Charles Rotblut, CFA, is a vice president and financial analyst at AAII. He is the editor of the AAII Journal, created VMQ Stocks and co-created AAII Dividend Investing. He is also a former Wall Street Journal expert panelist. Charles holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and has analyzed both publicly traded and privately held companies. His experience includes working for Zacks Investment Research, an investment research firm; Investools, an investment education company; Curian Capital, a money management firm; and McClure, Schumacher & Associates, a business valuation firm.