Zweig leaves Money to become WSJ personal finance columnist

Jason Zweig has been hired to be personal finance columnist for The Wall Street Journal. He will begin work there on July 1.

In this role, Zweig’s responsibilities will include writing a weekly column for the Journal.

“Jason is one of the best-known personal finance journalists,” said Nikhil Deogun, editor of the Journal’s Money & Investing section, in a statement. “He is a great addition to the team as we continue to expand our coverage in this important area.”

“I am delighted to join the Journal,” said Zweig. “It’s never been more challenging to navigate the financial markets, and the appetite for understanding among readers is keener than ever.”

Zweig joins the Journal in its New York bureau from Money magazine, where he was a senior writer and columnist, covering a wide range of topics, from the psychology of investing to false profits to the fool’s
gold of investing in gold. Prior to that, he was the mutual funds editor at Forbes.

Earlier in his career, Zweig had been a reporter-researcher for the economy & business section of Time and an editorial assistant at Africa Report, a bi-monthly journal.

Zweig’s book, Your Money and Your Brain, on the neuroscience of investing, was published by Simon & Schuster in September 2007. He also is the editor of the revised edition of Benjamin Graham’s book, The
Intelligent Investor.