Holiday Shopping Tips
I know, it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but retailers are furiously promoting the holiday season. I shared some tips with WCBS-TV this morning. (Bonus: Here are 3 ways to save on holiday travel!) [video=483915]
Jill Schlesinger, CFP®, is the Emmy and Gracie Award-winning business analyst for CBS News, where she translates complicated business and economic news into understandable, relatable topics for everyday viewers and listeners. She covers the economy, markets, investing and anything else with a dollar sign on TV, on the "Jill on Money" podcast, radio (including her nationally syndicated show, "Jill on Money," which won the 2018 and 2021 Gracie Award for Best National Talk Show), the web and her blog, "Jill on Money." Jill also won a 2018 Personal Finance Reporting Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA)/National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE).
Prior to her second career at CBS, Schlesinger spent 14 years as the co-owner and chief investment officer for an independent investment advisory firm. She began her career as a self-employed options trader on the Commodities Exchange of New York, following her graduation from Brown University.
Schlesinger's second book, "The Great Money Reset," was published in January 2023 by St. Martin's Press and her first book, "The Dumb Things Smart People Do With Their Money," was published in February 2019 by Ballantine Books.
I know, it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but retailers are furiously promoting the holiday season. I shared some tips with WCBS-TV this morning. (Bonus: Here are 3 ways to save on holiday travel!) [video=483915]
The Wall Street Journal has completed its survey of CEO compensation from 456 US companies with revenue of at least $4 billion that filed proxies between October 1, 2009 and September 30, 2010. Wall Street-haters will be quite pleased: bank and investment honchos didn't make it into the top ...
"Buy the rumor, sell the fact," is the old Wall Street chestnut that describes the action over the past few months. As rumors swirled that the Fed would buy $600B worth of bonds (QE2), almost every asset class went up-stocks, bonds, commodities-you name it. Once the Fed announcement was fact, there ...
It was old home week on "Ask The Experts" -- the MoneyWatch "Dream Team," (aka Jack, Jill and Eric) were in the house talking about the Deficit Panel proposals, refinancing and fielding your money questions! My favorite moment came at around 22:00, when I call one of our valued fans a "knucklehead"....
With less than two weeks to go before Thanksgiving, it's time to get on the horn with your travel plans. Here are money-saving tips to stretch your holiday budget. [video=478041] For more, check out Peter Greenberg's 10 Best Travel Secrets
OK, now that everyone is freaking out about the Deficit Commission's recent proposal, here comes some breaking news: maybe Social Security is NOT going broke any day soon, according to author Mark Miller. [video=478373]
There's something for every taxpayer to hate about the deficit panel's recent trial balloon, released earlier this week. I've taken the liberty to help out the commission, by drafting a sample letter that they might consider sending to US taxpayers. Here goes... Dear Taxpayers, We understand t...
If you're lucky enough to have a job with benefits, it's that time of year- open enrollment! I know it's awful going through the process, but what if your reward were saving boatloads of money on your taxes? I discussed how to use Uncle Sam as your savings partner with CBS3 this morning. [video=4...
General Motors earned $2 billion in the third quarter, or $1.20 a share, after adjusting for a 3-for-1 stock split, as revenue rose 20 percent. Compared to the loss of 73 cents a share in the period of July 10, 2009 to Sept. 30, 2009, the results should make Uncle Sam happy--the government curr...
Check out this great Katie Couric interview with Charles Ferguson, writer and director of "Inside Job," a new documentary that explores the origins of the 2008 financial meltdown. Here are some highlights from the interview: It's all about the greed (hat tip: Gordon Gekko) The crisis was bi...
I started my career on Wall Street as a gold options trader on the floor of the Commodities Exchange of New York (COMEX). I never knew much about commodities before I started the job, because all of my training was in stocks. That said, my years on the COMEX were awful (as one of eight female member...
I used my pal Ray Martin's post on "Financial Products to Avoid" as a jumping off place for this segment with CBS3. In it, I describe the most common sales pitches that you're likely to encounter from brokers, agents, advisors or anyone else holding him or herself out as a financial professional. ...
A funny thing happened while you were distracted by the 2010 mid-term elections: stocks, along with a bunch of other asset classes, have been rising. That means no more moaning and groaning about your lousy 401 (k) (or "201 (k)") -- it's time to take action. Spend a couple of minutes watching thi...
What an exhausting week! The elections, the Fed's $600B QE2 announcement (video snapshots here and here) and the jobs report in five short days made it the trifecta of news pegs. Expressed as a formula, the week that was might look like this: Potential gridlock + easy Fed money + 151,000 new j...
A day before the big New York Times section "Stuck in the Sandwich" appeared, MoneyWatch blogger Dan Kadlec stopped by the studio to discuss this very topic. So, in essence, we scooped the Times...sweet. We refer to this post during the show. [video=481224]