Rida Morwa is the lead author and editor of High Dividend Opportunities the #1 service for income investors and retirees. Prior, he was an investment and commercial banker with over 30 years of experience advising both individuals and institutional clients on high-yield investment strategies.  In addition to being a former Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.) from the state of Arizona, Rida holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University, and a master’s degree from Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Philip Mause is a former law practitioner with 40 years of experience.  He practiced law in Washington D.C. in energy and communications regulation, as well as SEC litigation, where he gained extensive experience with company valuations. Philip brings 35 years of investment experience, in addition to his unique insight to identify stocks and securities trading at attractive valuations.  Philip holds a B.A. from Georgetown University and his J.D. from Harvard University.​​

Will Barton is the lead analyst, and formerly a real estate appraiser.  After a successful career culminating in managing the Appraisal Department for a county assessor, he stepped down to start a consulting firm.  Since 2016, he has been publishing on Seeking Alpha using his knowledge and research skills to become a leading contributor.  His unique ability to dive into the numbers and translate them into plain English is highly valued by our members.  He has a BA in Business Administration from Drake University.​​​

Scott Kaufman developed his passion for investing working alongside portfolio managers and private wealth advisers at Regions Bank, where he learned the key dynamics of how money works.  He works as a credit analyst at the world's largest credit union.  His focus is high-yield 'immediate income' style investing – so you can see and feel the monthly income impact immediately.  He holds a BA and MDiv from Pensacola Christian College.​​​

John is a software engineer with a degree in Mathematics from Syracuse University.  He first became interested in investing and the stock market in the mid-1970s.  Long discussions with his father taught him a lot about how the markets worked.  He started investing for his retirement in the late 1980s, and continues looking for new sources of information on investing.  He began writing research articles in October 2016 and now publishes regular updates on his main portfolio account for our members.​​

Venkat Raghavan holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.  He is an expert in identifying attractive business models with strong fundamentals and is currently a management consultant for one of the largest professional services firms in the world.  He enjoys identifying opportunities that are significantly discounted with the capability to generate outsized cash flows. Venkat's main focus is on high-yield dividend-growth stocks for current income with potential for long-term capital gains.