Two of the richest investors I can think of off the top of my head (Warren Buffett and Steven Cohen) have an education in economics. In fact, lots of fund mana

Two of the richest investors I can think of off the top of my head (Warren Buffett and Steven Cohen) have an education in economics. In fact, lots of fund managers do. Also, economists as a group are quite varied, and dare I say the more successful ones are making millions trading and working for banks, not making public predictions.