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ValueWalk.com was started in January 2010, with a focus on value investing and value investors. As the site has grown enormously in traffic, the site scope has expanded. ValueWalk is now a news site with a team of global reporters covering all breaking financial news with an emphasis on value investing, hedge funds, large asset managers, Tech news, Business news. The site contains archives of famous investors, and many investor resource pages.

The site is famous among the value investing community as one of the best sites for evergreen and new content. ValueWalk has gained popularity among all circles for its breaking stories on hedge funds, and investigative reports on investments  by major funds.

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Jacob Wolinsky:

Founder, and CEO of ValueWalk.com.

I am the former VP of business Development of SumZero, LLC, the world’s largest community I have prior experience in a value based pe firm focused on PIPE transactions in micro-cap companies, and at a value based research firm, which focused on smid caps. In my personal portfolio I have outperformed the market by a cumulative ~24% from 3/2008 (inception date) through December 31st 2011. I also do marketing/business development/PR on an ad-hoc basis for asset managers. I have been quoted on several occasions by many major publications including; The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Marketwatch, Forbes, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, and the Times of India.

I can be contacted at:
jacob(at)valuewalk.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/jwolinsky/

http://twitter.com/#!/valuewalk

Sheeraz Raza:

Sheeraz is in charge of curation and editing of ValueWalk. He is main reason behind the rapid growth of the site.Sheeraz runs a Taxation firm based in Karachi, Pakistan. Sheeraz is also an expert in tech, and is part of a very popular blog - Geekword.

Sheeraz can be reached at:

Email: sraza(at)valuewalk.com

Twitter’s username: SheerazRaza and Facebook: Profile Link

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/sheerazraza/

Sydra Farooqui:

Sydra is our content manager. She also is in charge of Search Engine Optimization of posts and pages. She is generally the person behind curtains who visualizes and implements the Social Media strategy of the website. Sydra is one performance-driven, insightful individual, who is an important asset of our team. She holds a Bachelors of Business Administration from IU (Iqra University), one of the top universities.

SFarooqui@valuewalk.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/sydrafarooqui/

Megan Paul:

Graduated with a BS in Finance from Amherst University. She currently works as a sell-side analyst at Credit Suisse. She would one day like to start her own value firm.  She works a lot on search media optimization for the site (SMO). Megan got into value investing when she read Snowball (the biography of Warren Buffett) by Alice Schroeder when it was released in 2008. It got her very interested in Buffett and his investment style. It also lead her to Buffett’s early colleagues like Walter Schloss, and Benjamin Graham and their investment style.

SMO(at)valuewalk.com

https://twitter.com/#!/meganpaul88

Crystal:

Crystal is in charge of all marketing/advertisements related issues for ValueWalk. She lives in Houston, Texas with her husband. Crystal can be reached at advertising(at)valuewalk.com.

Neal:

Neal is in charge of IT and tech issues.

IT(at)valuewalk.com

Regular Contributors:

AnnaPeel:

Anna Peel is a professional freelance writer. In the past four years, she has written for many websites including BSC Kids, Wasabi Media Group, Boomtron, and many others. She currently live in Savannah, Georiga and ocassionally blogs about fashion during her free time.

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/annapeel/

https://twitter.com/#!/shopinchic

Debbie Bartz:

Writes several articles a day.

Debbie has more than 10 years’ experience in financial corporate communications, working at for-profit, not-for-profit and publicly-traded companies such as the financial exchanges of CBOE and CBOT, The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and OCC. She has managed strategic media relations programs for these companies and had responsibilities that included managing executive communications, overseeing newsletters, writing different communication pieces and managing corporate events.

debbiebaratz(at)hotmail.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/debbiebaratz/

Kim Palacios:

Kim Palacios is a San Francisco transplant with 10+ years experience as a top contributor to executive teams in the Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Entertainment industries. She received her M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 2005, where she concentrated in Finance, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship, and was the Robert W. Fogel Distinguished Fellow. She has written for many sites including the Examiner.com and the Huffington Post.

She is quadrilingual, a studying Sommelier, and an epicurean zealot. While not mourning the death of free markets and the tax treatment of Californians, she enjoys film.

kim@luxeconsulting.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/kimpalacios/

https://twitter.com/#!/kim_palacios

Abhijit Sen: A regular contributor who writes several articles a day.

I have expertise in both developed and emerging market research. I have years of experience in following and analyzing Equity, Derivatives, Commodities and Forex markets. And i have a sound understanding of both the technical and fundamental approaches to market forecasting.

bkdsinvesco@gmail.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/abhijit/

Elie Rosenberg:

Elie is a value investor based out of Dallas, Texas. He is the founder and editor of valueslant.com, a site dedicated to value investing research and analysis.

