Will Healy is a freelance business and financial writer based in the Dallas area. He has covered a variety of finance and news-based topics, including the stock market, real estate, insurance, personal finance, macroeconomics, and politics. Will holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Texas A&M University, a Master of Science in Geography from the University of North Texas, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas. Despite initially studying journalism, Will first pursued a career in spatial analysis and sold insurance before following his passion in the freelance writing field. After rediscovering his love for writing, he combined his academic training, investment experience, and interest in the money business into a writing career. To date, more than 2,000 of his articles have been published, both in the U.S. and across the English-speaking world. In addition to GOBankingRates, his stories have appeared in The International Business Times, InvestorPlace, The Motley Fool (U.S.), The Motley Fool (Australia), MSN Money, MSN South Africa, The Kiplinger Tax Letter, Nasdaq, Seeking Alpha, and Yahoo! Finance. When not working, he enjoys food, travel, live music, soccer, or anything having to do with history.