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Revision as of 18:29, 29 July 2007 by Mantanmoreland (talk | contribs) (cleanup; adding that he resigned)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Thom Calandra is an American journalist and novelist. He was the founding editor and chief columnist for CBS MarketWatch.com until 2004. The TJFR Group named Calandra one of the top 100 financial journalists in the United States.
Calandra has been a commentator on investing topics for almost 25 years, and was the San Francisco Examiner's daily investing columnist. He also appeared on the CBS Evening News, CBS Radio Network, and the CBS MarketWatch Weekend television show. Calandra was also a London-based columnist for Bloomberg News and was the financial editor of USAToday.com.
In 2004, Calandra resigned from Marketwatch after the Securities and Exchange Commission accused him of "scalping": selling stocks shortly after his investment newsletter's positive recommendations of the stocks caused their prices to rise, without disclosing the sales. In 2005, Calandra settled the charges, without admitting or denying the allegations, by paying over $540,000 in penalties.
The SEC said that from March to December 2003, Calandra made over $400,000 through buying shares of 23 different small-cap stocks while writing favorable newsletter profiles recommending the stocks, and then selling the his shares after the stocks rose after his columns were published. The SEC also accused Calandra of failing to disclose that he was compensated from a stock promoter affiliated with two companies that he profiled.
Calandra was editor of the 2002 book How America Made a Fortune and Lost Its Shirt. He is currently an investor in Bambi Francisco’s Vator.tv. Calandra's first novel, Pablo By Numbers, was published in 2007.
Calandra holds a Master's degree in English from the University of Arizona and a Bachelor's degree of Arts from City University of New York at Brooklyn College. He lives with his wife and two children in Sausalito, California.
References
- CBS Marketwatch. "Executives".
- MarketWatch.com's chief commentator quits, Michael Liedtke, Associated Press, January 22, 2004
- SEC (January 10, 2005). "Thom Calandra, Litigation Release No. 19028".
- Business Journalism (January 30, 2004). "Commentator Calandra Resigns Amid SEC Trading Probe".
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