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A Speech

A Speech

Posted by on Oct 5, 2020 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured, Speaking |

Image Credit: Bugle megaphone, Fort Totten (1917), Library of Congress   By Jason Zweig | Oct. 5, 2020 10:25 pm ET   Note: I recently won the Elliott V. Bell Award from the New York Financial Writers’ Association and gave a little speech on the good work financial journalists can still do. The text follows. You can also click here for the...

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The Art of the Bubble

The Art of the Bubble

Posted by on Sep 2, 2020 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: William Hogarth, “The South Sea Scheme” (ca. 1721), The British Museum   By Jason Zweig | Sept. 1, 2020 10:00 pm ET   Note: This is an expanded version of my recent Wall Street Journal article “Born of Boom and Bust.” It is a long post, because I’ve been fascinated by this engraving my entire adult...

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Born of Boom and Bust

Born of Boom and Bust

Posted by on Sep 2, 2020 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: William Hogarth, “The South Sea Scheme” (ca. 1721), The British Museum By Jason Zweig | Updated Aug. 31, 2020 3:58 pm ET   Under a turbulent sky, a city is going mad. A public square teems with people gambling, picking pockets, beating and whipping each other. Overhead, wolves slink around. The city is recognizable as London...

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This Fund Is Up 7,298% in 10 Years. You Don’t Want It.

This Fund Is Up 7,298% in 10 Years. You Don’t Want It.

Posted by on Aug 16, 2020 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured |

Image Credit: Alex Nabaum     By Jason Zweig | Aug. 14, 2020 11:00 am ET   Few funds in history can rival the returns of ProShares UltraPro QQQ, a $7 billion exchange-traded fund that seeks to triple the daily performance of the Nasdaq 100 index. Yet fewer can rival its risk, and you can lose money on it even in a flat or rising market. You...

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