Dorianne (Scotch Plains, N.J.) jokes that she's still searching for the $.13 that caused her first checking account to bounce. Fortunately, most readers think she's joking. But seriously, Dori, who writes on personal finance, has been published in The New York Times, Newsweek, and TheStreet.com, among other news outlets. Dori, who also collaborates on financial books, has worked on six books since the financial meltdown began. Most recently, she co-authored Asset Allocation For Dummies (John Wiley & Sons, May, 2009) with financial expert Jerry A. Miccolis of Brinton Eaton Wealth Advisors (Madison, NJ).
Please send her an email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) if you don't know what asset allocation is — and why it is the single most important thing you can do to help yourself as investor.