Contact: elie@valueslant.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/ElieRosenberg/

Faiza Naz:

Faiza Naz has seven years of equity research and broking experience. She has conducted multiple primary and secondary researches to identify Pakistan Financial Market issues. Faiza also worked at renowned business school as a visiting faculty teaching Financial Derivatives and Treasury and Funds Management.

faizanazimran@gmail.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/FaizaNaz/

Matt Rego:

Matt Rego has been writing for six years with his articles appearing on such sites as Seeking Alpha, Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, CBS, Moneywatch and more.  He also has been a self-taught trader in various types of investment vehicles since 2007.  He enjoy reading and learning from legendary investors such as Jim Rogers, Ken Fisher and Warren Buffett.
Sacramento State University
BS in Finance

You may contact Matt with the following email: mrego123@gmail.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/MattRego/

Frank Voisin:

Frank  has JD and MBA degrees from Ivey University. He has also passed the three CFA exams. Frank takes a value perspective in his commercial real estate endeavours, hunting for unloved and undervalued investment opportunities to add to his investment group’s portfolio.

Frank splits his time between consulting and searching for new value investments.

frank@frankvoisin.com

Kenneth Oster:

Kenneth Oster is a 23 year veteran of the United States Air Force. Kenneth has a MBA from Western Governors University, and is serving as a substitute teacher in Weld County, CO.  He has written many small business articles published in the Houston Chronicle’s online newspaper, Chron.com. His book, ” The Complete Guide to Preserving Meat, Fish, and Game: Step-by-step Instructions to Freezing, Canning, Curing, and Smoking ” was published by Atlantic Publishing Company in April 2010. Kenneth is presently working on a Doctor of Business degree from Northcentral University.

kennethvoster@yahoo.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/KennethO

Todd Sullivan:

Todd Sullivan is a Massachusetts-based value investor and a General Partner in Rand Strategic Partners. He looks for investments he believes are selling for a discount to their intrinsic value given their current situation and future prospects. He holds them until that value is realized or the fundamentals change in a way that no longer support his thesis.

todd@randsv.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/valueplays

 

Vitaly Katsenelson CFA

I am Chief Investment Officer at Investment Management Associates, Inc (IMA), a value investment firm based in Denver, Colorado. After I received my graduate and undergraduate degrees in finance (cum laude) from the University of Colorado at Denver, and finished my CFA designation (three years of my life that are a vague recollection at this point), I wanted to keep learning. I figured the best way to learn is to teach. At first I taught an undergraduate class at the University of Colorado at Denver and later a graduate investment class at the same university that I designed based on my day job. Currently I am on sabbatical from teaching for a while.
I’ve written articles for the Financial Times, Barron’s, BusinessWeek, Christian Science Monitor, New York Post, Institutional Investor … and the list goes on.
I was profiled in Barron’s, and have been interviewed by Value Investor Insight, Welling@Weeden, BusinessWeek, BNN, CNBC, and countless radio shows.

I’ve authored the Little Book of Sideways Markets (Wiley, 2010) and Active Value Investing (Wiley, 2007).

Vitaliy@katsenelson.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/VitalyKatsenelson

Greg Speicher:

Greg is a private investor who has been investing, studying and writing about the the markets since 2006. Greg built several successful offline businesses including an Inc. 500 Company which he co-founded. Buffett stated, “I am a better investor because I am a businessman.” It is in that spirit that Greg brings his years of business experience to investing.  Greg received his B.A. in philosophy Magna Cum Laude from the University of St. Thomas in Rome, Italy, and attended the MBA Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also studied with Bruce Greenwald at the Value Investing Executive Education Course at Columbia University.

greg-speicher@gregspeicher.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/greg-speicher/

HardcoreValue:

Canadian value investor, working in PWM. Passed all three levels of CFA.

hardcorevalue@gmail.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/HardcoreValue/

David Merkel:

David J. Merkel, CFA, FSA

From 2008-2010, I was the Chief Economist and Director of Research of Finacorp Securities.  Until 2007, I was a senior investment analyst at Hovde Capital, responsible for analysis and valuation of investment opportunities for the FIP funds.

From 2003-2007, I was a leading commentator at the investment website RealMoney.com. Back in 2003, after several years of correspondence, James Cramer invited me to write for the site, and I wrote for RealMoney on equity and bond portfolio management, macroeconomics, derivatives, quantitative strategies, insurance issues, corporate governance, etc.

