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

3 Wildly Shorted Stocks Worth Buying

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

There are 31 companies in the S&P 1500 whose shares are heavily shorted. Here are three you should buy in a contrarian move. Let the squeeze begin.

When Do Share Buybacks Mask Excessive Compensation?

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Stock options issued as executive compensation can lead to anti-dilutive share repurchases. Is that always a bad thing? Not necessarily.

ETF Alternatives for the Week of April 16-20

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

This week we look at financial, consumer goods, technology, apparel and retail stocks and their ETF alternatives.

Stocks With Young CEOs: My Top 5 Picks

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Of Forbes' 40-and-under most powerful CEOs list, these five execs run companies that are well worth owning.

Citigroup: To Pay or Not to Pay

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

It's in a bind after shareholders reject Vikram Pandit's $15 million pay package. But is that really an "obscene" amount?

A High-Flying IPO That’s Doomed to Crash

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

Mattress Firm had the best-performing IPO of the past year. Here's why it's a bankruptcy in the making.

ETF Alternatives for Last Week’s Hot Stocks

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

InvestorPlace writers picked furniture, golf, beer, aluminum and smartphone stocks. Here's another way to play them.

GE’s Hidden Impact on Your Life

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

The stock is a great example of how consumers can apply Peter Lynch's "invest in what you know" theory.

Apple’s Un-American Stance on Taxes

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

It did shareholders a favor by declaring a dividend and launching a buyback plan, but its refusal to repatriate overseas income is wrongheaded.

What AOL Should Do With Its $1.1 Billion

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor

For one thing, don't listen to 5.4% stakeholder Starboard Value, which wants an immediate return of the whole windfall to investors.

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