The Balance Editors Highlights We’re a team of writers and editors with a passion for making it easy to understand money. Together we have spent decades researching and answering questions about financial products and processes—not to mention learning from our own personal finances. Experience Various different writers, editors, fact checkers, copy editors, editorial advisors, and financial experts have made significant contributions and changes to pages on The Balance. All those changes are intended to bring you accurate information. About The Balance The Balance, a Dotdash Meredith brand, makes money easy to understand. We give people tools they need to not only make smart financial decisions but also prepare for the experiences they will have along the way. Our team of expert writers and editors have extensive qualifications in the topics they cover, and many of them have MBAs, PhDs, CFPs, and other advanced degrees and professional certifications. We require our writers to use primary sources in their articles, which are also approved by our Financial Review Board and fact-checked. You can learn more about the standards we follow in producing accurate, unbiased content in our editorial policy.