Richard Russell

Who is Richard Russell?

Richard Russell is a writer on finance. A native New Yorker Russell educated at Rutgers and received his BA at NYU. Russell flew as a combat bombardier on B-25 Mitchell Bombers with the 12th Air Force during World War II.

He began publishing a newsletter called the Dow Theory Letters in 1958. The Letters cover his views on the stock market and the precious metal markets. In addition he frequently shares episodes in his life and thoughts about the world as he sees it, following the stock market since the 1950s.

The Letters, published every three weeks, cover the US stock market, foreign markets, bonds, precious metals, commodities, economics plus Russell's comments and observations and stock market philosophy. Russell also writes daily entries about 4 times a week on his website. Russell started his career in finance through a series of articles in Barrons newspaper. He published a book named The Dow Theory Today in 1958, summing up his view of the Dow Theory. Russell has also been cited by Bob Prechter using the Elliott wave principle. Russell also produces chart books showing technical analysis and important events which occur each year.