Retailers’ rising sales growth in recent months suggests the Australian economy has options beyond resources and housing. Read More
Ari Charney is the chief investment strategist for Utility Forecaster and Income Millionaire.
Prior to joining Investing Daily, Ari took an unlikely path toward dispensing investment advice. Shortly after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in political science from New York University, Ari sampled some of Wall Street’s best-known brokerages and investment banks for several months as an associate. His favorite memory was being paid an absurdly high hourly wage to point and yell at the bond salesmen on the legendary Bear Stearns trading floor when they had incoming phone calls.
Thereafter, Ari spent a substantial portion of his career at financial industry rating services. First, he pored over spreadsheets at the preeminent bond rating agency Moody’s Investors Service. Later, he analyzed investment newsletters for nearly eight years at The Hulbert Financial Digest (HFD).
While working for the HFD, Ari discovered his passion for helping self-directed investors select the right investment newsletter. Since joining Investing Daily, he’s extended that passion further by guiding investors toward the right securities for their portfolios.
In his free time, he and his wife tote their son along on their ethnic dining adventures in pursuit of the fabled Bosnian burger and the Thai restaurant with the secret Laotian menu.
Analyst Articles
Canada’s central bank is largely independent of the country’s government, but that hasn’t stopped Finance Minister Jim Flaherty from opining on the bank’s policymaking. Read More
The long period of tame inflation appears to be ending. Read More
Two recent picks for our sister publication have bolted out of the gate, yet can run much further. Why the timing’s still right for Targa Resources and Western Refining. Read More
US drillers are pushing for a reversal of the ban on crude exports, but some refiners like their inputs cheap too much to let that slide. Read More
Fresh from Robert’s hit interview with Lesley Stahl, we roll out our 12 best bets for 2014, assess the fight over domestic crude exports and sidle up to two new picks we almost missed. Read More
Here are our 12 best ideas for the coming year, ranked by their near-term market momentum. Read More
Even after a raucous 2013, the economic party in Japan should continue this year. Read More
We are selling Riverbed Technology (RVBD). Riverbed Technology (RVBD) has received a $3.08 billion all-cash bid from Paul Singer's Elliot Associates hedge fund (our reference fund for RVBD), valuing the stock at $19 per share. Singer noted today that Riverbed's board has not indicated interest in exploring acquisition interest from… Read More
Much of the nation is immersed in temperatures today that would make a meat locker seem cozy, but that’s not stopping the American economy from heating up. The nation’s trade deficit narrowed in November—to its best level in four years—thanks to a surge in exports and a decline in oil… Read More