Paul Katzeff

Former Investing Editor

About

Paul Katzeff is an award-winning journalist who has written four books about how to grow your 401(k) retirement nest egg and one about internet investing. He has worked as a senior reporter/writer at Investor's Business Daily, a correspondent for Money magazine, managing editor of the Boston Business Journal and staff writer for the Boston Herald American Sunday magazine. His work has been featured in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Paul Katzeff is a former investing editor at Forbes Advisor. He is an author and journalist with expertise in personal finance, retirement planning, cryptocurrencies and tax strategies. As an investing editor, he writes and edits stories about mutual funds, ETFs and individual securities.

Paul has written five books about investing and personal finance, and he penned the biography “Marvin Gilmore: Crusader of Freedom” about a Boston civil rights activist, who rose from boyhood poverty as the grandson of slaves to achieve the American dream.

Prior to joining Forbes Advisor, he was a senior reporter/writer at Investor’s Business Daily, a correspondent for Money magazine, managing editor of the Boston Business Journal and a staff writer for the Boston Herald American Sunday magazine. His writing has appeared in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Expertise

Investing
Mutual funds
ETFs
Personal finance
Retirement planning
Tax strategies
Civil rights
Cryptocurrency
Technical analysis of securities

Achievements

Award-winning journalist and author
A veteran of Investor’s Business Daily, Money magazine, Boston Business Journal and Consensus, a publication for mediation professionals produced by the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program
Creator of a news service whose clients included the National Law Journal and Court TV
Former staff writer for the Boston Herald American Sunday magazine and sports section
Author of five books on investing and personal finance
Author of a biography of civil rights activist Marvin Gilmore
Has made numerous appearances on news programs

Other Publications

Education

Bachelor’s degrees in English and philosophy from Tufts College

Honors & Awards

Judge, preliminary round, Awards for Excellence in Business and Financial Journalism: conducted by John Hancock Financial Services & Fordham University Graduate School of Business Administration
Second place, United Press International writing contest, features category, New England newspapers, for magazine story about what became of leading figures in Boston’s “counter culture” of the 1960s.

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