Companies headed by their founders outperform companies headed by professional managers. The reason is simple to understand: founders have passion, love their companies, and want them to succeed over the long term. Read More
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
With interest rates on fixed-income investments near all-time lows, income-seeking investors need to look at stocks. U.S. dividend-paying stocks historically outperform, but foreign dividend-paying stocks have performed even better. Read More
With interest rates on fixed-income investments near all-time lows, income-seeking investors need to look at stocks. U.S. dividend-paying stocks historically outperform, but foreign dividend-paying stocks have performed even better. Read More
Although investing in small-cap stocks promises higher appreciation potential over the long term, adding foreign small caps offers the added benefit to your portfolio of very-low correlations. Read More
Although investing in small-cap stocks promises higher appreciation potential over the long term, adding foreign small caps offers the added benefit to your portfolio of very-low correlations. Read More
- March 28, 2013
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Several Roadrunner stocks released good news recently. Read More
- March 28, 2013
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Buying into megatrends of the future through small-cap growth vehicles is a primary mission of Roadrunner Stocks, and this month's issue offers up both value and momentum plays on futuristic themes. Read More
- March 27, 2013
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No signs of a market top and improving economic data bode well for small-cap stocks. Roadrunner portfolios are taking full advantage of the good news for small caps while at the same time hedging via defensive industry sectors. Read More
The second crucial component of an outperforming Roadrunner Stock is management integrity, which isn't easy to determine. But there are some observable corporate behaviors that shed light on whether corporate management's heart is in the right place. Read More
The second crucial component of an outperforming Roadrunner Stock is management integrity, which isn't easy to determine. But there are some observable corporate behaviors that shed light on whether corporate management's heart is in the right place. Read More