Consumers and investors in the U.S. are shrugging off threats such as the coronavirus to focus on the good economic news at home. Read More
John Persinos is the editorial director of Investing Daily, overseeing such publications as Personal Finance, Utility Forecaster, Profit Catalyst Alert, Rapier's Income Accelerator, Income Forecaster, and Marijuana Investing Daily, among others. John also writes the Mind Over Markets daily stock market recap, and he's the chief investment strategist of Marijuana Profit Alert.
John has decades of experience in the technology and political realms. He has worked as a staff editor at Inc. and Venture magazines, and written for Kiplinger's, Street Authority, Investing Answers, and TheStreet.com, to name a few. In a career that has spanned more than 40 years, John has been diligently and prolifically covering the news and its impact on investors.
John also has experience with the inner-workings of Capitol Hill, serving as a press secretary to U.S. Rep. Byron Dorgan (D-ND). John started his career as a daily newspaperman with The Orlando Sentinel.
John holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Boston University. He also completed the Davenport Fellowship in Business and Economics Reporting at the University of Missouri (Columbia).
Analyst Articles
The deadly illness is increasingly mentioned as a headwind during this season’s earnings calls. We assess the damage so far. Read More
Slowing growth overseas threatens the U.S. expansion and bull market, a prognosis worsened by the coronavirus epidemic. Read More
Efforts to end the federal ban on marijuana have stalled. We review the current relationship between the feds and Mary Jane. Read More
In a watershed for canna-business, the former seat of the Confederacy is about to legalize pot. Will the rest of Dixie follow? Read More
A spike in the number of deaths from the virus is unnerving investors all over again. Here’s an investment theme that’s immune. Read More
Fourth-quarter 2019 earnings are coming in better than expected, but the epidemic already is casting a pall over the first quarter. Read More
Media and telecom giants are engaged in brutal competition for market share in providing digitized, on-demand content. Huge profits are at stake. Read More
New data show that cannabis industry employment has nearly doubled over the past three years, further proof that pot is an investment bonanza. Read More
Stocks are overvalued but economic growth and profits are lagging. The coronavirus also poses a threat. Here are the moves to make now. Read More