Prior to joining Hovde in 2003, I managed corporate bonds for Dwight Asset Management. In 1998, I joined the Mount Washington Investment Group as the Mortgage Bond and Asset Liability manager after working with Provident Mutual, AIG and Pacific Standard Life.

I hold bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University. In my spare time, I take care of our eight children with my wonderful wife Ruth.

david.merkel@gmail.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/davidmerkel/

DavidSchawel CFA:

Currently work as a fixed income portfolio manager. Spent time in NYC in both investment banking and equity research. Current CFA charterholder.

dschawel@gmail.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/DavidSchawelCFA/

Chad Sandstedt:

Prior to joining West Partners, Chad founded FetchXL, a provider of financial data and analytical solutions. Previous to that, Chad was an Associate at McCarthy Capital Corporation where he was involved in making investments in middle-market companies. He previously worked as an Analyst in the development group of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company. Chad is a CFA charterholder and a graduate of the University of Nebraska – Omaha with a B.S.B.A. in Finance. He serves as a Director of West Partners.

chads@fetchxl.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/ChadSandstedt/

Andrew Shapiro:

Andrew Shapiro is Founder, President and Portfolio Manager of Lawndale Capital Management, an investment advisor that has managed activist hedge funds focused on small- and micro-cap companies for over 18 years. In addition to leading Lawndale, Mr. Shapiro has also served as a Director or Observer on portfolio company boards and debt and equity bankruptcy committees. Mr. Shapiro is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and Lawndale has been a long-time Sustaining Member of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII).

Mr. Shapiro has more than two decades of portfolio management and analytically varied experience from a number of “buy-side” positions, credit, legal and equity analytic and workout skills. Prior to founding the Lawndale organization in 1992, Mr. Shapiro managed high-yield bonds, distressed equities and risk arbitrage securities for First City Capital. Before joining First City, Mr. Shapiro was involved in numerous highly leveraged corporate acquisition and recapitalization transactions for both Manufacturers Hanover Trust and the Spectrum Group, a private equity firm.

Mr. Shapiro received his JD degree from the UCLA School of Law where he was an Olin Fellow, an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management where he was a Venture Capital Fellow and a BS in Business Administration from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, where he has taught finance courses and frequently guest lectures.  He is a frequent speaker on corporate governance and activist investing issues at a broad range of prestigious forums that include the Council of Institutional Investors, National Association of Corporate Directors, American Society of Corporate Secretaries, SEC Advisory Committee on Small Public Companies, and the Director’s education programs of Stanford Law School, UCLA Anderson Grad. School of Mgmt., the Wisconsin Business School and Yale’s Millstein Center for Corporate Governance, among others.

Mr. Shapiro started Lawndale’s funds in 1993 with only $188,000 under management and through performance and added capital has grown the firm’s managed assets substantially. In many of its investments, the firm plays a constructive relational role by actively working with Boards and management teams to help them achieve their strategic and operating goals. In other investments, Lawndale is a direct value-unlocking catalyst, utilizing a range of tools that include aggressively promoting improvements in a company’s governance and operational structures, asserting shareowner’s legal rights and taking active roles in restructuring and buyout proposal negotiations.

Email: aeshapiro@lawndalecap.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/AndrewShapiro/

Street of Walls:

Every market morning the Street of Walls team puts out an update on market levels on Value Walk

We are a community of investment banking, hedge fund, and private equity professionals. Our mission is to help you get a job on Wall Street. This isn’t about entertainment value; it’s about taking a serious approach to landing the job of your dreams. We level the playing field for all applicants whether you are connected or not. The exciting part is our process to getting in is learnable, and we provide the tools to help you get there.”

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/StreetofWalls

Ryan O’Connor

 I am a managing partner and co-portfolio manager at Whetstone Capital Management. Whetstone is a Kansas City based, value-centric investment management firm that provides portfolio management services to like-minded individual investors and institutions through a private investment partnership, and the AAOI Partners Fund.

Ryan is also an exclusive member of Value Investors Club.

Ryan writes in depth value articles.

Email above-average-odds@www.aboveaverageodds.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/RyanOConnor

Ben Strubel is a regular contributor to the site.

Ben is a graduate of Drexel University with a Master of Business Administration in Investment Management. He is the President and Portfolio Manager of Strubel Investment Management, LLC a registered investment advisor based in Lancaster, PA. Strubel Investment Management provides separate account management services to clients and also publishes The Value Investor’s Edge Newsletter.

