Benjamin Shepherd

Benjamin Shepherd is a recognized exchange-traded fund (ETF), mutual fund and stock expert with an extensive background analyzing time-tested funds, including their managers and strategies. Ben looks for investments that have proven themselves in both bull and bear markets. Ben also specializes in covering emerging markets, pinpointing the most dynamic investments in developing nations for market-beating growth.

Ben is an analyst for Global Income Edge and regularly contributes to Personal Finance, Investing Daily’s flagship product. 

Analyst Articles

Natural gas has become a commodity traders love to hate. Due to hydraulic fracturing (fracking), which has boosted the US natural gas supply, prices have been trending downward for three years. In the past year, they’ve hovered between $3 per million cubic feet (mcf) and $4/mcf. Read More

Red flags in earnings reports, and a Dutch auction primer Colombia’s economy is growing 4 to 5 percent annually, one of the highest rates in Latin America. And the city of Medellin, once the world’s cocaine capital, is turning into a tourist destination. A major factor behind the resurgence: Colombian army victories over FARC guerrillas during the past decade. This has opened swaths of countryside to overseas investment. And we think another boost will come when the government finally signs a peace treaty with the FARC. Read More