Donald E. L. Johnson began his financial writing career as a commodities reporter on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade for The Wall Street Journal. He has reported for the Chicago Sun-Times, New York Journal of Commerce, American Metal Market-Metalworking News and Modern Healthcare, where he was editor for 10 years. He wrote about the futures, money and capital markets and the banking, agribusiness, transportation, auto, metals, health care, health insurance and other industries as a reporter, editor, publisher and owner of a small periodical and book publisher. Johnson has an MBA in finance.