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/ben-strubel/

Rob Bennett
Rob developed the the Valuation-Informed Indexing investing strategy..
a strategy that combines the most powerful insights of Vanguard Founder John Bogle and Yale Professor Robert Shiller in a simple approach offering higher returns at greatly diminished risk.

A full bio of Rob is here. He today writes two weekly columns on investing: (1) “Valuation-Informed Indexing”, which appears on Tuesdays on Value Walk
here.) and; (2) “Investing: The New Rules”, at the Death by 1,000 Papercuts Site, available here. You can e-mail Rob at:hocusreports@verizon.net.

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/robbennett

Tim du Toit

Tim is editor and founder of Eurosharelab. On his website he reveals what more than 20 years of equity investment have taught him – sometimes at considerable cost. To discover how you can avoid costly mistakes and enjoy greater profits, sign up for his free newsletter “Investing that makes sense” at www.eurosharelab.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/Tim-du-Toit/

Duncan MacInnes

Duncan is a regular contributor to the site, his blog is-kelpie-capital

Duncan works for a large Wealth Manager in the UK, the views expressed on this blog are entirely his own and do not reflect the views of his employer or investment advice. He is a 26 years old Portfolio Manager who discovered investing after completing Law School. Since then, he has added the Investment Management Certificate and completed all three levels of the CFA. In 2012, he will study for The Practical History of Financial Markets at Edinburgh Business School. He has worked in London, Singapore, Edinburgh and currently in Glasgow, UK.

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/kelpieCapital

Charles (Chuck) C. Carnevale

Chuck is the– Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of http://edmpinc.org, has been working in the securities industry since 1970.  He has been a partner with a private NYSE member firm, the President of a NASD firm, and a Vice President, Regional Marketing Director for a major American Stock Exchange listed company, and he was an Associate Vice President and Investment Consulting Services Coordinator for a major NYSE member firm.  Prior to forming EDMP, Inc., he was a partner in a 30-year-old established registered investment advisory in Tampa, Florida.  Chuck holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from the University of Tampa.  Chuck is a sought-after public speaker who is very passionate about spreading the critical message of prudence in money management.  Chuck is a Veteran of the Vietnam War and was awarded both the Bronze Star and the Vietnam Honor Medal.

pollyc@fastgraphs.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/chuckcarnevale/

Christine Song

Christine is a global value hedge fund manager, with a passion for finding undervalued and underfollowed high quality small cap companies in which to invest. ww.smallinvestinginsights.com

Christine has a BA and MBA from Cornell University.

Christine can be contacted at csong@smallii.com

EconMatters

I’m a market analyst, and writer/editor a syndicated financial blog EconMatters.
More at About.Me, Email Me

AI is an investor in Indian Financial Markets.

He writes about investing in India. His blog is http://www.investing-reflections.blogspot.com, email anonimus555@yahoo.com.

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/econmatters/

 

Tom:

I have a degree in managerial economics from Aarhus University -
specialising in strategy.
Have been employed in various firms private, state and semi-state.
Branches have been: Transport (rail and ferrylines), mashine industry, building, energy and university administration.

You may Contact Tom on thomas.okonomidebatten@gmail.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/Tom/

 

value Investing Europe: 

MFIE is an independent organization providing investing methodologies, tools and media for investors around the world. Our mission is to make investing fun and rewarding, and encourage people to take an active approach to investing their hard-earned cash.

Email: philip.vanstraceele@value-investing.eu

website: http://contrarianedge.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/value-Investing-Europe/

 

OilPrice:

Dr. John C.K. Daly is the chief analyst for Oilprice.com, Dr. Daly received his Ph.D. in 1986 from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London. While at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, where he is currently a non-resident scholar, in 199 he founded The Cyber-Caravan, which continues today under the title, The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst. He subsequently served as Director of Programs at the Middle East Institute in Washington DC before joining UPI as International Correspondent.

Dr. Daly’s work has appeared in appeared in Jamestown’s Spotlight on Terror, Eurasia Daily Monitor, China Brief and Terrorism Monitor, along with Jane’s Defense Group’s Intelligence Watch Report, Jane’s Intelligence Review, Terrorism Watch Report, Jane’s Terrorism & Security Monitor and Islamic Affairs Analyst, Caspian Crossroads, ISN and the Christian Science Monitor. During 2003=-2006 Dr. Daly was a contributing editor for Vanity Fair on terrorism. Dr. Daly has been a commentator on current events for CNN, the Hudson Institute, the Middle East Institute, National Public Radio, Al-Arabiya, Press TV and Radio Free Asia, among others.

