This is the portfolio of Thomas M. Anderson, a journalist who writes about money. He is an associate editor at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. Tom has written about how tough it is to learn how to trade stocks from free seminars, the bizarre world of penny-stock spam and Disney’s efforts to make personal finance fun. Previously, he has worked for daily newspapers, weekly business journals and monthly trade magazines. His work has appeared in the Columbia Journalism Review, Slate and The Washington Post. He lives in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C. with his wife and cat.