John Liscio (1949 – November 29, 2000) was an American

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covering

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and the

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as well as an independent

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newsletter, ''The Liscio Report''. Liscio was born to Armand and Josephine Liscio in

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and matriculated from

Fordham Preparatory School Fordham Preparatory School (commonly known as Fordham Prep) is an American, independent, boys' college-preparatory school in the Jesuit tradition located on the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. ...

in the

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where he earned a bachelor's degree. He served in the

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before becoming a financial writer and analyst in the late 1970s. He was a senior editor at '' U.S. News & World Report'' and worked at ''

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'' in the late 1980s into the early 1990s. In 1992 he started ''The Liscio Report'', a financial newsletter that became influential on

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and especially so among

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traders. Upon his death in 2000 the newsletter was continued by trusted associates

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and Phillipa Dunne. Liscio died, aged 51, on November 29, 2000, at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan from liver and kidney failure complications due to a

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infection. He was survived by his wife, Frances Pelzman Liscio, a humor writer, two preadolescent children, both his parents, and a sister.

References

External links

''The Liscio Report on the Economy''blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liscio, John American male journalists American magazine editors American business and financial journalists American financial analysts American finance and investment writers 1949 births 2000 deaths Fordham University alumni 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers Fordham Preparatory School alumni