Adam Fischbaum brings more than 20 years of professional investment experience as financial advisor and portfolio manager. Affiliated with an NYSE-member firm, he specializes in value, income and macro thematic investing. Adam is also a contributing editor for Yieldpig.com and his work is published frequently on TheStreet.com, BusinessInsdider.com, as well, Seeking Alpha and TalkMarkets.com.
He currently holds a Series 7, 63, 65, and 31 license. Adam lives on the Gulf Coast with his wife and two sons. When he’s not running money or writing about it, he enjoys hunting and fishing.
Analyst Articles
During any sort of boom, the businesses that provide supplies or any ancillary services to those...
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During any sort of boom, the businesses that provide supplies or any ancillary services to those chasing the boom usually make the most money. The California Gold Rush of 1849 is a prime example. A...
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There’s something more to insurance giant Aflac (NYSE: AFL) than just the funny (and wildly successful) duck mascot. Weighing in at a hefty $26.8 billion market cap, Aflac (originally the American Family Life Assurance Co.) writes supplemental health and life insurance in the United States and Japan. Read More
I remember how nutty investors were for shares of the big pharmaceutical companies 15 years ago. Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) had just put the spark back into middle-aged marriages, thanks to its failed blood pressure med that had a surprisingly pleasant side affect. Other companies followed suit with similar… Read More
My oldest son was born in 1999. America was still experiencing what many believed was an endless nirvana of economic prosperity, so it’s no surprise that I sometimes jokingly referred to him as my “bull market baby.” With a generous gift from friends of the family… Read More
I recently watched the classic man-eating fish movie “Jaws” and the latest action in the precious metals space reminded me of the tagline for the film, “Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water…” Is it safe to swim in the water?… Read More
In the investment business, we’re very good at talking about when to buy. We can wax poetic...
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In the investment business, we’re very good at talking about when to buy. We can wax poetic about the single-digit piece-to-earnings (P/E) ratio and the deep-discount to book value or the...
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During their baby phase, investors are totally in love with them. The newborn is absolutely perfect...
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During their baby phase, investors are totally in love with them. The newborn is absolutely perfect and the stockholders will coo and brag, and throw money at their pride and joy regardless of price....
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Think back to the last time you were on the road for business. You decided to drive because you were covering some of the outlying areas in the territory and it was much more cost effective. You skipped lunch so you could get to Slapback, Miss. to see your customer… Read More
The capital markets are enjoying a bit of a renaissance in maniacal, pre-IPO valuation for Internet companies, more specifically, social networking businesses. The 900-pound gorilla of social networking, Facebook, has an estimated value of $50 billion or so thanks in part to the fact it decided to be Goldman… Read More
I got to know one company on my current watch list very well one summer, while working in the mail room of my father’s law firm. This was the mid 1980s. E-mail wasn’t even a Jetson’s fantasy. The computers that were around at the time were as big as a… Read More