Jason Zweig
Investing columnist for The Wall Street Journal and editor of the revised edition of Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor.
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Good economic times tend to produce bad financial ideas, while bad times produce good ones.
My own theory is that good times foster bad financial ideas, and bad times engender good ones.
jasonzweig.comSaid 14 Jul 2026This on korrents
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Investors' expectations for market returns over the next decade are shaped mainly by the events of the last few days, not long-term fundamentals.
In short, investors' view of the decade to come is being shaped by the events of the last few days.
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From one piece Some Summer Reading 3 beliefs · jasonzweig.com
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Behavioral economics is not a cure-all, but it is a useful tool for individuals and for systemic change alike.Their words
My view: Behavioral economics is no panacea, but it can be an extremely useful tool for individuals and for systems as well.
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As I've often written, money isn't really about numbers; it's about emotion.
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Good economic times tend to produce bad financial ideas, while bad times produce good ones.Their words
My own theory is that good times foster bad financial ideas, and bad times engender good ones.
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The Price of Time: The Real Story of InterestTheir words
Couple this book with Edward Chancellor's also excellent The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest, published in 2022, and you can learn most of what you need to think intelligently about bonds.
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Your Money: Reimagining Wealth in 101 Simple SketchesTheir words
His sketches are often little more than scribbled boxes, circles, and arrows, but many will make you smile, some will make you laugh, and all will make you think.
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Money and MeTheir words
In simple, crystalline prose, Clements shares a lifetime of wisdom on using money to buy happiness, counteracting the behavioral quirks that bedevil our financial decisions, and making family and friends an integral part of our wealth.
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The Madness of MarketsTheir words
Edmans summarizes the field of behavioral finance research with a refreshingly light touch.
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The Father Brown StoriesTheir words
Chesterton (1874-1936) wrote some of the most beautiful prose in the English language.
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How to Get Rich in American HistoryTheir words
I learned a lot and LOL'd a lot reading this book. I also disagreed with it a lot.
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How NOT to InvestTheir words
Ritholtz does exactly that, running through such surefire ways to wreck your wealth as ignoring taxes, paying excessive fees, misinterpreting data, overreacting to short-term trends, and trading too much.
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Wrong NumberTheir words
Following along as he picks data fallacies apart is a lot of fun, and I can't wait to read the whole book.
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Decisions: Studying and Supporting People Facing Hard ChoicesTheir words
His narrative of the development of decision-making research over the past half-century is rich with personal anecdotes, gentle humor, continuous learning, and profound humility about how prone we all are to misjudge and misunderstand risks.
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The Art of Spending MoneyTheir words
Housel, the author of The Psychology of Money, a book I wish I'd written, has written another book I wish I'd written.
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The Psychology of MoneyTheir words
Housel, the author of The Psychology of Money, a book I wish I'd written, has written another book I wish I'd written.
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1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern WorldTheir words
Ahamed, the banker and investment manager whose previous book Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World covered the crash of 1929, writes well.
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The Wealth LadderTheir words
He develops simple, clever, quantitative rules of thumb to guide saving, spending, and investing as you progress through different levels of wealth.
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Stay Calm: Learn to Embrace Uncertainty in Investing and LifeTheir words
It might have worked even better as two separate books, rather than as one short book trying to do two things. But Booth's writing is soothing, and his overall message — investing is simply a bet on human innovation and progress — is a truism worth repeating. Young people, in particular, might benefit from reading it.
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Risk & RewardTheir words
Carlson, author of the aptly named blog A Wealth of Common Sense, brings a similar approach to this book. While much of it might seem familiar to sophisticated readers, Carlson's clean and clear use of data — both in charts and text — makes basic points memorable.
10 December 2025
From one piece Summon Your Courage and Buy Stocks 2 beliefs · jasonzweig.com
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With so many professional money managers afraid to act, with most of the public in the grip of fear and anger, you should put your cash and your courage to work.
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In short, investors' view of the decade to come is being shaped by the events of the last few days.
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From one piece You’re Not Paranoid. The Market Is Out to Get You. 2 beliefs · jasonzweig.com
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Successful investing is fundamentally about self-control rather than understanding markets.Their words
Investing isn't about mastering the markets; it's about mastering yourself.
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Constant market connectivity has made disciplined, independent investing harder than ever before.Their words
Thanks to today's incessantly twitchy, infinitely networked markets, it has never been harder to be a disciplined and independent investor.
24 August 2024
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If you buy a handful of index funds, sit on them for decades and never do another thing, you're likely to outperform nearly everyone who tries to beat the market by trading-including most professionals.
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Good economic times tend to produce bad financial ideas, while bad times produce good ones.
My own theory is that good times foster bad financial ideas, and bad times engender good ones.
Some Summer Reading Said 14 Jul 2026
Money decisions are fundamentally about emotion rather than numbers.
As I've often written, money isn't really about numbers; it's about emotion.
Some Summer Reading Said 14 Jul 2026
Behavioral economics is not a cure-all, but it is a useful tool for individuals and for systemic change alike.
