Alexander Green
Chief Investment Strategist
Alexander Green is the Chief Investment Strategist of Investment U. A Wall Street veteran, he has more than 20 years of experience as a research analyst, investment advisor, financial writer and portfolio manager.
Mr. Green has been featured on The O’Reilly Factor, and has been profiled by The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, C-SPAN and CNBC among others.
Mr. Green is also the author of three bestsellers “The Gone Fishin’ Portfolio: Get Wise, Get Wealthy… And Get On With Your Life, The Secret of Shelter Island: Money and What Matters” and “Beyond Wealth: The Road Map to a Rich Life.”
Most Recent Articles:
- The "Dangers" of Oil Speculation & More Nonsense from the Obama Administration
- Preferred Stock Investing: The Income Alternative You Haven’t Considered
- Francois Hollande and the Flight of French Capital
Alexander Green’s investment newsletters and trading services:
- Editor, Insider Alert
- Editor, Momentum Alert
- Editor, The Pacific Advantage Alert

More from Alexander Green
What was the first dollar you ever earned?
Pulling my Dad’s pull cart on the golf course for ten cents a hole when I was seven. I made my first dollar right after the turn.
What’s been the most satisfying dollar (or dollars) you’ve ever earned?
The most satisfying money I’ve ever earned came from compound interest. Why not let your money do the heavy lifting?
What’s your favorite way to make money?
Favorite way to make money? The stock market, of course. It’s the quickest, easiest, most liquid, and least expensive way to gain an ownership stake in a profitable business.
What’s the best investment advice you’ve given or ever heard?
Buy when others are despondently selling. Sell when others are enthusiastically buying. (John Templeton)
Additional Articles
You can view previous articles by Alexander Green below, or explore the Investment U archives.
- The "Dangers" of Oil Speculation & More Nonsense from the Obama Administration
- Preferred Stock Investing: The Income Alternative You Haven’t Considered
- Francois Hollande and the Flight of French Capital
- The Single Biggest Investment Opportunity in the World
- The Eurozone Crisis: Why You Don’t Need to Worry About Spain
- Warren Sapp: Don’t Be a “Sapp” With Your Finances
- Argentina and YPF: 17 Stocks to Sell Immediately
- Is This Bull Market Over?
- The Big Picture: The Case for Rational Optimism
- Bond Funds: The Worst Investment You Can Possibly Make
- Share Buybacks: A Buy Signal You Can't Ignore
- The U.S. Aging Crisis: A Threat to Stock Market Prices?
- Investing in Bonds: Three Steps to Smarter Bond Investing
- The Coming Economic Collapse That Never Was
- You’re Broke Because You Want to Be
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