Calculated Risk: Real name: Bill McBride (author since Jan 2005)

A full time blogger, Mr. McBride retired as a senior executive from a small public company in the '90s. Mr. McBride holds an MBA from the University of California, Irvine, and has a background in management, finance and economics.

Tanta: Real name: Doris Dungey (contributor from Dec 2006 through November 2008)

Tanta passed away on November 30, 2008. Please see: Tanta: In Memoriam and from the NY Times Doris Dungey, Prescient Finance Blogger, Dies at 47.

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