Jim Fink

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

Although this drugmaker has suffered patent expirations along with its industry peers, it's pursued a string of acquisitions to bolster its pipeline. But the difficulty of absorbing the cost of these acquisitions while facing the patent cliff may mean that its stock is unlikely to trade much higher in the near term. Read More

This company's stable of cable networks specializes in lifestyle programming, which attracts a wealthy demographic coveted by advertisers. However, management refused to raise guidance for the remainder of the year despite a blow-out first quarter, and that suggests the stock may be at a near-term high. Read More

Although three of the four June covered calls are likely to expire out of the money (OTM), it's often preferable to roll all of your covered calls rather than wait for the OTM ones to expire. Read More