James K. Glassman

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James K. Glassman (born January 1, 1947 in Washington, DC) is an American conservative editorialist, journalist and author. He is well-known for co-writing the book Dow 36,000 in 1999, which predicted that the stock market was greatly undervalued and would keep rising. He is currently a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, editor in chief and executive publisher of The American, a columnist at Townhall.com, and a columnist for Scripps Howard News Service. As a syndicated columnist, Glassman's articles have appeared in newspapers around the world, including the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Forbes, The Atlantic Monthly, Reader's Digest, and The Times Literary Supplement (London).

Glassman is known for his market analyses and commentary on economics and equities investing. He is a long-term optimist and is quick to point out positive developments, which is clearly typified in his book Dow 36,000. In this book, published near the peak of the late 1990s stock market bubble, Glassman infamously declared that the Dow Jones Industrial Average was undervalued and would rise to 36,000. This prediction proved to be drastically off the mark.[1] In its introduction, Glassman and his co-author wrote that the book "will convince you of the single most important fact about stocks at the dawn of the twenty-first century: They are cheap....If you are worried about missing the market's big move upward, you will discover that it is not too late. Stocks are now in the midst of a one-time-only rise to much higher ground–to the neighborhood of 36,000 on the Dow Jones industrial average."[2]

Although considered to be a conservative by many, Glassman introduced himself as a libertarian while guest hosting the The Rush Limbaugh Show on July 20, 1999.

Having lived in New York City, Falls Village, Connecticut, and Washington, DC, Glassman commutes often between these three metropolitan areas.

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[edit] Education

Glassman attended private Quaker school, Sidwell Friends School, in Washington, DC, and graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a B.A. in government in 1969.

[edit] Journalism

  • Served as managing editor of The Harvard Crimson while at Harvard.
  • Held first job as a Sunday writer for the Boston Herald Traveler. (1969-70)
  • Became editor and publisher of The Advocate in Provincetown, MA (1970-72).
  • Co-Founder with Mary Hanby Glassman, Jack W. Davis, jr. and Robin von Breton of the weekly newspaper publication, Figaro, in New Orleans, Louisiana (1972-78).
  • After selling Figaro, Glassman became executive editor of Washingtonian magazine (1979-81).
  • Glassman grounded himself in conservative ideology whilst Publisher of The New Republic (1981-84).
  • Served as president of The Atlantic Monthly as well as executive vice-president of U.S. News & World Report (1984-1986).
  • Part-owner and editor of Roll Call, later sold to The Economist (1987-1993).
  • Started television career as moderator of CNN's Capital Gang Sunday (1995-98).
  • Wrote a syndicated column in the Washington Post business section (1993-99, 2001-04).
  • Hosted PBS's TechnoPolitics (1995-99).
  • Chief columnist of FolioFN (2001).
  • Analyst for Left, Right & Center on KCRW (2001-02).
  • Currently a columnist for Townhall.com (2000-)
  • Currently a columnist for Scripps Howard News Service (2004-)
  • Founded and is currently editor in chief and executive publisher of The American,[3] a printed bimonthly "magazine of ideas for business leaders"[4] (2006-).

[edit] Other positions

  • Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
  • Founded Tech Central Station (now TCS Daily), an online magazine (2000).
  • Served on the Advisory Board on Public Diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim World (2003).

[edit] Books

  • Dow 36,000 (co-author)
  • The Secret Code of the Superior Investor

[edit] Awards and honors

[edit] External links

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