Nathan Slaughter, Chief Investment Strategist of The Daily Paycheck and High-Yield Investing, has developed a long and successful track record over the years by finding profitable investments no matter where they hide. Nathan's previous experience includes a long tenure at AXA/Equitable Advisors, one of the world's largest financial planning firms. He also honed his research skills at Morgan Keegan, where he managed millions in portfolio assets and performed consultative retirement planning services. To reach more investors, Nathan switched gears in 2004 and began writing full-time. He has since published hundreds of articles for a variety of prominent online and print publications. Nathan has interviewed industry insiders like Paul Weisbruch and CEOs like Tom Evans of Bankrate.com, and has been quoted in the Los Angeles Times for his expertise on economic moats. Nathan's educational background includes NASD Series 6, 7, 63, & 65 certifications, as well as a degree in Finance/Investment Management from Sam M. Walton School of Business, where he received a full academic scholarship. When not following the market, Nathan enjoys watching his favorite baseball team, the Cubs, and camping and fishing with his family.
Analyst Articles
I like to consider myself a contrarian investor. Zigging when others are zagging is usually the surest way to find underpriced stocks and avoid overheated ones that are due for a pullback. But this time, the crowd just might be right. Read More
In the 1994 investment classic The Warren Buffett Way, author Robert Hagstrom delves into great detail on the stocks that catapulted Buffett’s fortune into what it is today. In the chapter describing Berkshire Hathaway’s primary holdings, he quotes Buffett as saying “I find that a long-term familiarity with a company… Read More
With all the changes to the United States’ energy landscape recently, it’s easy to overlook one of the country’s most important petroleum-producing regions: the Gulf of Mexico. For energy investors, drilling in the Gulf is hardly a new story. U.S. oil companies have been… Read More
Oh Argentina. Why must you frustrate us so? You’re blessed with so many resources and have so much charm. Yet you can’t help but alienate everyone that you come into contact with. #-ad_banner-#Over the last century, as nations such as Japan, South Korea, Brazil and China worked… Read More
In times past and even recently, I’ve heard investors criticize those who “play it safe” by holding shares of very large, well-established and slower-growing companies. Even though they often pay healthy dividends, such stocks just don’t deliver the returns of newer, smaller and faster-growing… Read More
Despite its somewhat checkered history, even admitted technophobes like Warren Buffett have seen fit to invest in solar power. Read More
Let’s get the bad news out of the way. Telecom firm Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has stumbled on several fronts, triggering a stop-loss in my $100,000 Real-Money Portfolio, so I’ll be selling my 800 share position 48 hours after you read this. More bad news: the recent market pullback has… Read More
Income investing has an unfair stigma attached to it. The conventional wisdom says invest in dividend payers — also known as “widow-and-orphan” stocks — if you’re just trying to stash your money somewhere. If you actually want to earn a decent… Read More
As Warren Buffett, George Soros and so many others have said, you need to swim against the tide, finding values where others miss and shunning stocks that are loved by all. Back in the summer of 2010, agriculture firm Monsanto (NYSE: MON) was simply loathed. Low-cost Chinese… Read More
Creating a list of high-yielding stocks is simple, but seasoned investors know that high yield alone is not a good reason to own a stock. That’s because sometimes high-yield stocks report earnings that are too weak to sustain… Read More
