Lisa Dammeyer

Deputy Editor, Investing & Retirement

About

With more than six years' experience an editor, investing specialist Lisa Dammeyer brings a keen eye for detail and fact-checking chops to everything she works on. Her work over the past four years at various financial publications has helped investors sort through the news and make informed decisions about their money.

Lisa Dammeyer is deputy editor of investing at Forbes Advisor. She got her start in the finance industry in 2020 when she went to work at a stock market news website. In that role, she helped lead a team of editors as they covered the biggest news stories in the market each day.

Lisa has edited articles on a variety of investing topics, from crypto to the housing market and everything in between.

Early in her career, she spent two years as a production editor at a nonfiction book publisher. There, Lisa honed her editing skills and discovered the power of writing to bring complicated concepts to everyday people.

Expertise

Investing
Stock market
Personal finance
Retirement planning
Cryptocurrency

Achievements

Four years of experience in the investing and finance space
Six years of experience as an editing professional
Has edited thousands of articles across a variety of investing topics, from crypto to stocks to ETFs to real estate and beyond

Education

University of Maryland (B.A., English Language and Literature)

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