Dan Marcelo

Dan Marcelo is an Economist, Professor, Author, Real Estate and stock market investor with extensive experience in both academic and financial markets.

He has taught economics and business for more than a decade and has authored multiple books in fields including microeconomics, macroeconomics, labor economics, real estate economics and applied economics. His work focuses on translating complex economic ideas into clear, practical insights that help readers make better decisions in business, finance, and everyday life.

Before entering academia, Dr. Danilo Marcelo Jr. built a long career in banking. He worked for more than a decade at one of the largest banks in the Philippines. His professional background combines hands-on financial experience with rigorous economic analysis.

In addition to his academic and banking career, he has been an active stock market participant since 2010 and a real estate practitioner since 2005. This dual perspective—both scholarly and practical—shapes his approach to writing about finance and investing.

Dr. Marcelo is the creator of the Don’t Series (The Economic Reasoning), a collection of books that explore the economic mistakes people commonly make in finance, investing, and decision-making. The series aims to build what he calls Economic Intelligence: the ability to understand how economic systems actually work and to make rational decisions in uncertain environments.

Through his writing and teaching, Dan Marcelo seeks to make economics accessible, intellectually honest, and useful for readers around the world.