HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Anyone who tells you women don’t need financial advice specifically for them is wrong. Women, whether they’re the caretakers, the breadwinners, or both, face a unique set of financial challenges. That’s where HerMoney comes in. In her frank, often funny, but always compassionate way, Jean Chatzky takes every audience of women through the steps they need to take today to live comfortably (and worry-free) tomorrow, offering the latest research, expert tips and personal advice. Want more money news when you need it? Get the latest and greatest updates on all things investing, budgeting, and making money. Subscribe to the HerMoney newsletter at HerMoney.com/subscribe!

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

October 14, 2026 • 36 mins
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 fear down, breathe through it, or just try to be more fearless, Farnoosh Torabi wants to stop you right there. Because fear, she argues, isn’t the enemy. It’s actually one of the most powerful tools you have, if you know how to listen to it. This week, J...
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The Pink Tax on Everything: Why Women Pay More for a World Built for Men

October 9, 2026 • 35 mins
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 actually designed for men? Because cars were designed for men, women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in a crash, and 17% more likely to die in one. And it doesn't stop at cars; even your sneakers were likely modeled on a man's foot first. This we...
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Ep 548: Tori Dunlap's Money Playbook For Finishing Out The Year Strong

October 7, 2026 • 38 mins
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-to-day lives. That’s why we’re back with Tori Dunlap, founder and CEO of Her First $100K, to walk us through her top moves for building real wealth as we head into the final stretch of the year. Jean and Tori get into what to do with cash sitting in a h...
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"Should I Fire My $50K-a-Year Financial Advisor?"

October 2, 2026 • 21 mins
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-point fee (upwards of $50,000 a year) is still worth it now that she's retired, debt-free, and increasingly comfortable managing her own portfolio. They talk: The real difference between a pre-retirement growth plan and a post-retirement income plan...
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Ep 547: Dr. Jill Biden on Why Every Woman Needs Her Own Money

September 30, 2026 • 39 mins
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 brain cancer at the age of 46. In the wake of that loss, she and her husband almost lost their son Hunter Biden to addiction. And more recently, she has been by former President Joe Biden's side through his diagnosis of an aggressive form of prostate cancer that...
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Why I Changed My Mind About Annuities After 20 Years

September 25, 2026 • 14 mins
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, Jean told him, flatly, to forget it. This week, she tells the full story of what changed her mind. Jean walks through the research that convinced her — retirees with annuitized income spend meaningfully more than retirees with similar wealth who don't have ...
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InvestingFixx Sneak Peek: Should You Buy Gold Right Now?

September 24, 2026 • 30 mins
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 whether gold even deserves its reputation as a 'safe haven,' this episode is for you. In a recent session of HerMoney’s InvestingFixx club, Jean sat down with Meghan Pinchuk, Chief Investment Officer and Partner at Morton Wealth, and we’re sharing...
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Ep 546: What If Women Are Already Better With Money Than We Think?

September 23, 2026 • 39 mins
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 continuing to save for retirement. It might mean comparing health insurance plans, building an emergency fund, deciding how much house your family can comfortably afford, or simply asking the right questions before making a big financial decision. In other word...
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Sinking Funds 101: How to Save Smarter with Nerdwallet's Sean Pyles and Elizabeth Ayoola

September 18, 2026 • 47 mins
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 sinking funds come in.  This week, Jean sits down with Sean Pyles, CFP® and host of NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast, and his co-host Elizabeth Ayoola to break down the sinking fund strategy: separate, named savings buckets each tied to a specific goal.  ...
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Ep 545: Getting the Most Out of Medicare: What You Need to Know

September 16, 2026 • 32 mins
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 down with mother-daughter Medicare experts Diane Omdahl and Melinda Caughill of 65 Incorporated to break down exactly what you need to know: when to enroll, how to choose between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage, and what's changing in 2027 that could...
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“Should We Give Up a $350K Lump Sum for a Bigger Guaranteed Pension?”

September 11, 2026 • 18 mins
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 Forever Paycheck: Is it worth giving up more money on paper for the peace of mind that comes with guaranteed income? In this episode: Why Jenna and her husband are reconsidering the lump sum after years of assuming it was the obvious choice Jean's take on why re...
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Ep 544: Is the 4% Rule Dead? Jean Chatzky on Building a Paycheck That Never Runs Out

September 9, 2026 • 35 mins
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's the gap Jean set out to close in her new book, The Forever Paycheck: The New Retirement Strategy to Spend More, Worry Less and Never Run Out of Money, and on this episode, HerMoney Chief Content Officer Kathryn Tuggle turns the mic around and interviews Jean abo...
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The Secret To Building Wealth As A Normal Person

September 4, 2026 • 29 mins
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 what does building wealth actually look like for regular people right now? This week, Jean sits down with Joel Larsgaard, co-host of the How To Money podcast, to talk about building wealth as a normal person, no finance degree or trust fund required. Joel opens up ab...
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Remembering Gloria Steinem: Money, Power & Feminism (2017 Interview)

September 3, 2026 • 18 mins
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 called Winning Plays: Black Women, Feminism, and Empowerment, this episode brings together Gloria Steinem and financial journalist Stacey Tisdale for a wide-ranging conversation on money, power, and freedom. It's a conversation about resilience, self-worth, and what...
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Ep 543: Is This Stock Market Too Good to Be True? Karen Finerman's Honest Take

September 2, 2026 • 23 mins
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 crash. So naturally, a lot of us are wondering: is this too good to be true? Jean sits down with friend of the show Karen Finerman, co-founder and CEO of Metropolitan Capital Advisors and longtime panelist on CNBC's Fast Money, to talk through what this run re...
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The Simple Framework for Planning the Retirement You Actually Want

August 28, 2026 • 12 mins
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 layoff. A move. A pandemic.  This week, Jean Chatzky goes solo to make the case that a messy, non-linear life isn't a failure; it's just what a normal life actually looks like.  In this episode, you'll learn: The "5 Ws and an H": six questions to ...
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Ep 542: We Fact-Checked Social Media’s Worst Financial Advice With Jill Schlesinger

August 26, 2026 • 35 mins
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, and host of the new podcast Money Moves, to call out the worst financial trends going viral right now, answer real questions from HerMoney listeners, and share how to tell good financial advice from the bad. In this episode: Jean and Jill’s list of...
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"I'm 3 Months Into Early Retirement. How Do I Make the Money Last?"

August 21, 2026 • 32 mins
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 version? What if early retirement just meant leaving the workforce in your late 50s, or stepping back a few years before 65… on your own terms? That's exactly what we're digging into in this special mailbag episode with the co-hosts of the Catching Up To F...
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Ep 541: Protected vs. Growing: The Split Your Portfolio Actually Needs

August 19, 2026 • 37 mins
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 — stocks for growth, bonds for safety — so I should be fine." But in 2022, stocks and bonds both posted double-digit losses at the same time, and the "safe" part of the plan turned out not to be so safe after all. That gut-check sent researchers looki...
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A Rejection Expert on How to Ask for What You Want (Even If The Answer Is No)

August 14, 2026 • 36 mins
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 episode, Jean Chatzky sits down with Jia Jiang, the guy behind the viral "100 Days of Rejection" experiment, and author of the new book, Easy Discipline: An Unconventional Way to Achieve Ambitious Things.  Jia argues that lasting discipline ...
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