NEW YORK, May 10, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MarketWatch.com announced today the addition of a new, weekly investment column from contributor Jon D. Markman, "Jon Markman's Speculations," focusing on risks and opportunities in global equity and credit markets. Mr. Markman is an award-winning journalist and most recently served as a columnist for MSN Money.
With a mission to target active investors, the launch of Jon Markman's Speculations is the latest in a line-up of new columns and premiums products for MarketWatch, with several additional initiatives to debut in the coming months.
"The economic recovery is creating rapid new opportunities for investors, as well as dangers, from emerging markets to currencies to blue-chip stocks," said David Callaway, editor-in-chief of MarketWatch. "These new columns and premium investment reports will give readers and subscribers the investment ideas and specific security recommendations they need to stay one step ahead of the markets."
"Speculation is one of the most important but misunderstood forces in capital markets," said Mr. Markman. "My column will explain who is taking the biggest risks to create value, who is betting against them, and how private investors can participate intelligently in the contest."
In addition to the Speculations column, MarketWatch recently debuted several new columns highlighting news and analysis on a range of topics including:
- This Week in Latin America – A weekly column by former MarketWatch journalist and investment author Mike Molinski, focusing on investment opportunities in Latin America;
- Forex Files – A weekly currency column by MarketWatch's European political and economic correspondent Bill Watts, in London;
- Market Medic – A three times a week column by MarketWatch senior markets correspondent Nick Godt, in New York;
- Fund Mastery – A new blog by Kurt Brouwer, a San Francisco-based mutual fund advisor;
- Market Junkie – A new blog by the MarketWatch markets team with market-moving news and speculations around the clock;
- Your Portfolio – A new column by MarketWatch retirement columnist Bob Powell in Boston, focusing on ways to structure your portfolio to handle different periods of your life, from college savings to retirement.
MarketWatch will soon add to its line up of premium products with Hulbert on Markets: What's Working Now, a weekly report that tallies up the top recommendations from the most successful investment advisors that week. The site recently launched Revolution Investing, a weekly premium report by Fox Business News personality and MarketWatch blogger Cody Williard, focusing on what stocks to pick to best play the increasing battle between Washington and Wall Street.
About Mr. Markman
Mr. Markman is a portfolio manager and investment advisor who has written about markets for three decades. He previously served as a managing editor and columnist at CNBC on MSN Money from 1997 to 2002, and as an editor, investments columnist and investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times from 1984 to 1997. He was portfolio manager and senior investment strategist for a quantitative hedge fund from 2002 to 2005.
Mr. Markman won a Society of Business Editors and Writers award in 2008 for columns forecasting a global credit crisis and bear market; a Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism for his columns exposing serious flaws in the S&P 500 Index in 2002; Society of Professional Journalists awards for his 2001 reporting on Enron and the post-September 11 investment environment; and was a news editor on Los Angeles Times staffs that won Pulitzer Prizes for spot-news reporting in 1992 and 1994.
A graduate of Duke University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, he speaks frequently on investment topics at conferences nationwide as well as on television and radio.
About MarketWatch
MarketWatch.com, published by Dow Jones & Company, tracks the pulse of markets for engaged investors with an average of 12 million visitors per month. The site is a leading innovator in business and investment news, real-time commentary and financial tools and data, with dedicated journalists generating more than 500 headlines, stories and market briefs a day from 11 bureaus around the world. In addition, MarketWatch offers subscription products for individual investors, including the Hulbert Financial Digest suite of products, Retirement Weekly and ETF Trader. The MarketWatch Radio Network also provides radio updates every 30 minutes. MarketWatch.com is a member of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, which includes WSJ.com, Barrons.com, AllThingsD.com, BigCharts.com and VirtualStockExchange.com.
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