Alex Grant

Alex Grant is Barclay News’ resident translator of Wall Street noise into plain talk for Southeast Asian investors. With a background in global macro research and a passion for cutting through financial jargon, Alex has made a career out of explaining markets the way your friend might over coffee or craft beer.

Known for his knack for turning Fed policy into basketball analogies and breaking down U.S. stock market trends into lessons for Vietnamese and ASEAN readers, Alex writes the popular State of the Street column. His work connects the dots between U.S. markets, global shifts, and how they ripple into Southeast Asia’s portfolios, currencies, and commodities.

Whether it’s a tech earnings surprise, a dollar shake-up, or crypto drama, Alex’s approachable, analytical, and slightly irreverent style helps readers see through the noise, understand the numbers, and make smarter investment decisions.

When not writing, you’ll find Alex on a trail run, binge-watching documentaries about economic crises, or arguing with friends about whether gold or Bitcoin is the real king of chaos.