Lawrence McDonald is a New York Times bestselling author and Global Market Strategist. His books, "A Colossal Failure of Common Sense" (2009) and "How to Listen When Markets Speak" (2024), have sold over 1 million copies globally and are published in 12 languages. "A Colossal Failure of Common Sense" reached the New York Times bestseller list and earned a CFA Institute ranking among the top 20 finance books of all time.