Investors with a long-term perspective and a goal of building wealth have a completely different perspective on bear markets than traders. Read More
Jim Fink is chief investment strategist for Options for Income, Velocity Trader, and Jim Fink's Inner Circle. He has traded options for more than 30 years and generated personal profits of more than $5 million. Jim also serves as an investment analyst at Investing Daily’s flagship investing publication, Personal Finance.
Hopelessly overeducated, Jim holds a bachelor's degree from Yale University, a master's degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, a law degree from Columbia University, and an MBA from the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. For good measure, he has been a member of the Illinois and D.C. bars.
Prior to joining Investing Daily, and when not incurring student loans hiding out in academe, Jim practiced telecommunications regulatory law for nine years until he realized that he made more money trading stock options than writing briefs. After attending business school, Jim switched gears to the investment realm full-time, working for a university endowment, a private wealth management firm, an insurance and financial planning company, and as a Senior Analyst for an online investment newsletter service that encourages the wearing of funny hats.
A possible but unlikely descendant of legendary brawler and boatman Mike Fink, Jim defies his heritage, believing that investing success requires patience and analysis, not swashbuckling bravado. Besides his passion for analyzing and writing about stocks, Jim likes to hike in the desert Southwest, vacation in Las Vegas, play tennis, and feed his toddler son Cheerios.
Analyst Articles
“If I had $10,000 to invest, I would focus on smaller companies, because there would be a greater chance that something was overlooked in that arena.” —Warren Buffett Here are just three reasons why you need to hold top-flight small-cap stocks right now: Higher returns: If you had invested in… Read More
The current bull market in stocks is like an ocean that raises all boats -- even boats that are likely to sink. Avoiding such fair-weather investments is the key to investment success and the Roadrunner Stocks Safety Rating can help lead the way. Read More
Jim critiques James Montier's list of investment principles. For the most part, they're right on the money. Read More
Finding winning stocks that beat the market isn't easy, but academic research points to some stock characteristics that put investment outperformance firmly within your grasp. Read More
The stock market continues to rise as the real economy remains stuck in neutral thanks to monetary stimulus. When the monetary music stops, large caps will drop based on "risk-off" macro beta but small caps will perform based on fundamentals. Read More
With interest rates on fixed-income investments near all-time lows, income-seeking investors need to look at stocks. U.S. dividend-paying stocks historically outperform, but foreign dividend-paying stocks have performed even better. Read More
Although investing in small-cap stocks promises higher appreciation potential over the long term, adding foreign small caps offers the added benefit to your portfolio of very-low correlations. Read More
The second crucial component of an outperforming Roadrunner Stock is management integrity, which isn't easy to determine. But there are some observable corporate behaviors that shed light on whether corporate management's heart is in the right place. Read More
Jim reveals the first "secret sauce" criterion in his stock-picking formula for uncovering the super small-cap growth stocks of the next decade. Read More