Warren Boroson

Warren Boroson (born January 22, 1935) is an American author and journalist who writes a financial column for Gurufocus.com. He has written over 20 books, including "How to Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett," "Keys to Investing in Mutual Funds" and "How to Buy a House for Nothing (or Little) Down". His most recent book is "The Reverse Mortgage Advantage : The Tax-Free, House Rich Way to Retire Wealthy! "

His play, "Blasphemy," about Thomas Aikenhead, is available on his blog, http://WarrenBoroson.blogspot.com. A stand-up comedy performance of his can be seen on YouTube.

Boroson lives in both Hackensack, New Jersey and Woodstock, New York. [ [http://www.warrenboroson.com/bio2.htm Warren Boroson; Author and Journalist] . Accessed June 2, 2007.]

Early career

Boroson graduated from Columbia College in 1957. In 1964 Boroson was managing editor of "Fact Magazine", which was sued by Barry Goldwater for articles it published questioning Goldwater's psychological fitness to be president. Boroson has stated that David Bar-Illan was the creator of the article that helped lead to the lawsuit, even though his name was not listed originally. [ [http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060411/COLUMNISTS04/604110302/1103/COLUMNISTS Welcome to www.dailyrecord.com - Warren Boroson - The article requested can not be found! Please refresh your browser or go back. (C0,20060411,COLUMNISTS04,604110302,AR) ] ] Boroson later asserted that Goldwater sued him and the magazine for two million dollars. Goldwater collected $75,000 from the publisher and the magazine, and $1 from the publisher, the magazine, and Boroson. [ [http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/getcase/US/396/1049.html FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code ] ]

Financial journalism career

For the years 1990 and 2000, Boroson won the top business news-writing award from Rutgers/CIT. In 1996, he won the Investment Company Institute/American University personal finance writing award. In 2002 and 2004 he won the New Jersey Press Association's top business-writing award. He was formerly on staff at "Money" magazine and at "Sylvia Porter's Personal Finance Magazine".

Boroson's career at the Daily Record of Morris County, N.J., ended rather abruptly in 2007. A new editor killed his nationally syndicated financial column, claiming that it was not local enough. (Boroson has maintained that the new editor had told him that readers identify him with the newspaper--and "I knew then that my goose was cooked.") After his column was killed, Boroson resigned.

He has had articles published in the "New York Times Magazine", "Woman's Day", "TV Guide", "Better Homes and Gardens", "Reader's Digest", "Consumer Reports", "Family Circle", and "Cosmopolitan Magazine".

Boroson teaches at the County College of Morris in Randolph, New Jersey. He has also taught at The New School, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Ramapo College, and Rutgers University.

In 2008, Boroson began teaching courses on famous singers of the past--Rosa Ponselle, Richard Crooks, Lotte Schoene, Conchita Supervia.

References

Commenting on reports circulating on the Internet (NJReport.com) that Boroson quietly sold his own house while urging his readers to buy houses, he responded: "In my career as a real-estate writer, I have personally never urged people to buy houses. As for my selling one of my own two houses several years ago, I wrote about it in my column several times--and Kiplinger's (with a readership in the millions) featured me in a story about people who had recently sold their houses, with a full page photo of me. The person circulating these libelous stories about me, who calls himself Grim, is a shameless liar."

elected bibliography

*"The Best of Fact". Trident Press, 1967. ASIN B0006BRBJG - with Ralph Ginzburg
*"How to buy or sell your home in a changing market". Medical Economics Books, 1983. ISBN 0-87489-278-3
*"Physicians' guide to professional and personal advisers". Medical Economics Books, 1985. ISBN 0-87489-355-0
*"How to Sell Your House in a Buyer's Market". Wiley, 1990. ISBN 0-471-52508-1, with Martin M. Shenkman
*"Save Thousands on Your Mortgage: The Best Investment You Can Make." MacMillan of Canada, 1990. ISBN 0-02-028345-8
*"Mutual Fund Switch Strategies and Timing Tactics" (The Investor's Self-Teaching Seminars). Probus Professional Publishing, 1991. ISBN 1-55738-184-4
*"Keys to Investing for Your Child's Future". Barron's Educational Series, 1992. ISBN 0-8120-4961-6
*"The Home Buyer's Inspection Guide : Everything You Need to Know to Save $$ and Get A Better House". Wiley, 1993. ISBN 0-471-57450-3, with Ken Austin.
*"Keys to Retirement Planning". Barron's Educational Series, 2nd ed. 1995. ISBN 0-8120-9013-6
*"Keys to Saving Money on Income Taxes". Barron's Educational Series, 2nd ed. 1995. ISBN 0-8120-9012-8
*"The Ultimate Stock Picker's Guide: 24 Top Experts Recommend 25 Stocks to Buy & Hold". Probus Professional Publishing, 1995. ISBN 1-55738-823-7
*"Keys to Investing in Mutual Funds". Barron's Educational Series, 3rd ed. 1997. ISBN 0-8120-9644-4
*"The Ultimate Mutual Fund Guide: 19 Experts Pick the 33 Top Funds You Should Own". Irwin Professional Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0-7863-1130-4
*"Keys to Investing in Your 401K". Barron's Educational Series, 2000. ISBN 0-7641-1298-8
*"How to Buy a House with No (or Little) Money Down", 3rd Edition Wiley, 2001. ISBN 0-471-39731-8, with Martin M. Shenkman
*"J. K. Lasser's Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett". Wiley, 2001. ISBN 0-471-39774-1
*"The Reverse Mortgage Advantage : The Tax-Free, House Rich Way to Retire Wealthy!" McGraw-Hill, 2006. ISBN 0-07-147072-7

References

*" [http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/getcase/US/396/1049.html Ginzburg v. Goldwater] " 396 U.S. 1049 (1970)

External links

* [http://www.warrenboroson.com/ Warren Boroson's website]
* [http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=COLUMNISTS Columnists section of the The Daily Record's website featuring Boroson's articles]
* [http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060411/COLUMNISTS04/604110302/1103/COLUMNISTS Warren Boroson's opinion of Wikipedia]