Andrew Leckey writes SUCCESSFUL INVESTING, a nationally syndicated column packed with straightforward investment strategies and informative commentary. Twice each week, in alternating Q&A and essay style, he offers sound advice to readers on a wide range of personal finance and investment issues. This lively column draws a large volume of reader mail. "The Distinguished Service Award in Investment Education" was presented to Leckey by the National Association of Investors Corp., which has thousands of investment clubs around the world. He has won numerous local and national writing awards. Leckey's financial journalism experience includes being an anchor on CNBC television and contributing editor to the Quicken.com Web site. The author or editor of 10 books on business and investment topics, Leckey was series editor of the annual anthology "The Best Business Stories of the Year" from Random House. Other books, such as "The Lack of Money Is the Root of All Evil: Mark Twain's Timeless Wisdom on Money and Wealth for Today's Investor" from Prentice Hall Press, have been translated into foreign language editions around the world. Leckey is currently the director of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism located at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. The center conducts workshops around the country on business journalism topics and runs the BusinessJournalism.org Web site specifically geared to the needs of business journalists. He served as the first director of the Bloomberg Business Journalism Program at the University of California, Berkeley, and was a visiting professor in business journalism at Boston University. He was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Economics and Business Journalism and a fellow of The Media Studies Center, both at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He now serves on the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship advisory committee. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Q. What are the prospects for my shares of Merck & Co.? I'm devastated. -- J.B., via the Internet A. The drug giant has suffered setbacks from continued litigation and a disappointing new-product pipeline. It is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/10/16/mercks_challenges_include_lawsuits,_new_drug_pipeline 47183dc2-6494-48d8-bd90-5ef0a7845fb5 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT "Time, time, time, see what's become of me," sang Simon and Garfunkel in 1966 (and the Bangles in 1987), "while I looked around for my possibilities." Time and possibilities are a jumble in the 2008 investment world,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/10/14/expect_a_different_investing_landscape_by_2020 97e132d9-d090-4b72-bbdb-452fa59ee2e3 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Q. Should I brace for the worst with my shares of Oracle Corp.? -- D.L., via the Internet A. Like all technology firms, it is facing weakened economies in the United States and abroad that have a negative impact on... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/10/09/economic_climate_weighs_on_oracle,_but_it_makes_gains c1d7040e-faed-4c19-a6ab-1a2ff6c4e1b3 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Stand on a street corner and shout: "Buy stocks now!" Go ahead, I dare you. A Good Samaritan might recommend a helpful therapist for you, while others would simply write you off as a delusional and suffering... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/10/06/for_novice_investors,_uncertainty_offers_opportunity a1081216-f49a-4858-a384-ca9ae5d96432 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Q. My Time Warner Inc. shares haven't fared well. Are things getting even worse? -- R.D., via the Internet A. The bright side is that about three-fourths of the international media and entertainment conglomerate's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/10/03/time_warner_feels_pain_from_aol,_focuses_on_content 6cd83440-732f-46ce-91c1-673be3c82c14 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT As U.S. taxpayers consider the implications of federal medicine to prevent weakened credit markets from lapsing into a coma, the bedside investment advice is coming fast and furious. Never blindly accept advice... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/10/02/investment_truisms_arent_always_that_accurate edf86f37-d4b2-433c-8cf4-f64edb803542 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT As U.S. taxpayers swallow the medicine of a federal bailout to prevent weakened credit markets from lapsing into a coma, the bedside investment advice is coming fast and furious. Never blindly accept advice presented... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/10/01/investment_truisms_arent_always_that_accurate 79d2ce8b-536c-44a0-a4c5-fbfe88cff831 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Nervous investors have been moving their money around during a difficult 2008 that has supplied more punishment than reward. There is cold money: Nearly $26 billion in investor dollars flowed out of U.S. diversified... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/10/01/shifting_money_around_can_be_a_mistake 06e244d1-c8a3-4aee-a6ae-b07ef73dcdd2 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT As U.S. taxpayers consider the implications of federal medicine to prevent weakened credit markets from lapsing into a coma, the bedside investment advice is coming fast and furious. Never blindly accept advice... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/10/01/investment_truisms_arent_always_accurate 4fbf6bd9-44b4-400f-91ed-196dd30f8433 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Value investing, the patient contrarian strategy of picking stocks perceived to be trading for less than their intrinsic worth, isn't having an easy 2008. The usually steady financial stocks that dominate many value... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/10/01/value_investing_falls_out_of_favor,_but_may_rebound_someday 41e2859d-0c79-45dc-b9e4-11dcf84d176b Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Q. Are things looking up for my Dell Inc. shares? -- R.H., via the Internet A. The world's second-largest computer-maker, behind Hewlett-Packard Co., has become leaner and more aggressive as it attempts to complete... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/09/26/a_leaner_dell_faces_challenges_on_many_fronts f1127e4e-da32-4c32-b56c-2e47d4f6bf61 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:01:00 GMT Q. Does it look like my good fortune with my H.J. Heinz Co. shares will continue? -- F.C., via the Internet A. Frozen potatoes and soy sauce have never looked so good. The global producer and marketer of packaged... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/09/25/heinz_plans_new_products_as_its_stock_rolls 9cee668f-92f9-480b-a191-f011025f9cf8 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:01:00 GMT Q. What is your opinion of shares of United Parcel Service Inc.? -- R.A., via the Internet A. Expectations of a weak U.S. economy and high fuel prices continuing into next year have prompted the world's largest... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/09/25/ups_cuts_costs,_looks_for_growth 91dbf654-fc8d-4012-8cfd-a6ac64cb9b77 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:01:00 GMT London-based portfolio manager Barnaby Wiener is having a terrific year. His international fund is down 10 percent. Maybe that doesn't sound so great to you, but his results exceed nine out of 10 foreign large-cap... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/09/25/international_funds_down_but_not_out 530f02ad-1d37-40c7-9776-a371d01e4772 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:01:00 GMT Let's get ready to rumble. In one corner is the mutual fund, time-honored champion of small investors. In the other corner a fast-rising challenger, the exchange-traded fund. They are fighting for your investor... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AndrewLeckey/2008/09/25/etfs_challenge_mutual_funds c6100805-2ab2-45b9-8eab-44df6bc6d35c Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:01:00 GMT