“Should We Give Up a $350K Lump Sum for a Bigger Guaranteed Pension?”
Jenna joins Jean Chatzky on this week's episode for another AMA conversation, this time digging into a decision that sits right at the heart...
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20 of 752 episodesEp 544: Is the 4% Rule Dead? Jean Chatzky on Building a Paycheck That Never Runs Out
We've gotten really good at teaching people how to save for retirement. But almost nobody teaches you what to do the day you stop earning an...
The Secret To Building Wealth As A Normal Person
Do you feel like you're middle class? You might not be. Pew Research shows the U.S. middle class has shrunk from 61% of households in 1971 t...
Remembering Gloria Steinem: Money, Power & Feminism (2017 Interview)
Gloria Steinem died today at 92, and we're revisiting a conversation that's stayed with Jean for almost a decade. Recorded live at the Paley...
Ep 543: Is This Stock Market Too Good to Be True? Karen Finerman's Honest Take
The S&P 500 is on pace for a fourth straight year of double-digit gains, something that's only happened once before since 1928, and that las...
The Simple Framework for Planning the Retirement You Actually Want
Most of us pictured our lives as a straight line: high school, college, a job, marriage, a house, kids…one milestone after another. Then lif...
Ep 542: We Fact-Checked Social Media’s Worst Financial Advice With Jill Schlesinger
FinTok is full of people giving confident financial advice… and a lot of it is dead wrong. This week, Jean sits down with CBS News Business...
"I'm 3 Months Into Early Retirement. How Do I Make the Money Last?"
You've heard of FIRE, Financial Independence, Retire Early. And maybe your first reaction is: those people are a little extreme. But what if...
Ep 541: Protected vs. Growing: The Split Your Portfolio Actually Needs
When's the last time you looked at your portfolio and felt genuinely confident it could weather a bad year? For most of us, the answer is so...
A Rejection Expert on How to Ask for What You Want (Even If The Answer Is No)
You know that feeling when you should ask for the raise, have the hard money conversation with your partner, or push back on a bad deal… and...
Ep 540: The One Question That Will Change Your Relationship With Money
What if the secret to never worrying about money again isn't earning more or spending less? Jesse Mecham, founder of the beloved budgeting a...
$100k Used to Mean You’d Made It. Now It Barely Covers Groceries.
$100,000 used to mean you'd made it. Today, in some cities, it barely covers groceries — and there's a real reason that gap feels so wide. T...
Ep 539: Why Retirees Are Too Scared to Spend Their Own Money (And How to Fix It)
You saved. You invested. You did everything right. So why does spending your own money in retirement feel so terrifying? This week, Jean sit...
Is a Vitamix Actually Worth $600? A Consumer Reports Expert Answers Your Biggest Home Spending Questions
You know that feeling when you're staring at two versions of the same appliance and have absolutely no idea which one is actually worth it?...
Ep 538: The Four-Day Workweek Is Real – So Why Don’t We Have It Yet?
Every few weeks, another tech titan promises to hand us our time back. Jamie Dimon says a shorter workweek is coming. Elon Musk says AI will...
Four Women Get Honest About Retirement Planning, Financial Peace, and the Money We Leave Behind
Do you have enough? And how do you even know? In the third and final episode of HerMoney's series with AARP, From First Paycheck to Forever...
Ep 537: Why Your Medical Bills Are Bankrupting You and What You Can Do About It Today
Your doctor isn't the enemy. So why does it feel like you're fighting them, and losing? This week, Jean Chatzky sits down with Dr. Jordan Gr...
The House of Cards: What Happens to Your Money When Life Blows Up the Plan
Did your life turn out exactly the way you planned it? Nobody says yes. Not one person. In the second episode of HerMoney's three-part serie...
Ep 536: AI and Your Money: What It Can Do, What It Can't, And Where It Could Get You Into Trouble
What happens when you let AI run your life? In her book, I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything, award-winning journal...
From First Paycheck to Forever Paycheck: How Women Can Build Wealth at Every Life Stage
In the first episode of our three-part series with AARP, Jean Chatzky brings together four women across four generations- Gen Z creator Hann...