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Spencer Jakab

Area of Expertise: Investing

Website: www.spencerjakab.com

Twitter Feed: @Spencerjakab

Books: “The Revolution That Wasn’t: GameStop, Reddit and the Fleecing of Small Investors,” “Heads I Win, Tails I Win: Why Smart Investors Fail and How to Tilt the Odds in Your Favor”

Email: spencer.jakab@wsj.com

Biography: Spencer Jakab is an award-winning financial journalist and the author of the investing books “The Revolution That Wasn’t: GameStop, Reddit and the Fleecing of Small Investors” and “Heads I Win, Tails I Win: Why Smart Investors Fail and How to Tilt the Odds in Your Favor.” He currently writes for and edits the Heard on the Street column and previously wrote The Wall Street Journal’s daily investing column Ahead of the Tape. Jakab has also written about investing for The Financial Times and has contributed several articles to Barron’s Magazine. Prior to becoming a journalist, he was a top-rated emerging markets analyst at Credit Suisse. He has an M.A. from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a B.A. from Brandeis University.

author Image Spencer Jakab is a financial journalist who currently writes and edits the “Heard on the Street” column in The Wall Street Journal. He is author of the book “The Revolution That Wasn’t: GameStop, Reddit and the Fleecing of Small Investors” (Portfolio, 2022).

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