Senior Writer · 14 Years at 24/7 Wall St.

Lee Jackson.

Lee Jackson has covered Wall Street analysts' equity and debt research and equity strategy daily for 24/7 Wall St. since 2012. His broad, diverse career, including a stint as creative services director at an NBC affiliate in Austin, Texas, gives him unique insight into the financial industry.

Lee Jackson's journey in the financial industry spans more than 30 years, including nearly two decades as an institutional equity salesperson at Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and Morgan Stanley. His career spanned pivotal sell-side Wall Street events, from the dot-com rise and bubble to the Long-Term Capital Management debacle, 9/11, and the Great Recession of 2008. This reflects his resilience and adaptability amid market volatility.

Lee Jackson’s practical financial industry experience, gained through a career at some of the biggest banks and brokerage firms, is complemented by a lifetime of writing across various platforms. This unique combination allows him to shed light on the intricacies of Wall Street in a way only someone with deep insider experience and knowledge can. Moreover, his extensive network across Wall Street continues to provide direct access for him and 24/7 Wall St., a privilege few firms enjoy.

Since 2012, Jackson’s work for 24/7 Wall St. has been featured in Barron’s, Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch, Business Insider, TradingView, Real Money, The Street, Seeking Alpha, Benzinga, and other media outlets. He attended the prestigious Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and has a degree in broadcasting from the Specs Howard School of Media Arts.

Lee Jackson
Lee Jackson · Tupelo Mississippi
35 Years
Experience
Finance and Trading
Almost 7000 Posts
Senior Writer/Editor

Top Performing Calls

Coverage

If you have a huge parabolic stock winner and don't know what to do, sell half and hold the rest. You are a winner if it goes up or back down.

I typically cover dividend stocks and income ideas for those close to or in retirement, since Social Security likely will not cover all their costs. Plus, narrowing risk down upon retirement is important; Gen X and Boomers can not afford a market crash like 2008

01

Retirement Income

  • Safety first when it comes to retirement funds and how they are spent.
02

Dividend Investing

  • Quality dividend stocks have been a huge part of the total return for the S&P 500 for the last 50 years.
03

Side Income

  • Finding passive income streams is critical for supplementing Social Security.
04

Dividend Investing

  • Quality dividend stocks are ideal for passive income and total retyurn.
  • Budgeting and prudent spending are the way to ease into retirement.
06

Macro & The Fed

  • While interest rates seem high, the current range is historically about normal.

Background

Credentials
Series 7 and 63 securities license. 1991
Previously
Bauer Ventures family office · Portfolio Manager - Head of Trading 2009-2012
NexBank Securities - Highland Capital O&O · Institutional Sales 2007-2009
Morgan Stanley · Institutional Sales 2004-2007
Lehman Brothers · Institutional Sales 2000-2004
Bear Stearns · High-net worth and Institutional Sales 1994-2000

Essential Reading

How I Think About Money

  1. 01 Investing is a critical part of everyone's life, in one way, shape, or form, depending on the individual.
  2. 02 With a long timeline and horizon, stock investing is the quickest way to amass wealth.

Recommended Resources

Book

Beating the Street ↗︎

Peter Lynch

Old-school lessons from Fidelity Investments genius of the 1980s and 1990s.

Recent Work

6,729 articles
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