Asset Allocation For Dummies®

Acknowledgments

It takes a village to write a book. Okay, not original, but true — you need a tribe of supporters to make it safely to the "efficient frontier" of investing.

Jerry Miccolis thanks his coauthor, Dorianne, for her contagious enthusiasm and offbeat sense of humor — and for constantly nagging him to "Keep it accessible!" Numerous editorial suggestions from his Brinton Eaton colleagues — Bob DiQuollo, Ben Jacoby, Jeremy Welther, Jerv Brinton, Nick Laverghetta, Ellen Clawans, and Abby Scandlen — vastly improved the final manuscript. Special mention to Marina Goodman, who seemed to take particular pleasure in offering blistering critiques of early drafts but also made excellent original contributions and helped prepare many of the exhibits and examples. They and the rest of the staff — Colleen Betzler, Dave Hill, Eric Mancini, Doris Merrick, Adrian Fedorkiw, Kim Dibenedetto, and Pam Trunfio — graciously picked up the slack for Jerry at the office. Most important, Jerry thanks Marcella, his wife and muse, for her unfailing support, encouragement, and understanding, during the nights and weekends he devoted to this book.

Dorianne Perrucci thanks Jerry, for his patience in explaining technical jargon and would like to ask him to explain perfect negative correlation one more time. She thanks her agent, Marilyn Allen, and the entire amazing For Dummies team, especially Acquisitions Editor Stacy Kennedy, who actually wanted to publish a book on asset allocation; Elizabeth Kuball, ...