My view: Behavioral economics is no panacea, but it can be an extremely useful tool for individuals and for systems as well.
Some Summer Reading Said 14 Jul 2026
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Investors' expectations for market returns over the next decade are shaped mainly by the events of the last few days, not long-term fundamentals.
In short, investors' view of the decade to come is being shaped by the events of the last few days.
Summon Your Courage and Buy Stocks Said 10 Dec 2025
The best time to invest is when professional money managers are too fearful to act and the public is gripped by fear and anger.
With so many professional money managers afraid to act, with most of the public in the grip of fear and anger, you should put your cash and your courage to work.
Summon Your Courage and Buy Stocks Said 10 Dec 2025
Constant market connectivity has made disciplined, independent investing harder than ever before.
Thanks to today's incessantly twitchy, infinitely networked markets, it has never been harder to be a disciplined and independent investor.
You’re Not Paranoid. The Market Is Out to Get You. Said 19 Oct 2024
Successful investing is fundamentally about self-control rather than understanding markets.
Investing isn't about mastering the markets; it's about mastering yourself.
You’re Not Paranoid. The Market Is Out to Get You. Said 19 Oct 2024
Buying and holding a handful of index funds for decades outperforms most people who trade to beat the market, including most professionals.
If you buy a handful of index funds, sit on them for decades and never do another thing, you're likely to outperform nearly everyone who tries to beat the market by trading-including most professionals.
Messing Up the Closest Thing to a Sure Thing in the Stock Market Said 24 Aug 2024
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Liked Risk & Reward
Carlson, author of the aptly named blog A Wealth of Common Sense, brings a similar approach to this book. While much of it might seem familiar to sophisticated readers, Carlson's clean and clear use of data — both in charts and text — makes basic points memorable.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
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Mixed on Stay Calm: Learn to Embrace Uncertainty in Investing and Life
It might have worked even better as two separate books, rather than as one short book trying to do two things. But Booth's writing is soothing, and his overall message — investing is simply a bet on human innovation and progress — is a truism worth repeating. Young people, in particular, might benefit from reading it.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
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What others say about Stay Calm: Learn to Embrace Uncertainty in Investing and Life →
Liked The Wealth Ladder
He develops simple, clever, quantitative rules of thumb to guide saving, spending, and investing as you progress through different levels of wealth.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
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Liked 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
Ahamed, the banker and investment manager whose previous book Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World covered the crash of 1929, writes well.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
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Loved The Psychology of Money
Housel, the author of The Psychology of Money, a book I wish I'd written, has written another book I wish I'd written.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
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Loved The Art of Spending Money
Housel, the author of The Psychology of Money, a book I wish I'd written, has written another book I wish I'd written.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
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Liked Decisions: Studying and Supporting People Facing Hard Choices
His narrative of the development of decision-making research over the past half-century is rich with personal anecdotes, gentle humor, continuous learning, and profound humility about how prone we all are to misjudge and misunderstand risks.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
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What others say about Decisions: Studying and Supporting People Facing Hard Choices →
Recommends Wrong Number
Following along as he picks data fallacies apart is a lot of fun, and I can't wait to read the whole book.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
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Read How NOT to Invest
Ritholtz does exactly that, running through such surefire ways to wreck your wealth as ignoring taxes, paying excessive fees, misinterpreting data, overreacting to short-term trends, and trading too much.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
affiliate link
Mixed on How to Get Rich in American History
I learned a lot and LOL'd a lot reading this book. I also disagreed with it a lot.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
affiliate link
Loved The Father Brown Stories
Chesterton (1874-1936) wrote some of the most beautiful prose in the English language.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
affiliate link
Recommends The Madness of Markets
Edmans summarizes the field of behavioral finance research with a refreshingly light touch.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
affiliate link
Liked Money and Me
In simple, crystalline prose, Clements shares a lifetime of wisdom on using money to buy happiness, counteracting the behavioral quirks that bedevil our financial decisions, and making family and friends an integral part of our wealth.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
affiliate link
Recommends Your Money: Reimagining Wealth in 101 Simple Sketches
His sketches are often little more than scribbled boxes, circles, and arrows, but many will make you smile, some will make you laugh, and all will make you think.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
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What others say about Your Money: Reimagining Wealth in 101 Simple Sketches →
Recommends The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest
Couple this book with Edward Chancellor's also excellent The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest, published in 2022, and you can learn most of what you need to think intelligently about bonds.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
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What others say about The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest →
Liked A Fabulous Debt
Yes, a book about the history of the bond market can be entertaining and enlightening.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
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Read In Fortune's Theater
Baker meticulously traces these changes as they materialized in art, literature, and the ledgers and letters of Italian merchants.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
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Loved Glorious Country
I loved this historical biography of America's greatest landscape painter, and not just because I have an intense personal interest in Church. Johnson's writing is luminously beautiful, her assiduous research never impedes the narrative, and the illustrations are spectacular.
jasonzweig.com 14 Jul 2026
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Where they publish
Blog jasonzweig.com His personal site, subtitled 'A Safe Haven for Intelligent Investors'.
