Jason Zweig

American journalist and columnist
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

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

  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.
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