Back in the Reagan Era, when I was a cub reporter on a financial newspaper, I was a callow youth burning with Pulitzer pretensions. One afternoon, the metro editor registered his disgust with one of my long-winded dispatches by pounding his fist on my desk.“What are the three rules of… 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 time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets.” Attributed to the 18th century financier Baron Rothschild, this often repeated phrase means that investors in the midst of a market panic should seek inherently strong stocks that have been unfairly driven down in price by the irrational fear… Read More
Billionaire John Malone amassed a vast fortune by putting aside his emotions and relying on cold, mathematical logic. As he aptly put it: “They haven’t repealed the laws of arithmetic… yet, anyway.”This month, Malone’s trading methods were made available to individual investors through a new exchange-traded fund (ETF). If you’re… Read More
Since Donald Trump’s surprise victory on November 8, the mood of investors has been buoyed by the prospect of a fiercely free-market president in the White House. But the post-election euphoria shows signs of going too far. As comedian Larry David might say: curb your enthusiasm.The rallies this week of… Read More
I’ve been getting emails lately from readers who fear an imminent investment apocalypse at the hands of President Trump. These anxious letters should be read to the strains of “The End” by The Doors:“I’m worried about Donald Trump’s affect on the financial markets. Will his reckless behavior trigger a market… Read More
Looking for the next big growth opportunities in technology? We’ve pinpointed three companies that will richly reward investors for years to come by embracing disruptive innovation. They’re introducing new products and services that are winning customers and shaking up Silicon Valley’s status quo.Now get ready for a shock. Two of… Read More
My first encounter with virtual reality (VR) was with my 84-year-old mother, who recently fractured her pelvis and now does exercises under the virtual guidance of her physical therapist. Watching mom do knee bends while wearing a headset helped me realize that VR had finally reached an inflection point.Virtual reality… Read More
My grandmother had an expression: “The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.” Her wise sentiment aptly describes the post-election debate about health services.Investors are fretting over President-elect Donald Trump’s stated intentions to eliminate Obamacare and slash spending on Medicare and Medicaid. Ignore the barking. Here’s what you need to… Read More
Wall Street’s lemmings keep getting it wrong about solar power. First, solar was dismissed as the pipe dream of tree-hugging hippies. Now, solar stocks are getting clobbered under the assumption that the new Trump administration will favor fossil fuels at the expense of clean energy.If you believe any of that… Read More
The universe is behaving strangely. First the Chicago Cubs won the World Series and then Donald Trump won the presidency. The karmic wheel also took an unexpected turn for billionaire Warren Buffett.Buffett’s preferred presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lost, a shock for the Oracle of Omaha who during the campaign made… Read More