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Author: James Dunn

James Dunn

James Dunn was the founding editor of Shares magazine, investment editor at The Australian and has written for BRW, Personal Investor and The Age. He is the author of Share Investing for Dummies. In 1984, James won two BMWs on Sale of the Century. Selling the cars financed a share portfolio, which unfortunately did not survive the 1987 crash. This event inspired James to become a finance journalist.

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