Melly Alazraki - Writer for 24/7 Wall St.

Melly Alazraki worked in the finance world, on both the buy and sell sides, before turning to writing about it. Her work has been featured in Daily Finance, Aol.com, MSN Money, The Motley Fool, BloggingStock, and 24/7 Wall St.

Melly initially wrote about general stock market and economics news before becoming a specialist, covering the pharmaceutical beat for Daily Finance. Several of her articles have been cited in papers published in Cornell University Press, Berkeley Technology Law Journal, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and others.

Since joining 24/7 Wall St., Melly helped develop the site's data journalism side, focusing on economic, population trends, housing, and other topics.

Graduating with an honors commerce degree from the University of British Columbia, Melly uses her knowledge of economics, business, and experience to write data-supported pieces that aim to provide value and insight to readers.

Lastest Stories by Melly Alazraki

As the Fourth of July approaches, we prepare to celebrate the country’s independence with fireworks, family barbecues and picnics, community events such as parades, fairs, concerts, and of course,...

Published: 22 hours ago

The National Hurricane Center is tracking a low pressure system in the Atlantic Ocean that could become the first hurricane of the 2024 season. Located far in the Atlantic, the disturbance has a 90%...

Published: 3 days ago

Prompted by the dramatic increase in injuries and deaths related to firearms, the U.S. surgeon general issued on Tuesday an advisory, declaring firearm violence in America a public health crisis. In...

Published: 4 days ago

While in recent times retirement has been painted in rosy colors, with people doing yoga, playing golf, traveling … and running for president, it is also a stage in life where we can find ourselves...

Published: 5 days ago

Even as much of the U.S. is dealing with scorching heat, parts of the Midwest have been dealing with flooding. In fact, several states saw eight times the average rainfall, and a railroad bridge —...

Published: 6 days ago

Florida had the highest increase in net migration nationwide, meaning more people moved into the state than moved out of it compared to all other states. At least two people that made the move to...

Published: 7 days ago

Following a collision between a Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship on Monday near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, the U.S. warned China that it is obligated to protect...

Published: 10 days ago

Much of the U.S. Midwest and the Northeast are under extreme heat conditions thanks to a heat dome that is sitting over the area. The heat dome is a high-pressure system in the upper atmosphere that...

Published: 12 days ago

Half a million immigrants could get U.S. citizenship under a new plan from the Biden administration announced Tuesday. The plan is aimed specifically at spouses of U.S. citizens who lived in the U.S....

Published: 12 days ago

Tech darling Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) announced on Sunday its newest artificial intelligence chip — just three months after unveiling the previous model. Clearly, the AI chip leader wants to keep its...

Published: 24 days ago

There are 77,179 public alternative fuel stations nationwide, and of those, 67,454 are electric. Charging stations are catching up to the estimated 145,000 fueling outlets nationwide, though...

Published: 25 days ago

A recent study found that nearly half of the over 31,000 cities in the United States will face some sort of population decline by the end of the century. Of course, the flip side of that is that...

Published: 26 days ago

Providing ground troops, the U.S. Army is the largest of the U.S. military service branches. The Army’s over 460,000 active-duty soldiers (as of 2022) comprise 35.4% of the military’s total...

Published: 27 days ago

The United States tops all countries in several categories, but by far it leads in all things military. The U.S. has the largest defense budget, overtaking the next nine countries combined, and it...

Published: 28 days ago

Are we all going to be replaced by machines? No doubt, more and more of our jobs are being performed by machines as artificial intelligence and automation are taking up increasing shares of certain...

Published: 1 month ago