About the Author

Knute Iwaszko has been a chemist, a salesman, and an innkeeper--and now manages his investment portfolios from the home he shares with his wife at the Jersey shore.

Brian O'Connell writes on business and personal finance for TheStreet.com, Financial Planning, the Bos-ton Herald, and Investor Relations, among other publications. He has worked with leading financial planner Jonathan Pond on The New Century Family Money Book, as well as on articles, newsletters, and television and radio projects. He lives and works in Framingham, Massachusetts.