Anyone trying to follow the stock market lately has probably been feeling a little dizzy. Between inflation, shifting interest rates, and swings in mortgage rates, even experts are unsure what all of this means for markets. Amidst all the craziness, it’s important to develop a safe and healthy financial plan. Investment plans can take a back seat to budgeting ones for a bit. For this kind of measured approach, we like the calm, cool, and trusted voice of Jill Schlesinger. Her podcast, Jill On Money, sifts through the noise to help you zero in on your hard-to-pin-down financial goals, and gives you clear step-by-step paths to reach them.
Who’s Your Host?
Jill Schlesinger is an Emmy and Gracie Award winning business analyst for CBS News. She appears on CBS radio and television stations nationwide covering the economy, markets, investing, and anything else with a dollar sign, translating financial terminology and news into simple, relatable concepts anyone can understand.
What’s It All About?
Jill on Money isn’t just for investment bankers and hedge fund managers like so many other shows about money. Jill speaks to you, the regular consumer with some debt to pay off so you can start saving, or some money in your pocket that you’d like not to waste, perhaps that you’d like to grow. She takes questions from real people, then makes and explains their budget calculations in real time, so you can hone the skills needed to make your own financial dreams a reality. If your bank account could visit a therapist, it would be Jill On Money.
Why We Love It
So much of financial news is abstract, aimed at reading macroeconomic tides or making vague predictions about the future. Jill on Money makes things concrete, starting with specific cases and broadening from there. Jill focuses on building the foundation you need for smart, winning financial moves, rather than promising you some shady money magic.
Where to Start
Many of us are treading financial water, wondering whether to pay off one debt or take out another. This episode answers listeners’ questions about how to get out of the debt cycle and build their nest eggs. Where to start, how to follow through, and where to concentrate your cash once you’ve got it, it’s all here.
Best for: Prioritizing Your Money Moves
There are so many options to the average consumer-investor. Should you be holding cash, leveraging or hedging your bets, or loading up on bonds, and what about buying real estate? Jill helps listeners articulate their goals and come up with well-ordered plans to meet them.
Best for: Buying or Selling a Home
The last two years have been a wild time for real estate. Low interest rates plus pandemic home-buying have given the market a huge boost, but mortgage rates are about to go up. Jill joins CBS Mornings to help make sense of these meteoric changes with the latest data in home sales. It’s essential listening for anyone eyeing the real estate market.