John Rothchild is a freelance writer specializing in financial matters. He has authored or co-authored over a dozen books on finance and investing, and is a former editor of Washington Monthly as well as a former columnist for Time

Time (magazine)

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and Fortune

Fortune (magazine)

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Rothchild's financial writings include

• A Fool and His Money: The Odyssey of an Average Investor (1988: Wiley Investment Classics)
• The Bear Book: Survive and Profit in Ferocious Markets (1998: John Wiley & Sons)
• Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming 80s to a Crashing Halt (2000: Beard Books)
• The Davis Dynasty: Fifty Years of Successful Investing on Wall Street (2003: John Wiley & Sons)

With fellow financial author Peter Lynch

Peter Lynch

Peter Lynch is a Wall Street stock investor. He is currently a research consultant at Fidelity Investments. Lynch graduated from Boston College in 1965 and earned a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968.-Fidelity:Lynch was hired as an...

, Rothchild has written

• Learn to Earn: A Beginner's Guide to the Basics of Investing and Business (1997: John Wiley & Sons)
• Beating the Street (2003: Simon & Schuster)

Rothchild also assisted Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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 with her autobiography, Voice of the River (2000: Pineapple Press).

Personal

Rothchild is father to writer Sascha Rothchild

Sascha Rothchild

-Life:Rothchild grew up in Miami Beach, Florida and is one of three siblings. Her father, John Rothchild, is a well-known non-fiction writer and her mother, Susan Rothchild, is the daughter of 21 Club founder Charlie Berns....

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