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Liz Weston, CFP®

Senior Writer
Expertise
  • Personal finance •
  • credit scores •
  • economics
140+ Articles Written
Previous experience
  • Reuters News Agency
  • MSN Money
  • Los Angeles Times
  • The Orange County Register
Education
B.A. in economics and communications from Pacific Lutheran University
Awards
  • UCLA Anderson School of Management: Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism
  • 1997
  • Pulitzer Prize: Public Service
  • Consumer Federation of America: Betty Furness Consumer Media Service Award
  • The Association for Women in Communications: Clarion Award
  • Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing: Best in Business Award
Liz Weston, CFP®, is a former NerdWallet personal finance columnist and co-host of the "Smart Money" podcast. She is an award-winning journalist and author of five books about money, including the bestselling "Your Credit Score." Liz has appeared on numerous national television and radio programs, including the "Today" show, "NBC Nightly News," the "Dr. Phil" show and "All Things Considered." Her NerdWallet columns were carried by The Associated Press, appearing in hundreds of media outlets each week. Prior to NerdWallet, she wrote for MSN, Reuters, AARP The Magazine and the Los Angeles Times.
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Saving for Your Dream Retirement - Smart Money Podcast
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Saving for Your Dream Retirement - Smart Money Podcast

Vacations across the world, spending quality time with your friends and family and — most importantly — not being obligated to work a 9-to-5 job: Your retirement is supposed to be about freedom. Getting to that point takes time, money and focus. To kick off our series about financial dreams, Sean and Liz talk with personal finance YouTuber Marissa Lyda. (https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBudgetingWife/) about how she plans to save in 2022 for her dream retirement. We also discuss how she’s made a full-time job out of YouTubing. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Subscribe to our channel and also follow us here: Facebook: https://facebook.com/nerdwallet Instagram: https://instagram.com/nerdwallet Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdwallet --- This video is for informational and educational purposes only. NerdWallet does not offer advisory or brokerage services, nor does it recommend or advise investors to buy or sell particular stocks or securities. Any comments posted under NerdWallet's official account videos are not reviewed or endorsed by NerdWallet or representatives of financial institutions affiliated with the reviewed products unless explicitly stated otherwise. Avoid disclosing personal or sensitive information such as bank account or phone numbers. NerdWallet employees do not offer personalized financial advice and will not respond to posts here.

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