Tim Begany is an experienced investor and financial journalist who has written about many financial topics including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, international/emerging markets, retirement and insurance. He worked at several financial planning and investment advisory firms, where he participated in the development and management of stock, bond, and mutual fund portfolios and helped clients with comprehensive financial planning.
His education includes a bachelor's degree in business administration and the Certified Financial Planner curriculum. He holds a Series 65 investment consultant license.
Analyst Articles
Check out some numbers on one of the most widely owned energy stocks in the market and see what you think. For starters, shares of this $37 billion oil and gas producer have… Read More
They rarely make headlines, but that doesn’t make them sub-par investments. Indeed, the lack of limelight for some large cap stocks keeps their volatility in check and lets them trade at their actual value rather than at the market‘s daily whim — all of… Read More
Buying at a discount translates to a premium yield. Read More
Investors have sought out “GARP” stocks for decades. These investments, which represent Growth at a Reasonable Price, typically sport reasonable P/E ratios and possess superior growth prospects. There are a variety of ways to find such a combination of value and… Read More
In case you didn’t already know… it’s a tough time to be an income investor. Ten-year treasuries yield 2%, the average dividend stock in the S&P pays… Read More
The key to finding a winning investment involves a degree of far-sightedness. You need to anticipate what a company’s financial results may look like 12-18 months from now, even as Wall Street analysts base their projections on the next quarter’s results. The key is… Read More
The stock market is surely unpredictable. My prediction that LED lighting manufacturer Cree Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), one of the stocks in my $100,000 real-money portfolio, would meet or exceed fiscal second-quarter estimates, turned out to be off the mark. The company trailed both top and bottom line forecasts,… Read More
Just a few weeks ago, we released our newest piece of research — “The Top 5 Income Stocks for 2012.” These five high-yield stocks represent our favorite income ideas for the new year, and they pay dividend yields of 7.0%… 8.8%…… Read More
I’m always happy to discover a high-quality stock sporting a rich dividend. But what really makes my day is finding both of these features in a company that also produces double-digit income growth. It’s this rare combination that makes Tesoro… Read More
Regular readers of my articles know that I spend most of my time in search of undervalued mid-sized and large companies. There are so many bargains in the S&P 500 alone, that it simply hasn’t paid to spend too much time on small — and risky — stocks in recent… Read More
