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
Would you like to know your favorite stock as well as company insiders do? There is a way to gain an insider’s perspective that’s perfectly legal and available to any investor: Just look at insider stock trading data. Company insiders, who include board members and upper management, must regularly disclose… Read More
The art of short-selling is inextricably tied to the direction of the market. If the market has sold off for a number of sessions, then it’s risky to short stocks. This is because a reversal from… Read More
I get many financial newsletters and investment advisories delivered via the old-fashion snail mail to my home, and even more via email. Although I take the investment gurus’ proclamations with a grain a salt, I still read the information for entertainment and to gauge… Read More
Let’s face it, investing isn’t always perfect. Sometimes companies which we invest in do things that make us cringe, like causing harm to the environment or selling a product with safety issues. Some companies are better about these environmental, ethical or safety issues, so many investors make their decisions on… Read More
Warren Buffett is currently earning a 39% dividend yield on his shares of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). It seems impossible. If you or I were to buy the shares today, we’d… Read More
Market pundits talk about how the stock market climbs a “wall of worry,” a euphemism for the ability of stocks to go up even in the face of chronic problems in the… Read More
With a combined $22 trillion in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2011, the U.S. and China are the undisputed heavyweights of the global economy. These two nations generated more economic… Read More
The free market is truly like a jungle. In the jungle, once-mighty animals become old and frail, and they fall prey to younger, stronger beasts. The same thing happens with companies. Once-great investments become laggards if they… Read More
When it comes to investing in high-tech stocks, you need to catch companies at the right phase of their growth spurt. Major profits were made in companies like Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) while they were still being introduced to fresh new waves of… Read More
As the world waits for a cooperative agreement within the European Union to save Greece and keep the union together, and as traders and investors anticipate the next move by the U.S. Federal Reserve and central banks around the world, one thing remains true… U.S. treasury yields… Read More
