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Erik Sherman

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Massachusetts
As seen in: LinkedIn, Business Insider, Forbes, CBS Moneywatch, CBS News, CNET, NBC News, Yahoo Finance, Fortune, Inc. and
Covers:  business, management, economics, finance, legal, labor, technology, public policy, politics
Doesn't Cover: Not interested in personal care, who was hired/promoted, utterly self-focused pitches, travel, automobiles.
Biz/econ/finance/tech/politics writer. Art, food, craft. Pitches: query at eriksherman dot com. DMs open. Cranky is as cranky does and I do often.

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I'm a long-time freelance journalist, most frequently covering business, economics, finance, tech, politics, public policy, and legal/regulatory, but also will sometimes stray to such areas as food and the arts.

I find very few—as in well under 1%—of pitches of any interest and I only respond if something grabs my attention. That can happen later as well as immediately. I do look at all pitches that come in and request that people not follow up, as I get as many as several hundred pitches a day…

Erik Sherman’s Journalist Portfolio

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How to understand your new bear market

How to understand your new bear market

There are three types of bear markets. This could be an example of the worst.

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Why plunging Treasury yields are so alarming

Why plunging Treasury yields are so alarming

As U.S. Treasuries hit historic lows, real yields have gone below zero.

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GOP fundraising mailings are deceptive, experts say

GOP fundraising mailings are deceptive, experts say

Direct mail packages are designed to make some people associate them with the real national census.

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Coronavirus will hurt fracking and eventually drive prices higher

Coronavirus will hurt fracking and eventually drive prices higher

When oil is too cheap, fracking is unprofitable. Add that to existing problems and what got the world through…

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Inflation is at historic lows, so why do so many things seem so expensive?

Inflation is at historic lows, so why do so many things seem so expensive?

Some categories, such as education, healthcare and childcare, have seen inflation grow anywhere from from 18%…

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The shutdown is over - but not the pain for small businesses

The shutdown is over - but not the pain for small businesses

The government may be open, but come Feb. 15, the doors could close again, given the current state of negotia…

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Banks Navigate Geopolitical Headwinds With Renewed CRE Lending

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Banks stepped back into commercial real estate lending in a meaningful way in the first quarter of 2026, even as global politics and economic worries kept investors on edge. According to Trepp, commercial real estate loan origination volumes at banks rose 23 percent year over year, signaling that lenders are willing to put risk capital to work despite the war in Iran and persistent concerns about inflation and slower growth.
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Delayed Household Formation Puts New Pressure On Multifamily Strategies

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More young adults are staying in their parents' homes well into their late 20s, and that trend is starting to matter for multifamily investors. Last year, 49% of adults under age 30 were living with a parent, according to 2025 data from the Federal Reserve, up 600 basis points since 2022 and up 1,200 basis points from 2019, before the pandemic.
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JLL Income Property Trust's Big Industrial Bet Has Been Years In The Making

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Industrial real estate may be the least glamorous corner of the market, but for JLL Income Property Trust, it has quietly grown into a defining strategy long before mainstream headlines caught on. According to CNBC, industrial now makes up 38% of JLL IPT's roughly $7 billion portfolio, slightly ahead of residential at about 36%, with healthcare and retail rounding out the rest.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email only: query@eriksherman.com

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Word, Outlook, Photoshop, Excel, various browsers
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