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About Donald Luskin
Meet the author and unindicted counter-conspirator...

Portrait by Lucas Samaras, American, born 1936.

On the set of Altered States, a film by Ken Russell, 1980. Photo-transformation on Polaroid SX-70 Film, 1979 (collection of the author).

Day job  
Chief investment officer, Trend Macrolytics LLC, an independent economics and investment consulting firm serving institutional investors

Career  
1999-2001 Founder and CEO, MetaMarkets.com, Inc. -- managers of OpenFund, the world's first interactive mutual fund
1987-1998 Vice chairman, Barclays Global Investors (formerly Wells Fargo Investment Advisors) -- inventors of the world's first index fund and quantitative investment management
1984-1987 Senior vice president, Jefferies & Company -- founder of Investment Technology Group and inventor of POSIT, the world's first portfolio crossing network
1979-1984 Hedge fund manager, market maker on Chicago Board Options Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, and Pacific Stock Exchange

Television  
CNBC: regular guest on "Kudlow & Company"
Bloomberg TV, CNN, Fox News

Commentary  
Commentaries for National Review Online | Latest | Archive
"Ahead of the Curve" column for SmartMoney.com | Latest | Archive
Former columnist for TheStreet.com and Business 2.0
Commentaries or articles in Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, The Journal of Portfolio Management, American Specatator, CapitalismMagazine.com, Pensions & Investments, San Jose Mercury News
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Books  
Index Options & Futures: The Complete Guide (Wiley 1986)
Portfolio Insurance: A Guide to Dynamic Hedging Editor: includes papers by Luskin, Fischer Black, Myron Scholes, Mark Rubinstein, John Cox, Stephen Ross, Mark Kritzman and others (Wiley 1987)

Education  
Attended Yale in 1973-1974; dropped out to rejoin the real world as soon as possible