Thom Calandra

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Thom Calandra
Born (1956-06-08) June 8, 1956 (age 67)
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Education University of Arizona, City University of New York at Brooklyn College
Occupation(s) Financial journalist, stock investor
SpouseMaura Thurman [1] [2]
Children2 [1]

Thom Calandra (born June 8, 1956, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American journalist, stock investor, and the former editor-in-chief and chief commentator for CBS MarketWatch from 1996 to January 2004, until his investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Calandra writes for a number of other publications including the revived The Calandra Report.

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Early life and career

Calandra studied English and journalism at the University of Arizona and English literature from City University of New York at Brooklyn College. [3]

Calandra was a financial columnist for The San Francisco Examiner and a London-based editor and columnist for Bloomberg News in Europe. [4] [5] He was also the online financial editor of USAToday.com , [5] and has contributed to a number of other publications.

In 1996, he co-founded MarketWatch, formerly known as DBC News, and served as the founding editor-in-chief. [4] [6] He moved to London in April 2000 and began a joint venture with the Financial Times called FTMarketWatch. [4] In 2001 the venture folded into the Financial Times and he returned to San Francisco to serve as the chief commentator for CBS MarketWatch. [4] In March 2003 he started the newsletter 'The Calandra Report' that would focus mostly on his own stock recommendations. [4]

MarketWatch resignation and SEC investigation

In January 2004, Calandra resigned from MarketWatch and was subject to an informal regulatory inquiry. [5] On January 10, 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a case against him in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. [7] The case involved civil fraud charges citing an illegal trading scheme, a "buy-write-sell" pattern involving 23 different stocks, and was also settled at the time of filing. [8] Calandra paid US$416,109.58 in disgorgement of illegal trading profits and a civil penalty of US$125,000. [8] [9] Calandra's settlement with the SEC did not include an admission or denial of the allegations and agreed to a "permanent injunction from further violations of the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws". [8] In a 2011 interview with Karen Roche of The Gold Report, Calandra apologized for his actions stating it was "no excuse for a trained journalist" and " I acknowledge my errors from back then". [10]

Post MarketWatch career

In 2008, Stockhouse announced the launch of 'Ticker Trax By Thom Calandra' in a press release. [11] Calandra stated he writes for BabyBulls.com and Beforeitsnews.com as well as a principal at Torrey Hills Capital. [10] On August 11, 2012, Calandra announced the resumption of The Calandra Report via Twitter. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Thom Calandra". silverbearcafe.com. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  2. ↑ Thom Calandra (March 7, 2014). "The Calandra Report: Everything's coming up Stellar". stockhouse.com. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  3. ↑ "Who The H Is Thom? [& Where?]". thomcalandra.com. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "MarketWatch.com commentator Calandra resigns". MarketWatch . January 22, 2004. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  5. 1 2 3 Michael Liedtke (January 22, 2004). "MarketWatch.com's chief commentator quits". USA Today . Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  6. ↑ Chris Roush (October 12, 2007). "Thom Calandra has seen the light". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  7. ↑ "Securities and Exchange Commission v. Thom Calandra" (PDF). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. January 10, 2005. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  8. 1 2 3 "SEC BRINGS FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST FORMER CBS MARKETWATCH COLUMNIST THOM CALANDRA FOR ILLEGAL TRADING SCHEME". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. January 10, 2005. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  9. ↑ Lawrence Klein; Viktoria Dalko; Michael Wang (2012). Regulating Competition in Stock Markets. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   978-1118236864 . Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  10. 1 2 Karen Roche (November 17, 2011). "Thom Calandra: taking calculated yet extreme risks in mining". The Gold Report. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  11. ↑ "Stockhouse Launches Ticker Trax by Thom Calandra Service". December 2008. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  12. ↑ Thom Calandra (August 11, 2012). "TCR returns".
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