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Jill Schlesinger: Americans Out of Work Since the Beginning of the Recession Reaches 6.9 Million
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.
Jill Schlesinger: Americans Out of Work Since the Beginning of the Recession Reaches 6.9 Million
Jill Schlesinger: Proof that Recovery Will Not Treat All Equally Found In The Bonuses
So Far, September is Living Up to Being the Worst Month for Stocks.
So far, September is living up to being the worst month for stocks. With an hour left in the trading day, US stock indexes are down about 1.8% on a day where the economic data was better than expected. The Institute for Supply Management's August index of manufacturing activity increased t...
Jill Schlesinger: Profits From the Eight Banks that Have Fully Repaid the Government Total Nearly $4 Billion
Last Friday, I noted that taxpayers had made money from TARP. Nobody was talking about this too much--maybe a little August-itis or attention on the Kennedy funeral. That changed yesterday, when the New York Times reported that profits from the eight banks that have fully repaid the government tot...
Jill Schlesinger: The FDIC Insurance Fund has Dropped to the Lowest Level Since the Savings and Loan Crisis in 1993
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The Study Examines How An Investor's Outlook Related To His Or Her Retirement Readiness
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