Stephen W. Quickel

Editor, US Investment Report
65 Chapel Road, New Hope, PA 18938
Phone 215-862-1313, Fax: 215-862-0399
E-mail: squickel@usinvestmentreport.com

Education

A Pennsylvania native, Steve earned an AB in English and economics from Dartmouth College in 1958 and an MBA from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School 1959.
After serving as a U.S. Navy officer in the Pacific for two years, he began his business career as an investment analyst at the Mellon Bank in 1961.

Forbes Career

Steve joined Forbes as reporter in 1962, when the magazine was small and relatively unknown. Rising to Staff Writer, Associate Editor and Senior Editor, he wrote thousands of articles, including more than fifty cover stories, on all aspects of business and finance. His specialty was critiquing publicly traded companies and their managements.

He started Forbes’ first bureau in 1967 in Los Angeles, oversaw the expansion its worldwide bureau network until 1977 and frequently served as the magazine’s interim Managing Editor from the late 1960s onward.

Magazine Editorships

In 1977 Steve became Managing Editor of Institutional Investor, then a new magazine for investment professionals that was undergoing rapid expansion, including the launch of its international edition.

In 1980 he became Editor of Financial World, then the only magazine devoted exclusively to the needs of individual investors, tripling circulation and assisting in its sale to new owners. In 1984 he served as start-up Editor in Chief of New York CityBusiness, an award-winning local business tabloid subsequently sold to Crain’s New York Business.

Newsletter Publisher

In 1985 Steve began publishing U.S. Investment Report, a twice-monthly market letter that provides stock recommendations and model portfolios to thousands of subscribers worldwide. USIR’s model portfolios have consistently out-performed the market averages since they were begun in 1987. In 1990, he assumed full ownership of USIR through Quickel International Corp., based in New Hope, PA

Other Activities

Steve was portfolio manager and co-general partner of a private investment fund that replicated his newsletter portfolios from 1995 to 2002. Besides running his expanding newsletter operations, he writes articles and columns for other publications and frequently speaks at investment forums and academic institutions.