Michael Vodicka is the president and founder of the Vodicka Group Inc., a registered investment advisor (RIA) that specializes in providing customized investment solutions to individual and institutional investors.
Before becoming a small business owner and entrepreneur, he developed fixed-income investment strategies for a multi-billion dollar brokerage firm and spent five years as an equity portfolio manager for a private investment research company.
Mike graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in business communications and is a licensed investment advisor (Series 65). He loves sharing his passion for the market and investing with clients and readers alike.
Analyst Articles
The S&P 500 has been charging higher in 2013, producing an impressive 16% gain in just the first five months of the year. But certain sectors have performed better than others. At the… Read More
Real estate is one of the hottest investment stories on the Street. That’s because for the...
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Real estate is one of the hottest investment stories on the Street. That’s because for the first time in six years, home prices logged an annual gain in 2012. That momentum has… Read More
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The first-quarter earnings season is almost over, with more than 90% of the S&P 500 reporting. Although the results have been far from terrible, there hasn’t been a lot to get excited about. Earnings are… Read More
Innovation is a wonderful thing. Without it, products would never get better. Services would never improve. That’s exactly what Henry Ford was talking about in one of his most famous quotes: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”… Read More
Some investors spend a lifetime searching for the holy grail of investing that will help them find the best companies and opportunities. That quest for a magic bullet has given… Read More
Buyouts can be one of the quickest ways for investors to score a big profit. Buyout companies are almost always purchased at a premium that can give shareholders a nice pop. And with the S&P 500 sitting on record… Read More
When was the last time you saw anyone use cash to pay for something? Everywhere you go — the gas station, the grocery store or even a ride in a cab — consumers are passing on cash and using… Read More
First-quarter earnings season has revealed a very big problem for the S&P 500. With weakness in China and Europe weighing on the global economy, sales growth continues… Read More
John Paulson is one of the most famous and successful hedge-fund managers of all time. He shot to stardom in 2007 after The Wall Street Journal revealed his firm had scored a jaw-dropping $15 billion profit from… Read More
In the past month, the market has been confronted with a bearish run of data warning of weakness in the economy. March’s… Read More
