Lisa is a stock analyst with nearly 25 years of investment research experience. She earned a MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago in 1987 and began her career in investment research that same year as part of the equity research team at Kemper Financial Services. In 1989, Lisa joined the Financial Relations Board, a large investor relations consulting firm, rising to the position of director of financial analysis.
During her tenure with FRB, Lisa was a consultant to Boston Market, MGI Pharma, Devon Energy and other Fortune 1000 companies. In 2000, Lisa left to become director of investor Relations for a NYSE-listed REIT, serving in that position until the REIT was acquired. Since then, Lisa has worked as a stock analyst for independent research firms, investment newsletters and financial websites.
Analyst Articles
My colleague Nathan Slaughter loves to invest in scarce resources. Nathan’s enthusiasm is hard to fault given the world’s insatiable appetite for gold, oil and other depleting resources. As supplies dwindle, prices for these commodities are sure to rise. You could invest directly in scarce resources through… Read More
Perhaps the most powerful investing angle for our times has been the ever-rising tide of cash parked on corporate balance sheets. And the only way to build that cash (besides selling stock… Read More
It’s an idea that the richest and most powerful people in the business world almost never say out loud. But takeover king Wilbur Ross knows it. So does Herb Allen, the most exclusive banker in the world. And you can bet your boots… Read More
As investors gear up for another earnings season, all signs point to decent quarterly results. Analysts steadily lowered their first-quarter profit forecasts during the past few months, and in the… Read More
Forget what you may have heard: The United States has not lost its way as an industrial power. Although many have lamented the country’s multidecade shrinkage in the manufacturing sector, the most important pockets of product design and development are still taking place right here in the U.S. Read More
We live in a yield-obsessed era. Whether it’s dividend yields, junk bond yields or lowly government bond yields, investors seek yields in every corner of the… Read More
Imagine an industry that’s suffered cumulative losses of more than $50 billion from 1979 through September 2012. Not to mention, the sector’s index has posted a -1.2% annual return during the past 20 years through 2012, compared with the S&P 500’s… Read More
Would you pay $2.10 for a gallon of gas? I know I would. According to AAA, the nationwide average for a gallon of gasoline is $3.59… Diesel is even more expensive at $3.91. Yet despite high fuel costs across the country, a select group of drivers are paying only $2.10… Read More
“Apple computers? Aren’t those for artists and graphic-design nerds?” I asked the salesman demonstrating an early version of the Apple Macintosh desktop computer in the early 1990s. “I need a real computer, not something to paint pretty pictures on and design flowers with.” “You… Read More
Thanks to subpar winter rain and snow in the Northern California mountains, the Southwest appears to be headed for another summer of water rationing — something nearby Texas is already familiar with. And water shortages abound elsewhere. #-ad_banner-#Across the globe, the Chinese government is building a massive pipeline to ship… Read More
