Jon Ogg

Jon Ogg is co-founder and editor for

Jon has worked as a news analyst for nearly 10 years and also has experience as a broker, portfolio manager and investment adviser. He has been sourced for articles in CBS 蜜桃传媒Watch, E*Trade, TradeTheNews, FlyOnTheWall, Pristine, Evolution Trading, Knova Trading, Hammerstone, CNet.com, Seeking Alpha, Google Finance and other sites.

Prior to 24/7 Wall St., he formed News Contrast and was the founder of a service for active traders called TradeTheNews (which he sold in 2003) and built up a news desk that was merged into E*Trade. He also worked in Copenhagen, Denmark as a portfolio manager for European clients trading U.S. equities and ran the event-driven trading team there.

He has been a financial adviser and has advised start-up and emerging-stage companies, and started his career as a licensed broker selling fixed income to some of the largest investment managers in the United States. He received a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Houston (1992).

Jon does not hold any positions in any stocks he writes about.

Recent Articles

6 Stocks That Could Double in 2011

By Jon Ogg

The stocks on this list could deliver 100% returns in the next 12 months.

Which Companies Does Warren Buffett Value?

By Jon Ogg

Here are companies that Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway have either raised or lowered their position in:

ETFs, Stocks Soaring in Nuclear Power Sector

By Jon Ogg

These ETFs and stocks are part of the soaring nuclear power sector.

New Gold ETF For Gold Explorers

By Jon Ogg

Gold exploration companies are the focus of a new gold ETF, the Global X Gold Explorers ETF (NYSE: GLDX).

Gold and Oil ETFs Pumped Up By Bernanke QE2

By Jon Ogg

This week鈥檚 announcement by the Federal Reserve that Ben Bernanke & Co. would embark on another round of so-called 鈥渜uantitative easing鈥� to manufacture inflation met with a myriad of results. But perhaps some of the most interesting are coming in bond ETFs, gold investments and crude oil funds.

Gold Prices at $10k 鈥� Optimistic or Just Insane?

By Jon Ogg

The idea of gold prices hitting $10,000 per ounce sounds ludicrous to some 鈥� perhaps as ludicrous as gold rolling back to $200.00 an ounce sounds to others.

China ETFs Still Offer Potential Profits

By Jon Ogg

These top-performing China ETFs offer potential profits for emerging market investors interested in exposure in China.

Franklin’s Lesson: Managing Funds Versus ETFs

By Jon Ogg

Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN), home of the Franklin Templeton funds, is taking it on the chin this morning as the earnings were lighter than estimates. Earnings came in at $1.65 EPS vs. Thomson Reuters $1.74 EPS. Despite a +23% revenue gain to $1.53 billion, analysts were expecting $1.56 billion.

Is BofA Really at Risk of Going to $2.50?

By Jon Ogg

A Barron's article could have been a disaster for Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC).

Earnings on the Rise for Philip Morris

By Jon Ogg

Today, PM announced adjusted earnings of $1.00 per share, or +7%. The company also reported revenue of $6.61 billion. While PM did grow earnings, it did miss expectations slightly, as analysts forecasted EPS of $1.01 and revenue of $6.92 billion.

Caterpillar Stock Continues to Impress

By Jon Ogg

It鈥檚 a good time to own Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) stock, as the equipment manufacturer posted earnings growth of +96% and revenue growth of +53% yesterday. Earnings came in at $1.22 a share with revenue of $11.1 billion.

Playing the Crude Oil Snap-Back

By Jon Ogg

Yesterday marked the first day since the end of September that oil tested and broke under the $80.00 per barrel mark in futures. During that rally, it took only six trading days to go from under $80.00 to $85.00. Today's move is being exacerbated by a weaker dollar, a government weekly inventory report and renewed quantitative easing optimism.

2 Ways to Trade a Potential Massey Buyout

By Jon Ogg

Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) is on the move after news of a possible sale.

Out of Control Gold Meets Leveraged ETN and ETF Products

By Jon Ogg

Gold exchange-traded funds and exchange traded notes have become the new fad for 401k plans and individual investors. ETF research and ETF information have led me to advise buying these gold exchange traded funds.

Solar ETF Funds are Shining Bright

By Jon Ogg

The performance has been stellar in many of the key solar stocks out there over the last two months. A rising stock market and higher oil tends to help. Many companies are raising guidance or are calming fears that margin compression is escalating and that orders are dropping.

3 Tech Volatility Trades for Friday

By Jon Ogg

Play a short-term move in cloud computing stocks with these option straddles.

5 Option Trades to Kick Off Earnings Season

By Jon Ogg

Jump-start your Q4 with these earnings trades.

Key Stocks to Watch This Week

By Jon Ogg

Stocks to watch and stocks on the earnings calendar this week include Geron, Monsanto, Take-Two and Netflix.

AirTran Options Could Take Off With a Higher Bid

By Jon Ogg

These speculative AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI) options could be high-fliers if Southwest Airlines Co.'s (NYSE: LUV) or another airline stock puts in a higher bid, or they could crash and burn.

6 Stocks That Could Double in the Next Year

By Jon Ogg

100% profits by 2011 is not impossible with these potential money-doubling stock picks.

A Bond Bubble and Risk in Bonds 鈥� What Investors Need to Know

By Jon Ogg

The global economic cycle has long been hostage to boom and bust, and inevitably valuation bubbles inflate and then burst. In 2000, it was Internet and tech stocks. In 2005 to 2008 it was a housing and credit bubble. Now in 2010, there is a debate over whether or not we are in a bond bubble.

