Tom Dyson is the publisher of Common Sense Publishing, and is a contributing editor in The Palm Beach Letter.

Tom bought his first stock when he was 11 years old. The stock returned 300% in less than nine months. He has been studying the art of investing and speculating ever since.

Tom graduated from the University of Nottingham, in the United Kingdom. He's a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, one of Britain's top accounting bodies. He has also worked for bond trading desks at Salomon Brothers and Citigroup.

An alumni of S&A Research, Tom is the former editor of The 12% Letter, which he helped build into one of the most popular income advisories in America.