Jason McGuire

Profile:
Jason has been a financial advisor for the last 10 years and gained high recognition for his outstanding performance for designing pricing applications for Fortune 500 companies. Jason attended the University of Texas where he earned his BA in Finance, and also received his MBA from the University of Houston. Jason has 12 years experience in the financial industry, focusing on pricing applications and both asset and portfolio management. Combining both his technical financial background and his software knowledge, Jason was able to develop the industry’s first automated online technical analysis software. With the development of Stocknod.com Jason has been able to visualize his life long dream of creating profitable, reliable and easy to use technical software. All of this high level experience provided Jason with a deep understanding of the financial services industry and subsequently the confidence to follow through with his vision of automated technical stock analysis software with the trading metrics he knew to be successful. This vision was finally realized with the launch of Stocknod.com in early 2007. Jason likes to refer to Stocknod as a perpetually beta website as to always adapt our member’s services to an actively changing market place. When not working, Jason enjoys spending time with his two daughters and new baby boy, wife, and two dogs. He is also a 2nd degree black belt in martial arts.

Investment Philosophy:
Jason does does not believe in the traditional buy and hold strategy.  One quick look at the return of the S&P 500 over a 10 year period explains why.  From December 1998 to December 2008, the S&P500 lost almost 30%.   As an avid swing trader, Jason looks for companies with good fundamentals and excellent technicals.   He finds industries doing well under certain economic conditions, and then sifts through companies to find the gems in the industry.  Jason looks for strong performance relative to other companies, competent management, and excellent prospects for future earnings.  He looks for stocks trading at steep discounts relative to his assessment of their intrinsic value.  In valuing companies, Jason McGuire looks at the present value of future cash flows. He is focused on cash earnings, not accounting-based valuation measures.