Wall Street News to Watch This Week

By Jon Ogg

A look ahead at the week on Wall Street shows a number of important news items and trends for investors to watch:

5 Overvalued Stocks to Short

By Jon Ogg

They overvalued stocks have run up too far, too fast, putting them at risk for a serious price correction.

Chip Stocks Silicon Labs (SLAB) and Intel (INTC) Setting New Lows

By Jon Ogg

Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB) is not exactly the largest household name when it comes to the world of chips design, as opposed to Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC). But what these two companies have in common are earnings warnings and a rather harsh run for their stocks.

Big News on a Short Week – Stocks to Watch Include CIEN, LULU, NE,RTN, NFLX

By Jon Ogg

This may be a shortened week for U.S. investors, but there are many stocks with many events to watch this week. There are a couple earnings to watch, we have positive news flow from publications hitting companies, and we have a substantial amount of ongoing M&A and proxy names.

Oil & Gas ETF Volume Holds Up as Summer Ends

By Jon Ogg

Two controversial ETF and ETN products in commodities are the United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG) ETF and the United States Oil (NYSE: USO) ETF. These ETFs are supposed to track the natural gas markets and crude oil markets.

Burger King Bid Already Peaked

By Jon Ogg

If you're looking for value in a fast food stock, you'll have to look elsewhere.

The Cheapest Genzyme Buyout Trade

By Jon Ogg

These speculative options are a great deal if Genzyme gets a higher offer.

Medco (MHS) – Changing Values for Changing Investor Base?

By Jon Ogg

Medco Health Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MHS) is in a strange place in time right now. The healthcare company is potentially the subject of more cost crunching, and is supposed to be one of the best in its industry. The issue seems to concern the size of the company, rather than its valuations of the past.

M&A Deals in Focus for Wall Street鈥檚 Week Ahead

By Jon Ogg

There is a ton of dirt happening in the world of M&A right now. There are many deals to watch and many deals that "may be" items to watch. Some are confirmed, some are pending, and some are merely speculated.

3PAR Bidding War Rages On

By Jon Ogg

3PAR, Inc. (NYSE: PAR) options activity hints that the company will get a better offer.

5 Option Trades to Prove Tech Isn’t Dead

By Jon Ogg

Tech stocks may not be as dead as people think.

SanDisk Options: Lock ‘n’ Roll

By Jon Ogg

What happens when you have an exponential return in an option before your trade rationale has even played out? You lock in your gains and…

5 Cheap Option Trades on Education Stocks

By Jon Ogg

If you're interested in cheap options trading picks with big upside, these five trades on education stocks are just what you're looking for.

New Mutual Fund with a 45 Year Outlook

By Jon Ogg

There was an interesting launch this week from Vanguard in its new "target date" funds, which aims to entice investors to put in their funds into a single fund for a target retirement date. Vanguard's new target fund is for 45 years down the road via the Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund.

A Cheap Way to Bet on a Slowing SanDisk

By Jon Ogg

With a much higher beta than peers, buying these SNDK put options become a cheap way to bet on a slowing SanDisk.

An Options Winner If RIMM Gets Torched (RIMM, AMZN, AAPL)

By Jon Ogg

Weak BlackBerry Torch smartphone sales cause retailers to slash price and Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) to fall.

Warren Buffett and Berkshire Buy a New Stock

By Jon Ogg

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) revealed its latest quarterly holdings report, with stocks of record as of the market close on June 30. Though many positions remain unchanged, there are some notable moves where Warren Buffett boosted his companies stake in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and in Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT).

Apollo: A God Among Education Stocks?

By Jon Ogg

APOL is shining where other stocks in the for-profit education sector are failing

Beer Prices May Soon Be Harder to Swallow

By Jon Ogg

Beer prices have gone up regardless of inflation or deflation in the broader economy, and it looks like they're about to go up even more.

Chasing All-Time Highs in Netflix

By Jon Ogg

With the Dow down triple digits, NFLX is down less than 1% and even managed a new all-time high this morning

Macy’s Earnings Raised the Bar for Nordstrom (M, JWN)

By Jon Ogg

Macy鈥檚, Inc. (NYSE: M) is seeing a gain after its earnings report this morning. The news was a bit of a surprise after poor retail sales figures started coming in from large retail operations, despite what should have been easily comparable sales. More importantly, Macy's has raised its fiscal year profit targets.

Bet On or Protect Against Intel Making New 52-Week Lows

By Jon Ogg

Traders should consider this cheap way to profit from further downside in INTC or to hedge against it.

2 Cheap Ways to Speculate on Genzyme Buyout

By Jon Ogg

If you're on the right side of this trade, you will make some healthy profits.

Skype Files for IPO

By Jon Ogg

Skype S.A., the real-time Internet communications outfit now based in Luxembourg, filed for an IPO this morning.

Option Buyers Back in Gold ETF

By Jon Ogg

Traders are betting on higher gold prices with GLD call options.

Profit if Tesla Crashes and Burns

By Jon Ogg

A speculative put option trade in Tesla Motors could pack a punch if the stock keeps falling.

Retail Sales Show Joneses May Be Shopping at Walmart

By Jon Ogg

Retail sales came out mixed this morning, and frankly the figures were very disappointing considering year over year sale comparisons. Today was a mixed picture overall for retail stocks and it really highlights whether or not it is time reconsider Walmart Stores Inc.

Monkey Around With GLW Calls

By Jon Ogg

Corning's 'Gorilla Glass' technology could provide traders with a great speculative opportunity.

A Cheap Bet on XOM Could Pay Out Big

By Jon Ogg

You can speculate on XOM for less than it costs to fill up your gas tank.

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