Marc Courtenay

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Marc Courtenay is the founder and owner of Advanced Investor Technologies, LLC, as well as the publisher and editor of www.ChecktheMarkets.com.

Courtenay holds a Master's of Science degree in Psychology from California Polytechnic State University, and is a former senior vice-president of Investments for two major brokerage firms. He's been a fiercely independent investment "investigator" and a consulting contributor to the investment publishing world for over 30 years. In addition to his role as an investment publisher and analyst, he serves as a marketing consultant to the investment media industries.

In his role as a financial editor, he specializes in unique investment strategies, overlooked stock investments, energy and resource companies, precious metals, emerging growth companies, the prudent use of option strategies,real estate related opportunities,wealth preservation, money-saving offers, risk management, tax issues, as well as "the psychology of investing". Because of his training and background in Clinical Counseling and Psychology, he enjoys writing about investor behavior, the �herd mentality, how to turn investment mistakes into investment breakthroughs and the stock market's behavioral trends and patterns.

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Apple Works Its Plan and Shares Still Stay Cheap

By Marc Courtenay

Apple begins selling new 'MacBook Air' and is considers launch of 'Phablets' to compete with lower-priced competitors like Samsung.

08:40AM 06/14/13

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Investors Should School Themselves on Capella Education

By Marc Courtenay

Shares of this online education company have been on a tear.

06:00AM 06/13/13

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2 Offshore Rig Companies With a Lot to Like

By Marc Courtenay

Atwood Oceanics and Ensco are signing lucrative contracts and selling at attractively low PE ratios.

06:00AM 06/11/13

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Mortgage REITs May Be Safe to Buy

By Marc Courtenay

Three well-managed mortgage REITs whose time to buy may be now.

10:34AM 06/07/13

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Mead Johnson Has a Winning Formula

By Marc Courtenay

This 2009 IPO soared from infancy to become an independent big boy in nutrition.

06:00AM 06/06/13

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Intel Must Play Catch-Up Now

By Marc Courtenay

The company has only just begun to capture a share of the tablet and smartphone markets with its chips.

06:00AM 06/05/13

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The Joy of Global Mining

By Marc Courtenay

Joy Global is underappreciated and caught in a temporary global funk. Now's the time to buy its shares.

06:00AM 06/03/13

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Procter & Gamble: CEO Regression Comes at a Big Price

By Marc Courtenay

After firing controversial CEO Robert McDonald, P&G caused shareholder whiplash by bringing back former CEO A.G. Lafley.

06:00AM 05/31/13

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Great Donut Debate Hits Delicious Dilemma

By Marc Courtenay

Which of the two publicly traded donut stocks is the better investment, Dunkin or Krispy Kreme?

01:34PM 05/29/13

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Go Deep for Dividends, Viable Yields

By Marc Courtenay

Fish where big fish pay big dividends but avoid catching that old tire.

08:51AM 05/28/13

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