HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Ep 549: Farnoosh Torabi on Why “Healthy” Fear Is Good for Your Money (and Your Life)

Sixty percent of Americans say they feel scared when they think about the future, and women are more likely than men to feel that way. If your instinct is to push that fe

The Pink Tax on Everything: Why Women Pay More for a World Built for Men

Have you ever stopped to think about how nearly every product in your life — the car you drive, the shoes on your feet, the chair you're sitting in right now — was actual

Ep 548: Tori Dunlap's Money Playbook For Finishing Out The Year Strong

We're closing in on the end of 2026, and on paper, it's been an amazing year for the markets. But that doesn't change the math that so many of us are feeling in our day-t

"Should I Fire My $50K-a-Year Financial Advisor?"

In this AMA, Jean sits down with Anne — a 57-year-old retiree, self-taught investor, and self-described "super saver" — who's questioning whether her advisor's 60-basis-p

Ep 547: Dr. Jill Biden on Why Every Woman Needs Her Own Money

It's no secret that Dr. Jill Biden has been through a lot. She opens her new memoir, View From The East Wing, by telling us about the heartbreak of losing her son Beau to

Why I Changed My Mind About Annuities After 20 Years

For almost twenty years, HerMoney CEO Jean Chatzky was an annuity denier. In 2006, when her mother's financial advisor suggested putting some of her mom's money into one,

InvestingFixx Sneak Peek: Should You Buy Gold Right Now?

Gold's had a strong run in recent months, climbing toward $4,700 an ounce at one point in late August — and if you've been wondering whether it's too late to get in, or w

Ep 546: What If Women Are Already Better With Money Than We Think?

What does being “good with money” actually look like? It might look like steadily contributing to your 401(k). Or figuring out how to pay for summer camp while continuin

Sinking Funds 101: How to Save Smarter with Nerdwallet's Sean Pyles and Elizabeth Ayoola

Ever moved money out of your vacation fund to cover a car repair, or dipped into your emergency fund for something that wasn't quite an emergency? That's exactly where si

Ep 545: Getting the Most Out of Medicare: What You Need to Know

Medicare can feel like a maze of parts, plans and deadlines – and getting it wrong can cost you. On this episode of the HerMoney Podcast, sponsored by LIMRA, Jean sits

“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 of Jean's new book, The Forev

Ep 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 and have to start spending. That

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 to closer to half today. So wha

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 Center in 2017 at an event ca

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 last time ended with the dot-com

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 life happened. A divorce. A layof

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 Analyst Jill Schlesinger, an

"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 you stripped away the extreme

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 some version of "I'm diversified

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 you just don't?  On today’s