Money Magazine:
Senior writer and columnist, October 1995 to date.
Write columns and articles that challenge conventional
wisdom and take an analytical approach to investing
and personal finance.
The Intelligent Investor
Published by HarperCollins, July 2003.
Editor of the updated edition of Benjamin Graham's The
Intelligent Investor, the classic text that Warren
Buffett calls "by far the best book on investing
ever written." Annotated original chapters; wrote
extensive commentary putting Graham's principles in
context for today's investors.
Time Magazine:
Guest columnist, February 2002 to date.
Write occasional columns on investing and personal finance
for "Your Time" section.
Forbes Magazine:
Reporter, March 1987; staff writer, August 1989;
associate editor, July 1990;
senior editor, September 1992 to September 1995.
Directed Forbes' extensive coverage of mutual
funds; sub-edited annual investment issue. Edited and
wrote hundreds of articles about mutual funds, investment
strategies, and mechanics of the financial markets.
Also covered technology, junk bonds, health care, and
illegal dumping of toxic waste. Reported on the credit
markets for bond columnist Ben Weberman.
Time Magazine:
Reporter-researcher, October 1986 to February 1987.
Reported, researched and fact-checked for the Economy
& Business section of Time.
f.y.i.:
Staff writer, July 1985 to October 1986.
Reported and wrote for Time Inc.'s biweekly in-house
newsletter. From February to October 1986, also covered
sports and entertainment as a stringer for the Time-Life
News Service.
Africa Report Magazine:
Editorial assistant, March 1983 to January 1985.
Wrote African news summaries for bimonthly magazine.
From February to May 1985, traveled more than 3,000
miles through eight West African nations. Wrote "Ivory
Coast" and "Senegal" chapters, Work,
Study, Travel Abroad: The Whole World Handbook (St.
Martin's Press, 1990).
Columbia College, Columbia University, New York,
NY.
B.A. in art history, January 1982: New York State Regents
Scholarship, Dean's List; awarded John Jay National
Scholarship.
School for Overseas Students, Hebrew University,
Jerusalem, Israel.
1979-1980: Studied Jewish and Islamic history and culture
on Junior Year Abroad program; internship, Dept. of
Archeology, Israel Museum. Traveled widely in the Middle
East and Europe.
Member, board of trustees, Museum of American Financial
History, New York, NY. (This affiliate of the Smithsonian
Institution is America's only museum devoted to the
history of the financial markets.)
Radio and TV appearances include ABC's Nightline
with Ted Koppel; CNBC; CNN; National Public Radio;
and PBS' The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Nightly
Business Report, and That Money Show.
Frequent public speaker at such venues as the American
Association of Individual Investors, the Aspen Institute,
the Association for Investment Management & Research,
the Harvard University Program on Behavioral Finance,
the Investment Company Institute, the Morningstar Investment
Conference. Annual lecturer at the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship
Program, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Member, editorial advisory boards, Financial History
magazine and The Journal of Behavioral Finance.
Member, American Association for the Advancement of
Science; International Institute of Forecasters; Society
for Judgment and Decision Making; Society for Neuroscience;
Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
Finalist, 1998 and 1999, Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished
Business and Financial Journalism. Winner, Medill School
of Journalism Financial Writers and Editors Awards,
for best feature on a personal finance topic affecting
investors (1998) and best financial columnist for a
national publication (2001). Winner, Excellence in Investor
Education Award, sponsored by the Mutual Fund Education
Alliance (2002). Named a Media Fellow by the Hoover
Institution at Stanford University (2003).
Edited (pro bono) the 1998 edition of Charles D. Ellis'
Winning the Loser's Game (McGraw-Hill). Guest
essayist, Peter L. Bernstein's Economics and Portfolio
Strategy, February 1, 1999.
Formerly fluent in French and Hebrew. Can curse in
Italian and accept hospitality in Arabic.
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