Austin Smith is a financial publisher with over two decades of experience as an investor, analyst, and advisor. He covers stocks, ETFs, Artificial intelligence and personal finance for 24/7 Wall St. Previously, he spent over a decade at The Motley Fool as a senior editor for Fool.com, portfolio advisor for Millionacres, and launched The Ascent to help reader take control of their personal finances.
His work has been featured on Fool.com, NPR, CNBC, USA Today, Yahoo Finance, MSN, AOL, Marketwatch, and many other publications. He is as an advisor to private companies, and co-hosts The AI Investor Podcast with Eric Bleeker.
When not looking for investment opportunities, he can be found skiing, running, or playing soccer with his children. Learn more about Austin's investment approach here.
Austin Smith covers equity investing, ETFs, and personal finance for 24/7 Wall St with extra coverage on artificial intelligence and taxes.
| The Motley Fool · Managing Editor | 2011-2019 |
| V-Twin Realty · Owner | 2006-2026 |
| Annnabode · Partner | 2019-2025 |
| Outlet | Headline | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Motley Fool | Warren Buffett Bought 8 Million Shares of This Oil Giant and $100 Oil Proves Him Right ↗︎ | Mar 2026 |
| WPTV | Florida retirement costs: Gulf Coast vs. Atlantic Coast shows $600K gap ↗︎ | Aug 2026 |
A book that reframes booms from a four-letter word in investing to its rightful place as an opportunity where capital meets innovation and the world changes forever.
A deeply analytical podcast covering artificial intelligence, geopolitics, science, math, and everything in between.
A broad cross-section of science and technology videos that will inspire you about what the future could look like.
The SoFi savings app shows a clean 3.80% APY on a $25,000 balance, but the number it quietly implies for the year and the number the account will actually earn are not…
Austin Smith A 30-year Treasury is paying well above what any savings account offers right now, and the math on extra income looks almost too clean to pass up. So why does the arithmetic…
Austin Smith SoFi's app showed me two different interest rates on the same $25,000, and only one of them came with an expiration date buried two screens deep. Finding that date changed what I…
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