Louis Rukeyser
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Louis Richard Rukeyser January 30, 1933 New York City, New York |
| Died | May 2, 2006 (aged 73) Greenwich, Connecticut |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
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| Spouse(s) | Alexandra Gill (m. 1962) |
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Louis Richard "Lou" Rukeyser (January 30, 1933 – May 2, 2006) was an American financial journalist, columnist, and commentator, through print, radio, and television.
He was best known for his role as host of two television series, Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser, and Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street. He also published two financial newsletters, Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street and Louis Rukeyser's Mutual Funds.
Named by People as the only symbol of "the dismal science" of economics, Rukeyser won numerous awards and honors over his lifetime.
Rukeyser was famous for his pun-filled humor, and for trying to get investors to ignore the short term gyrations and think long term. In answering a letter on investing in a hairpiece manufacturer, he quipped that "if your money seems to be hair today and gone tomorrow, we'll try to make it grow back by giving the bald facts on how to get your investments toupee."
Rukeyser was born to a Jewish family in New York City, the second of four sons of financial journalist Merryle Stanley Rukeyser and Berenice Helene (née Simon) Rukeyser. He was the younger brother of Merryle S. "Bud", Jr. and older brother of William S. and Robert J. His ancestors came from England, Germany and Latvia, with his paternal great-grandfather arriving in the United States about 1840. He graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1950, and then attended Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in New Jersey, graduating in 1954. While at Princeton, Rukeyser's roommate was Wayne Rogers, who would go on to star as 'Trapper John' McIntyre on the hit television series M*A*S*H and much later was a guest on Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser due to Rogers' success as an investor. Rukeyser was also a member of the University Press Club.
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