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
Opportunities like this are rare. They only present themselves when investors are scared, and right now they seem terrified. Let me explain… The recent market turmoil has investors ducking for cover — even seasoned pros have been a bit stunned by the violent pullback. Read More
It’s usually the “big boys” like oil, silver and gold that grab the headlines. Why shouldn’t they? Silver prices have skyrocketed 115% in the past year; oil was back above $100 a barrel last Tuesday; and gold has been in an uninterrupted bull market… Read More
I’m not an alarmist by nature, but there’s no denying we’re in a food crisis. How else would you explain angry demonstrations in Mexico protesting exorbitant corn tortilla prices or the fact that Pakistan called in the military to guard flour mills? The recent… Read More
#-ad_banner-#I have a chart I have to show you. Every once and a while, an opportunity like this appears. There’s no way to predict when it will happen. You simply have to be vigilant. The good news is that vigilance usually pays off. Read More
In Scarcity & Real Wealth last month, I urged readers to be mindful of China’s ongoing fight to contain inflation. If I were forced to pick a single barometer that could predict the weather for all types of real assets, it would be China’s… Read More
If you want to know where an industry is headed, then just peek inside a few checkbooks. If companies are reining in their spending, then they might be saving pennies for a rainy day. But when an entire sector starts forking over unusually large amounts for expansion… Read More
You’ve heard a lot of talk about gold lately — and for good reason. Gold is loved as a hedge against economic uncertainty. And given the unsteady dollar and ripe conditions for runaway inflation, it’s no surprise gold… Read More
It’s among the scarcest metals on the planet. There’s only one large above-ground store, a strategic reserve the Soviet Union spent 50 years accumulating. Russia decided to put the stockpile up for sale in 1990 when it was estimated to total 27 million ounces. Since then, buyers… Read More
Technical and fundamental investors are fond of using indicators to divine which direction stocks may be headed. These cues can come from almost anywhere: interest-rate yield curves, put/call ratios, manufacturing surveys… you name it. Some even use the Super Bowl as a prognosticating tool. Read More
In 1999, just months before his death, a respected geochemist named Leigh Price was working on a research paper that would soon send shockwaves through the energy sector. Dr. Price had spent much of his career with the US Geological Society (USGS) assessing the hydrocarbon potential in… Read More
