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In a unique budget rehab episode, podcast hosts Sean and Elizabeth dissect their personal finances, revealing their spending habits, savings rates, and financial goals while offering insights into managing money stress and making smarter financial decisions.
Two NerdWallet podcast hosts candidly break down their personal budgets, revealing their income, spending habits, savings rates, and financial goals while sharing insights about managing money stress and making smarter financial decisions.
The podcast discusses preparing finances for fall, covering topics like seasonal expenses, open enrollment, retirement contributions, holiday planning, and strategies for supporting aging parents with limited savings.
The podcast discusses the current trend of home mortgage refinancing, exploring why people are refinancing despite high interest rates, with a focus on cash-out refinancing for purposes like home renovations or debt consolidation. Later, the episode delves into target date funds, explaining how they work, their pros and cons, and providing advice for retirement investing based on a listener's question about optimizing their 401(k) target date fund.
Here's a two-sentence description for the episode: In this episode of NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast, Michelle Norris shares insights on smart kitchen buying tips, discussing when to invest in quality items and when to opt for more budget-friendly alternatives. The podcast then features a listener consultation about switching banks, exploring the pros and cons of online banks, traditional banks, and credit unions, with advice on making a strategic banking transition.
Based on the transcript, here's a two-sentence description: In this episode of NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast, hosts Sean and Elizabeth discuss the crucial financial conversations couples should have before moving in together, covering topics like income, debt, savings, and shared expenses. They also explore the rising prices of coffee and matcha due to climate change and tariffs, with insights from a news segment featuring Anna Hilhosky and Rick Van Der Kneife.
Here's a two-sentence description based on the transcript: In this episode of NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast, hosts Sean and Elizabeth discuss their August spending, highlighting the financial challenges of summer expenses like weddings, travel, and childcare. The episode also features a deep dive into banking verification issues, sign-up bonuses, and strategies for navigating potential banking blacklists with insights from banking nerd Margaret Burnett.