About

Grant de Graf is a writer and economist who has notched up experience in the trenches of global markets. He is a graduate of the University of Cape Town, majoring in economics and a former trader on Wall Street, where he specialized in options and equity arbitrage. 


In this blog, de Graf deals with issues that relate to the economic impact of the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami that struck Japan. The author writes and publishes material that articulates the global consequences and risks associated with the reconstruction process.

De Graf also covers material that relates to the credit crunch, business cycles, asset correlations and the sovereign debt crisis in his blog Understanding the Credit Crunch.

He is the published author of the historical fiction novel, Cavalier's Call.