Brett Arends is an American journalist covering finance and investing.
Since 2007, Arends has been a columnist for The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and other Dow Jones publications, such as MarketWatch.
[1] He was a contributing editor and wrote a weekly column for WSJ's personal finance magazine, SmartMoney, until it closed in 2012.
[4] Prior to joining the Wall Street Journal, Arends was a columnist and reporter for the Boston Herald and TheStreet.com, a financial news service.
He has appeared on 60 Minutes,[7] PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, The John Batchelor Show, and many other radio and TV programs.