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- What Makes Warren Buffett One of a Kind 25 Sept 2026 One week ago, less than a month after his 96th birthday, Warren Buffett stepped down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the company he had run for 61 years. What makes Buffett one of a kind? I’ve written about this befo…
- Some Summer Reading 14 Jul 2026 People are always asking me what I’m reading. Because I think and talk and read about investing all day long, I typically don’t read financial or business books in my spare time. When I’m not working, I read classic fic…
- Summon Your Courage and Buy Stocks 10 Dec 2025 Investors who conquer stock-phobia have an edge over those too focused on their rearview mirror By Jason Zweig Oct. 4, 2008 12:01 am ET During the Great Depression, an entire generation became convinced that owning stoc…
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- What’s Luck Got to Do with It? 26 Nov 2025 An interview with Bill Miller In 2007, I sat down for a long interview with Bill Miller, then the manager of Legg Mason Value Trust. Here’s the unedited Q&A. [money.com, July 18, 2007] The streak is over, but Bill Mille…
- You’re Not Paranoid. The Market Is Out to Get You. 19 Oct 2024 A sneak peek at the newly revised edition of Benjamin Graham's masterpiece, "The Intelligent Investor."
- Messing Up the Closest Thing to a Sure Thing in the Stock Market 24 Aug 2024 Index funds are a great way to match the performance of the market. So why do so many investors end up falling short? Index funds have made investing simple—but not easy. These portfolios that seek to match, rather than…
- How to Stay Sane When Markets Get Wild 11 Aug 2024 Just about every volatility storm in the markets quickly morphs into a baloney blizzard, as Wall Street’s market strategists and a swarm of online pundits pretend to explain what just happened and concoct predictions of…
- What Bill Ackman Got Wrong With His Bungled IPO 2 Aug 2024 One of the world’s most celebrated hedge-fund managers just pulled the plug on a new fund. He might have gotten a warmer welcome if the deal had been better for all.
- A Couple Won the Powerball. Investing It Turned Into Tragedy 12 Jul 2024 How high fees and low returns hurt a nonprofit that trusted a local financial adviser.
- Why Your Fund Manager Can’t Beat Today’s Stock Market 5 Jul 2024 The time seems just right for active stock pickers to beat the market. Why, then, are they doing even worse than usual?
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- My latest @WSJ column: Your "Cheap" ETF Costs More than You Think 16 Oct 2026 wsj.com
- My latest newsletter for @WSJ: For stocks, the future ain't what it used to be 13 Oct 2026
- I heard @behaviorgap speak yesterday at the @altruist conference, and his next book sounds great. 7 Oct 2026
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- My latest column for @WSJ, on the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed rules for private funds: 2 Oct 2026 wsj.com
- My latest @WSJ newsletter: On October, bond-fund performance and leveraged ETFs 29 Sept 2026
- This, by @psantacl, is so good: https://t.co/IE1iIYXGP7 I often ask people: What's the biggest question you wish you knew the answer to, and this is a great list. 28 Sept 2026
- For readers in the U.K. and the rest of the English-speaking world: Four months to Day One for The Seven Virtues of Great Investors! https://t.co/mI8Pt5z2yo You can master the markets only by mastering yourself. This book, I hope, will show you how. 26 Sept 2026
- Four months to Day One for The Seven Virtues of Great Investors! https://t.co/N41jpWLosZ You can master the markets only by mastering yourself. This book, I hope, will show you how. 26 Sept 2026
- This is sure to become the standard reference for long-term investment returns. 25 Sept 2026 rpc.cfainstitute.org
- My latest for @WSJ: https://t.co/fB1JzIcFxq When active bond funds claim to beat the market, which market are they beating? 25 Sept 2026
- Maybe I'm finally figuring out how to write after all. 25 Sept 2026
- My latest: 19 Sept 2026
- Podcast of the week: Russ Roberts hosts Adam Mastroianni to chat about why doing the right thing so often feels wrong 17 Sept 2026 econtalk.org
- I'm not a gambling man, but if I were, I'd take the over. 16 Sept 2026
- My latest @WSJ column: Treasury inflation-protected securities, or TIPS, can help investors in or near retirement to protect their nest egg 11 Sept 2026 wsj.com
- My own take on what markets "say" and "do" 10 Sept 2026
- What are bond yields "saying" about stocks? by @WSJ's ever-astute Spencer Jakab 10 Sept 2026 wsj.com
- This is my life, every week. 😜 4 Sept 2026 instagram.com
- My latest: The newest defense of leveraged ETFs doesn’t hold water for most investors, writes @jasonzweigwsj https://t.co/3iLW2VcbW6 via @WSJ 4 Sept 2026
- Smart retirement-savings strategies can save a lot of taxes, if you can take advantage of them. Here’s some ways to play the retirement tax guessing game. https://t.co/RbPEu89X1P via @WSJ 4 Sept 2026
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