Michael Vodicka is the president and founder of the Vodicka Group Inc., a registered investment advisor (RIA) that specializes in providing customized investment solutions to individual and institutional investors.
Before becoming a small business owner and entrepreneur, he developed fixed-income investment strategies for a multi-billion dollar brokerage firm and spent five years as an equity portfolio manager for a private investment research company.
Mike graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in business communications and is a licensed investment advisor (Series 65). He loves sharing his passion for the market and investing with clients and readers alike.
Analyst Articles
Emerging-market and small-cap stocks are known for their awesome growth potential and high volatility. So when you put the two together, you have a formula for a super-charged investment with unparalleled growth potential. Combining emerging-market and small-cap stocks offers investors a unique opportunity to invest in early-stage companies in growing… Read More
For blue-chip stocks, it’s been another solid year. Fully 25 out of the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are up this year, led by a 61% spike in Bank of America (NYSE: BAC ), a 44% gain for Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and a 39% jump for… Read More
With interest rates at historic lows, retirees and other income investors are more likely than ever to fall into a dangerous trap — chasing higher-risk dividend stocks to earn more income. This doesn’t only occur among do-it-yourself investors. I’ve seen professionals succumb… Read More
While equity indices were making multi-year highs, resource and commodity markets were largely left behind. The CRB Index basket of commodity prices remains 20% lower than its… Read More
Investors looking at the stock market right now are finding it difficult to determine the direction of the major trend. We have seen several days where the market closed weak after showing a large gain at the open — a sign… Read More
The markets are red hot this year, fueled by promising headlines about euro-zone stability and Federal Reserve interventions like Quantative Easing 3 (QE3). But is it a false sense of security? Are markets unknowingly about to be crushed by economic realities that are simply hiding in the closet? While a… Read More
Silver is clearly out of its rut. After steadily falling nearly 30% since its 52-week high in February, the price of silver has rebounded quickly during the past few weeks to a current price of $33 — almost entirely because of Federal… Read More
It seems like every investor has one of those decisions he or she truly regrets — whether it was selling gold at $800 an ounce, bypassing Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) IPO or liquidating their investment in Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) at $200, $300 or even… Read More
Not only is it expensive to pay roughly $3.50 — sometimes $4.40 — for the gallon of gasoline, it’s unnecessary. That’s because there is a simple strategy investors can use to reduce the price they pay for gasoline to $2.50 per gallon. I know it sounds incredible and probably too… Read More
Over the course of 2010 and 2011, we at StreetAuthority.com ran a number of articles focusing on the ever-rising cash balances of corporate America. Companies took the crisis of 2008 and 2009 to heart and started to build up huge reserves of cash for the next rainy day. And in… Read More
