Taesik Yoon

Background

About Taesik Yoon

Financial Editor with 20 years of progressive financial writing experience and a proven track record of identifying stocks that help people build wealth. Generalist, with an excellent understanding of multiple market sectors and industries, with particular strength in under-researched and out-of-favor technology, industrial, basic material, consumer cyclical and non-cyclical companies. Keen eye for distinguishing fact from fiction and prioritizing news flow based on relevance (i.e. making sense of market nonsense). Ability to opine on hot, relevant topics in a manner that is easily understood by anyone. Not afraid to produce critical content if said content is based on solid research and analysis. Superior communication skills derived from years of contact with company management and clients, including individual investors and financial advisors. CFA charter holder. Key Accomplishments: • Instituted significant changes as editor of the the Forbes Investor (FI) investment newsletter designed to improve overall performance and expand its subscriber base. This led to the best annual performance in the newsletter's 14-year history in 2013 – with a 55.3% gain in its primary portfolio and 73.2% in its core sub-portfolio. More importantly, these changes helped result in nearly a quadrupling in the total number of paid subscribers and a 182% jump in net revenues from the prior year. • Primary stock picker of the Forbes Special Situation Survey during the 10-year span ending April 2014 – during which time it was the best performing investment newsletter as ranked by independent rating service Hulbert Financial Digest (which tracks more than 200 investment newsletters) with an annual gain of 15.7% versus just 5.5% in the S&P 500.