

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Here are picks for individual stocks, ETFs and a mutual fund as a way to ride mid caps as they continue to outshine large and small-cap stocks.

ETF Alternatives for Last Week’s Hot Stocks

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

This week we look at ETFs that hold the retail, NFL-related, emerging markets, dividend, and health care stocks IP writers discussed last week.

Could BAE-EADS Give Boeing a Lift?

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

The U.S. giant is clearly concerned, and the general consensus is the deal would be bad for Boeing. But things could work out well.

What Facebook’s Stock ‘Buyback’ Signifies

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Facebook is repurchasing 101 million of its shares to pay taxes on restricted stock units. This shows that Zuckerberg & Co. are far more tuned in than most suspect.

Your Neighbor’s House Is Owned by a REIT

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

The single-family rental market is growing rapidly, and private equity has everything to do with that -- and the current trend of rising home prices.

Liberty Wants to Get Sirius; Should You?

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Liberty Media is getting closer to taking control of Sirius XM. With Karmazin's future in the air, here's how investors should proceed.

ETF Alternatives for Last Week’s Hot Stocks

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Some of InvestorPlace's stock picks from last week open the doors to potential ETF investments in Under Armour, Pier 1 and high-yielding dividend stocks.

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