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Matthew Paulson, Founder at MarketBeat

Matthew Paulson
About The Author

Matthew Paulson

Founder

Experience

  • Professional Background: Matthew Paulson is the founder of MarketBeat, which he started in 2012 as Analyst Ratings Network. Today MarketBeat's financial data and research tools reach more than five million email subscribers.
  • Credentials: Matthew studied computer science at Dakota State University, which awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in Public Service in 2024. He is the author of six books on investing, personal finance, and online business.
  • Finance Experience: Matthew has built and run MarketBeat for more than a decade, earning placement on the Inc. 5000 list for over ten years. Matthew is an avid investor and angel investor, having backed more than 80 startups. Matthew co-founded the venture capital firm Homegrown Capital and invests in commercial real estate through Cresten Capital.
  • Writing Focus: Matthew writes about dividend investing and building long-term passive income.
  • Investment Approach: In his best-selling dividend investing book, Automatic Income, Matthew teaches a simple, proven, and conservative strategy built on dividend-paying stocks.
  • Books: Automatic Income, The Ten-Year Turnaround, Email Marketing Demystified, Online Business from Scratch, Business Growth Day by Day, and 40 Rules for Internet Business Success. He also wrote MarketBeat's The Trader's Guide to Equities Research.
  • Areas of Expertise: Dividend investing, personal finance, entrepreneurship, angel investing
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Matthew's Content on MarketBeat

Dividend Investing Strategy Guide

A beginner's guide to earning income with a simple, conservative dividend investing strategy. This is the full text of Matthew's book, Automatic Income.

You'll learn to tell high-quality dividend stocks from the rest of the pack, which dividends are taxed at capital-gains rates, and how to build your very own investment portfolio of dividend stocks.

The Trader's Guide to Equities Research

Learn how to invest using stock analyst recommendations.

Covers how to evaluate a stock based on what analysts say, which brokerages have the most accurate price targets, and the ratings systems used by more than 150 research firms.