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Simon Constable

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Simon Constable | Author | Broadcaster | Journalist | Commentator | Speaker

His first book, "The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter, which he co-authored with Robert E. Wright, was an economics category winner in the 2012 Small Business Book Awards at Small Business Trends.

His work can be found in The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Barron's, Fortune, MarketWatch.com, TheStreet.com, the New York Post, the New York Sun, the South China Morning Post, and other distinguished publications.

He also has an extensive broadcasting background. For many years, he presented the Wall Street Journal's flagship daily TV show and frequently hosted the syndicated John Batchelor radio show in New York, the top-rated show on the lar
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First, much good writing is hard work for the author. And sometimes the brain just too fried to produce what's needed. So when I have written and written for hours and still the work isn't right I stop and do something else. Then when I've rested I try again and usually that does the trick.
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Briefings Magazine: ‘It’s called commodity nationalism.’ The Global Race for Minerals

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For much of the post-WWII period, buying minerals such as copper, coal, or iron ore was simply a matter of money: Did you have it or not? If your company needed to purchase copper ore, it could get it from Chile, among other places. Likewise, the need for cobalt could be sated with supplies from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, or Australia. It more or less didn’t mat

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“SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST born unlucky—so unlucky in fact that they do just the opposite of what they should at exactly the wrong time. Suckers? Maybe. But in the business of investing, those people have a name: retail investors.”
Simon Constable, The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market

“The early bird doesn’t necessarily get the worm as it might miss hours of sleep only to arrive in the wrong, wormless place.”
Simon Constable, The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market

“SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST born unlucky—so unlucky in fact that they do just the opposite of what they should at exactly the wrong time. Suckers? Maybe. But in the business of investing, those people have a name: retail investors.”
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