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About William

William (Bill) Patalon III is the chief stock picker of Stock Picker’s Corner (SPC). Before he moved into the investment research business in December 2005, he spent 22 years as a reporter, most of it covering financial news as a reporter, columnist, and editor.  

His most memorable interviews include former President Richard M. Nixon, General Electric CEO John F. “Jack” Welch, Forbes magazine publisher and former Presidential candidate Steve Forbes, and business-turnaround specialist and helicopter-industry pioneer Stanley Hiller Jr.   

Bill has a BA in Print Journalism from Penn State University and an MBA in finance from the Rochester Institute of Technology.


William's Articles

Chinese stocks just notched their heftiest single-day gains in 16 years — apparent proof that Beijing hit the bullseye with its stimulus bazooka. Investors are scrambling to board the “China Stock Market Express.” One way to play it is the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB), advises Bill Patalon, chief stock picker at Stock Picker’s Corner.
In an Instagram story last summer, a US defense giant known for missiles and jets stunned everyone by dropping a bomb. The company: Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT), builder of the sub-warfare-revolutionizing Polaris missile, and breakthrough combat planes like the P-38 Lightning, the SR-71 Blackbird, and the F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter, writes Bill Patalon, chief stock picker at Stock Picker’s Corner.
I wanted to give you a look at an opportunity – one based on the “Desert Island Stocks Challenge” I held in early July. Two of our contestants had the same stock pick: Natural Resource Partners LP (NRP), notes Bill Patalon, chief stock picker at Stock Picker’s Corner.
The only “break” we’re getting on inflation is that prices are now increasing at a slightly slower rate. But they’re still rising. So Wealth Builders like us look for ways to protect ourselves – or, even better, to find the clues that signal an opportunity. Clues like the latest earnings report for Walmart Inc. (WMT), explains Bill Patalon, chief stock picker at Stock Picker’s Corner.