Michelle Celarier is an award-winning journalist who writes about the world of money and power for New York, Fortune, Institutional Investor, Worth and Slate. She has reported on hedge funds and the men who run them for over a decade, including a four-year stint as a tabloid scribe with the New York Post. She was previously the editor of Absolute Return and its successor Absolute Return + Alpha (AR), which won several magazine awards under her leadership.
Michelle Celarier is an award-winning journalist who writes about the world of money and power for New York, Fortune, Institutional Investor, Worth and Slate. She has reported on hedge funds and the men who run them for over a decade, including a four-year stint as a tabloid scribe with the New York Post. She was previously the editor of Absolute Return and its successor Absolute Return + Alpha (AR), which won several magazine awards under her leadership.
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Business
Carson Block on Short Selling in the Time of Coronavirus
The famed short seller caught up with Worth to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, short selling in times of market crisis—and human nature.
By Michelle Celarier
March 30, 2020
Finance
Why Would a Finance Firm Invest in Low-Income Communities?
Liz Luckett’s VC fund bets on technology to lessen inequality.
By Michelle Celarier
February 25, 2020
Finance
Jan van Eck Thinks Investors Should “Just Be Happy”
Still, the head of the firm that predicted gold’s rise in the 1970s says to pay attention to hedges.
By Michelle Celarier
January 29, 2020
Climate Change
How an Influx of Money is Changing the American West
Justin Farrell researches the dollars behind climate change denial and how wealth is impacting the environment.
By Michelle Celarier
December 17, 2019
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century is Now a Movie
Director Justin Pemberton talks to Worth about making the best-selling book into a movie.
By Michelle Celarier
November 26, 2019
Impact
Is Philanthropy Undemocratic?
Stanford professor Rob Reich argues yes—at least as it’s currently organized.
By Michelle Celarier
November 4, 2019
buybacks
Stock Buybacks Threaten Economic Growth
Economist William Lazonick on what’s been behind the growth in companies buying back their own stock—and why sentiment is shifting away from the practice today.
By Michelle Celarier
September 26, 2019
Alfred Nobel
MIT’s Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Exposes Toxic Philanthropy In Nonprofit World
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is facing a scandal involving Jeffrey Epstein's donations to the Media Lab, which has led to the resignation of several professors and calls for the ouster of MIT President Rafael Reif.
By Michelle Celarier
September 24, 2019
CFO
Why the CFO of a Famously Corrupt Company from the 1980s is Working for the Government
Sam Antar, the former CFO of New York’s Crazy Eddie, on how the electronics retailer committed its legendary crimes, and the state of white-collar crime today.
By Michelle Celarier
August 14, 2019
Bill Ackman
The 10 Most Powerful Hedge Fund Managers This Year
As part of Worth’s 10th Annual Power 100, we’re recognizing power players across the industries we cover. Although the hedge fund industry has struggled in the past decade, its founders still yield great financial power. Here are the 10 fund managers to know this year.
By Michelle Celarier
June 25, 2019
Davos in the Desert: 10 Years of SALT
SALT, the SkyBridge Alternatives hedge fund conference created by Anthony Scaramucci in the depths of the financial crisis, is reemerging after a year off. What can attendees expect?
By Michelle Celarier
May 8, 2019
Anthony Scaramucci is Back in Business
From Celebrity Big Brother to the return of SALT, everyone’s favorite Trump World celebrity is having the time of his life—but the Mooch can't stop talking about why Washington blows and hedge funds suck.