Jason Zweig

Jason Zweig
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Occupation(s)Journalist, columnist
OrganizationThe Wall Street Journal
AwardsGerald Loeb Award for Personal Finance (2011)

Jason Zweig is an American financial journalist. He has been a columnist for The Wall Street Journal since 2008.[1]

Biography

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Zweig received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1982.[2] He also studied Middle Eastern history and culture at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[3]

Zweig began his career in journalism working for the bimonthly journal The Africa Report.[4] He then joined Time magazine's business section and became a business journalist for Forbes magazine, later becoming its mutual funds editor.[4][5] He joined Money magazine in 1995 and was a guest columnist for Time magazine and CNN.com. He became a personal finance columnist for The Wall Street Journal in 2008.[6]

Zweig edited a revised version of Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor, published in 2003.[7] His other books include Your Money and Your Brain (2007), a book on the neuroscience of investing, and The Devil's Financial Dictionary (2015), a satirical glossary of financial terms.[8][9]

Zweig won a 2013 Gerald Loeb Award for Personal Finance and Personal Service for his column,[10] "The Intelligent Investor," in The Wall Street Journal.[11][12] He also received the 40th Elliot V. Bell Award from the New York Financial Writers Association in 2020 for an "outstanding journalist for a significant long-term contribution to the profession of financial journalism."[13] He was also a past trustee of the Museum of American Finance.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Jason Zweig". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  2. ^ "Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  3. ^ "Jason Zweig — Columnist at The Wall Street Journal". WSJ. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  4. ^ a b "The Knowledge Project presents Jason Zweig" (PDF).
  5. ^ "I don't know and I don't care - Aug. 29, 2001". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  6. ^ "Jason Zweig: Temperament Is Everything for Most Investors". Morningstar, Inc. 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  7. ^ "Jason Zweig Q&A". WSJ+. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  8. ^ "This Devil's Dictionary Offers Gleefully Cynical Financial Insights". Money. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  9. ^ Fridson, Martin S. (2008-09-01). Fridson, Martin S. (ed.). "Your Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich (a review) (corrected)". Financial Analysts Journal. 64 (5): 102–103. doi:10.2469/faj.v64.n5.11. ISSN 0015-198X. S2CID 211368635.
  10. ^ Culey, Julianne (2013-05-16). "2013 Gerald Loeb Award finalists announced". The Reynolds Center. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  11. ^ Management, UCLA Anderson School of (2021-05-03). "Historical Winners". UCLA Anderson School of Management. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  12. ^ "NY Times, Reuters, News & Observer are multi Loeb winners". Talking Biz News. 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  13. ^ "Jason Zweig Named 44th Elliot V. Bell Award Winner | New York Financial Writers' Association". www.nyfwa.org. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  14. ^ "Jason Zweig | Museum of American Finance". www.moaf.org. Retrieved 2022-08-07.