All Entries in the "Long-Term" Category

Hao Jin: Is CFA Worth it? Read What This CFA has to Say

Hao Jin is one of the fast rising certified contributor at Seeking Alpha.  His articles cover variety of topics with thorough analysis ranging from ETFs to dividend focused opportunities.  He did not, however, always have the knowledge needed to accomplish what he does at Seeking Alpha today.  His career background comes from an IT side [...]

James Quinn: Ivy League’s Sr. Strategic Planning Director on Peak Oil

James Quinn is a senior director of strategic planning for a major university and the founder of  TheBurningPlatform.  Equipped with his accounting degree, an MBA, CPA, and a CCM (certified cash manager), James has held financial positions with a retailer, homebuilder and university in his 20+ year career.
As a very active writer in the financial [...]

Todd Sullivan: “A Good Investor Needs Business Management Experience,” Says ValuePlays.net Founder

Todd Sullivan is a Massachusetts-based value investor.  Having managed multiple businesses in the past, he leverages his valuable lessons learned to gain an edge in investing.  Now a full-time investor, he shares his wealth of knowledge with thousands of readers through his blog, Value Plays.  Furthermore, his commentary has been seen in the online versions [...]

Mike Compton: The Founder of Blue Cut Capital Joins the Revolution

Mike Compton is one of the first investors to join the revolutionary platform of kaChing. Though still a new idea, Mike takes this new platform very seriously, and it’s certainly paying off. With a kaChing IQ of 144, he ranks amongst the top 1% of the kaChing community.

He earned his high IQ through [...]

Ryuto Andy Kawai: Founder of Kawai Capital and an Ex-Material Science Ph.D Student at Northwestern

In today’s article, I share with you a very inspiring story by Ryuto Andy Kawai.   Andy is a Japanese American who studied Chemistry and Material Science in school.  He went to UCLA for undergrad and pursued a Ph.D in science at Northwestern.  However, a burdening medical condition called IBS and his discovery of a bigger [...]

AJ Mooney: A History Professor from The University of Oklahoma Takes on Wall Street

AJ Mooney, or also known as John Mooney, does not have the typical profile one would perceive as an active investor.  John holds not only a Bachelor’s Degree, but also a Master’s Degree in History, currently teaching at The University of Oklahoma as a history professor.
He is also one of the select investors from Covestor [...]

Dennes Lupastean: A College Senior Who Outshines the S&P 500

In Wall Street, we often hear about the legendary investors like Warren Buffet and Peter Lynch.  Most of the time, these notable investors are associated with experience, tenure, and wisdom.  However, Dennes Lupastean is challenging that common perception within Wall Street .

Dennes, one of the kaChing Genius investors, is not only outshining the S&P 500 [...]

Chad Brand: Founder of Peridot Capital – “Commit to Your Strategy”

Chad Brand became a Wall Street junkie at an early age.  Since stumbling upon Wall Street accidentally at age 12, Chad has been intrigued by the world of investing and learned to invest with real money early on.  Now as a seasoned investor, he has been helping others absorb his knowledge as a founder of [...]

Chris Lau: Full-time IT Business Consultant Who Discovered Wall Street

When I first discovered kaChing and its community, rather clueless about what the community offers, Chris Lau was the first member to connect with me.  Turns out Chris is one of the most involved investors on kaChing, having founded the top two investing groups on kaChing.  With his groups  now reaching over 1,000 members combined [...]

Min Thang: Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Expert with Nearly 200% Annual Return

We often hear about the potential of biotechnology companies and their stock performances .  With homework, patience, and maybe some luck, the chances of running into a big biotech winner can be improved.  Min Thang does just that while mitigating risks.
As one of the kaChing’s Genius investors, Min stands strong at the top of the [...]

Damien Hoffman: Editor-in-Chief of Wall St. Cheat Sheet Shares His Personal Mantra

I have been following  Wall St Cheat Sheet, a rapidly growing financial media site, for quite some time.  Damien Hoffman and his brother Derek Hoffman have been providing unique and stimulating contents from investment education to exclusive interviews.  The Editor-in-Chief behind WSCS is Damien Hoffman, a full-time trader with a passion in writing.  When you [...]

Jeff Borack: A Hedge Fund Analyst Debuts as a Genius kaChing Investor

Jeff Borack is one of the dozen investors who debut today at kaChing, a revolutionary site offering a trade mirroring service to any investors willing to take the risk.  He’s currently an intern at one of the hedge funds in New York. Well, that never stopped him from pursuing his passion outside of work and [...]

Karl Denninger: The Market Ticker “Return of Capital is More Important Than Return on Capital”

Karl Denninger and his site, “The Market Ticker” is quite popular amongst the investment community.  With over 75K monthly unique visitors (source: Compete.com), Karl Denninger certainly gets his voice heard to the mass.

So who exactly is Karl Denninger?  Well his credentials are pretty extensive:
Author of “The Market Ticker”
Former CEO of MCSNet
Operator of TickerForum.com
Full Time [...]

Market Folly: Jay Attributes “Desire” as Key Ingredient for Success

Jay, or better known as “Market Folly” in the investment industry is what I consider the “Hedge Fund Guru”.  Since starting his blog, Market Folly, in  July 2008, Jay quickly filled a void and became the prominent source of hedge funds in the community.  With over 2,000 Twitter followers, 5,000+ RSS subscribers, tens of thousands [...]

Zack Miller: Ex-SeekingAlpha Who Invests From Israel

Zack Miller currently wears many hats juggling responsibilities as a full-time dad, a consultant, an investor, a blogger, and an investment advisor.  Having graduated from Harvard University with an MBA from Northwestern, he helped develop SeekingAlpha as a business developer in its growing stages.
Now living in Israel with his 5 kids, he manages a blog [...]

Joshua Brown: Learn What’s It Like Being a Broker During the Financial Crisis

Joshua Brown, an  author of a financial blog The Reformed Broker, must have an enlarged right side of the brain.  From funny posts like “The E! True Hollywood Story: Rise and Fall of SKF” to his unique financial blogger high school fueled by his creative engine,  I’ve quickly grown into his writing style and contents [...]

Chris Nelder: An Autodidactic Energy Expert

Chris Nelder is your go-to guy when it comes to energy.  With almost a decade of extensive research under his belt, Chris’ knowledge and passion in energy cannot be topped by many.  What’s really interesting about Chris though, is that he has quite an unique background.  Describing himself as an autodidactic polymath, he’s held a [...]

Dan Carroll: BTS Meets the Founder of kaChing, Face to Face

Over the past weekend, I had the chance to meet up with Dan Carroll, the Founder of kaChing.com, over a cup of coffee in San Francisco. It was a pleasant two hours of my weekend, not to mention good coffee.
Never heard of kaChing? Well you will soon…because kaChing is a revolutionary, SEC approved financial site [...]

Michael Sincere: The Man Behind Several Investing Books

When I look for investing books to read, one of the first criteria I look for is price.  I don’t care if it was named “Invest Like a King by George W Bush”, it would not make my first five  investing books to skim through at a price I deem too “expensive”.  Granted expensive is [...]

Sean Hannon: An Ex-Goldman & JPMorgan Said Time To Move On

Sean Hannon, the Epic Advisor. No, I’m not giving him the epic title because I think he’s the next Warren Buffet. Though clearly talented and noteworthy, he is currently an independent investment advisor for his firm called Epic Advisors, LLC. Furthermore, he is actively involved in the investment communities including Seeking Alpha and Covestor.
I don’t [...]