Investors are fleeing mutual funds for more personalized financial advice. Jim explains why trust is more important than an advisor's past track record of investment performance. 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
When attempting to value banks, different rules apply. Why debt and cash are trickier concepts in the bank context. Read More
2012 is shaping up to be an "annus horribilis" for the drug industry thanks to a large number of patent expirations. Some drug stocks will thrive regardless and Jim names a few. Read More
With the Detroit Auto Show in full swing, cars are on Jim's mind. Several automobile stocks look like attractive investments, but one looks better than all the rest. Read More
Are the apocalyptic financial visions of bond king Bill Gross insightful or just a smoke screen for his own poor performance? Read More
Jim critiques James Montier's list of investment principles. For the most part, they're right on the money. Read More
The Coca-Cola Company is one of the greatest growth stocks of all time. Roberto Goizueta, who was Coke's CEO from 1980-1997, was a large part of that success. Read More
Express Scripts may not be allowed to merge with Medco, but Walgreen's latest earnings report shows that drugstores are the real losers. Read More
Warren Buffett's new-found interest in Japanese stocks is directly related to their historic cheapness. Simply put, Japan is a value investor's dream. Read More
When investing in IPOs, one needs to know how to separate the wheat from the chaff. Jim only likes two of this week's IPOs, which include the long-awaited Zynga. To find out which two IPOs may be worth your investment dollars, read on. Read More