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Jill Schlesinger: Time to Turn Attention to Regulatory Reform
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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.
Schlesinger 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: Time to Turn Attention to Regulatory Reform
CT Senator Chris Dodd is retiring--good riddance. Oh sure, he's done some good things in his lengthy career, but like so many who hold office for too long, he was corrupted by power. He was one of the legislators who pounded his fists over the irresponsibility of bankers, despite enabling them by...
Jill Schlesinger: Still Facing Challenges in 2010
Jill Schlesinger: A Retrospective
This was an awesome project that I worked on with CBS Radio's Dave Barrett and Mark Talercio. Listen up for analysis, comments and 2010 predictions from: FDIC Chair Sheila Bair New York Times reporter and author of "Too Big to Fail" Andrew Ross Sorkin Former Federal Reserve Governor Randall ...
Jill Schlesinger: Why the Housing Crisis Isn't Over Just Yet
Jill Schlesinger: Considering the Senate's Health Care Plan
Jill Schlesinger: It Might Not Have Been Such a Bad Decade for Some Investors
Jill Schlesinger: My Past Interaction with the New BofA CEO
I have met future Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan one time in my life--in early 2000. We had lunch in the FleetBoston dining room in Boston to discuss the bank's purchase of my investment advisory firm. It was a pretty easy meeting and frankly, we weren't talking about a particularly large invest...
Jill Schlesinger: Bank to Provide Holiday Assistance
Jill Schlesinger: Notes from the Fed's Policy Meeting
Executive Editor Jack Otter and I discussed Time Magazine's naming of Ben Bernanke as "Person of the Year" BEFORE the interest rate non-decision today. In case you missed the FOMC meeting results, here are the highlights: Rates will remain exceptionally low for an extended period of time Th...
Jill Schlesinger: Banking Executives are Out of Touch with Reality
First wine, now cashmere...my work is so demanding!