Dr. Daly is currently President and CEO of U.S.-Central Asia Biofuels Ltd.”

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/OilPrice/

jtowson:

Jeffrey Towson is a specialist in global and cross-border investing. He has developed over $15B of investments across multiple geographies (US, China, and the Middle East) and industries (real estate, hotels, banks / financial services, insurance, healthcare, retail, technology, petrochemicals, energy / infrastructure, etc.).

Previously, Mr. Towson served as Head of Direct Investments for Middle East North Africa and Asia Pacific for Prince Waleed, arguably the world’s #2 investor and nicknamed by Time magazine as the “Arabian Warren Buffett”. Waleed’s distinctions include: the world’s 4th richest person (2004, Forbes), the largest foreign investor in the USA, the largest shareholder of the world’s largest bank (Citigroup, 2007), and the world’s second largest media owner after Rupert Murdoch.

Mr. Towson is also a speaker and writer (www.jeffreytowson.com).  He is a Fellow at Cambridge University Judge School of Business and is co-head of the Current Topics in Investment and Strategy Course at Peking University Business School.  He writes the investment column for Fortune Towson (Cai Fu Tang) magazine in Shanghai and his investment book <a href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0132173239?ie=UTF8&tag=valueinves08c-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0132173239″>What Would Ben Graham Do Now?: A New Value Investing Playbook for a Global Age</a> is currently available for pre-order.

Email: jtowson@jefftowson.com

Website: http://jefftowson.com

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/jtowson/

ElliotTurner:

Elliot Turner is a Managing Director at RGA Investment Advisors, LLC and founder of Compounding My Interests.  Prior to joining RGA, Mr. Turner was a Principal and Managing Director at AustinWeston Asset Management LLC, a value-driven investment management firm, where he specialized in discovering and analyzing long-term investment opportunities and strategic portfolio management.  Mr. Turner’s professional asset management career began as a Proprietary Equities Trader at Chimera Securities, LLC, where he developed his own unique trading strategy integrating both fundamental and technical analysis.  Mr. Turner then joined T3 Capital Management, LLC to continue his trading career on T3?s Equities Desk and to develop the T3Live Blog.  From T3, Mr. Turner joined the Wall St. Cheat Sheet, a financial media website specializing in news and analysis on events in the investment and entrepreneurship space.  As Managing Editor at the Wall St. Cheat Sheet, Mr. Turner authored numerous columns on investment ideas and philosophies, macroeconomic policies, and trends in technology and innovation.  His works and opinions have been published on Yahoo! Finance, TheStreet.com, Marketwatch, Business Insider, and Seeking Alpha.  While still at the Wall St. Cheat Sheet, Mr. Turner rejoined Chimera Securities, LLC to manage the firm’s first long/short investment portfolio.

Mr. Turner holds a Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School, and is admitted to practice law in New York State. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory University where he double majored in Political Science and Philosophy.

Email: eturner428@gmail.com

website: http://compoundingmyinterests.com/

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/ElliotTurner/

InsiderMonkey:

It’s a well known fact that insiders profit from their transactions. More than 59,000 different insiders made public filings with the SEC in 2009. The year before that, more than 65,000 did. Blindly imitating all of these insiders won’t yield much. Monkeying only the top insiders, the ones who have the best track record, is a different story. Insider Monkey uses a hybrid evaluation system that exploits insider transactions and other market anomalies to reduce the number of insiders who are worthy enough to monkey. Insider Monkey also provides high quality evidence based articles to inform individual investors about the intricacies of investing.

Email: meena@insidermonkey.com

website: http://www.insidermonkey.com/

http://www.valuewalk.com/author/InsiderMonkey/

 

F.A.S.T. Graphs™:

F.A.S.T. Graphs™ is a powerful research tool providing “essential fundamentals at a glance” on over 17,000 symbols. F.A.S.T. Graphs™ empowers the user to research stocks deeper and faster by allowing them to exploit the undeniable relationship and functional correlation between long-term earnings growth and market price. Warren Buffett, the greatest capital allocator of all time, said; “there are only two things that investor needs to know; how to value a company and how to think about stock prices.” With the F.A.S.T. Graphs™ at their disposal, users are able to perform both of these critical tasks… FAST.

F.A.S.T. is an acronym for Fundamentals Analyzer Software Tool that takes all the hours of manual graphing of business fundamentals and reduces it to seconds, giving you critical information in an instant. With one glance you know a lot about the business you are graphing and its past, present and future value. F.A.S.T. Graphs™ should be the first step in every research project. Each graph is worth 1,000 words in describing a company’s growth, consistency and valuation.