Alec McCabe

Alec McCabe has worked as a financial journalist, foreign correspondent, writer, and news manager for almost three decades, most of that time at Bloomberg News. His expertise includes the financial markets, economics, business, company news, and the intersection of money and politics. He has worked around the world to deliver timely, insightful news and analysis of the biggest breaking stories of the day, week, month, and year. Before joining Investopedia in 2022, he spent almost three decades covering financial news in New York, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. He also worked for the Associated Press, Reuters, and The Real Deal.

Alec received a BA in Humanities from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and an MA in international media and communications from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He once spoke passable Spanish and taxicab-level Mandarin.