About the Author
Matt Krantz is a nationally known financial journalist who specializes in investing topics. He has been a writer for USA TODAY since 1999, where he covers financial markets and Wall Street, concentrating on developments affecting individual investors and their portfolios. His stories routinely signal trends that investors can profit from and sound warnings about potential scams and issues investors should be aware of.
In addition to covering markets for the print edition of USA TODAY, Matt writes a daily online investing column called "Ask Matt," which appears every trading day at USATODAY.com. He answers questions posed by the Web site's audience in an easy-to-understand manner. Readers often tell Matt he's the only one who has been able to finally solve investing questions they've sought answers to for years.
Matt has been investing since the 1980s and has studied dozens of investment techniques while forming his own. And as a financial journalist, Matt has interviewed some of the most famous and infamous investment minds in modern history. Before joining USA TODAY, Matt worked as a business and technology reporter for Investor's Business Daily and was a consultant with Ernst & Young prior to that.
He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In addition to appearing on the print and online pages of USA TODAY, Matt's work has also been featured in Men's Health magazine. He has spoken for investing groups, including ...
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