
Beth Pinsker
Investing Columnist at MarketWatch
Personal finance nerd. Brooklyn mom of two humans, one dog. Now @marketwatch. Sign up for my source list: https://t.co/9IkVk8rYmO
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5 days ago |
marketwatch.com | Beth Pinsker
Fix My PortfolioCan these experts talk you out of doing nothing to get your affairs in order before it’s too late? Published: April 17, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. ETPeople use every excuse in the book to avoid estate planning tasks. Photo: Getty Images/iStockWhen Jessica Tillery’s video of her paging through the organizational binder for estate planning called “The Deadbook” that she and her husband developed went viral, she thought she had a hit on her hands.
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1 week ago |
morningstar.com | Beth Pinsker
By Beth Pinsker While down markets are good for Roth conversions, market timing doesn't have the same effect on regular retirement withdrawals Waiting for a full bounce-back from the stock market after a downturn is hard when you know you have a pending transaction. If you're over the age of 73, at some point this calendar year you have to take money from tax-deferred accounts as required minimum distributions (RMDs).
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2 weeks ago |
marketwatch.com | Beth Pinsker
Beth Pinsker is a financial-planning columnist at MarketWatch. She has been a certified financial planner (CFP®) since 2018. Previously, she was a personal finance columnist and editor at Reuters, an editorial director at Fidelity and editor-in-chief ofWalletpop.com. Prior to covering personal finance, she was a film critic and entertainment business reporter, writing for Entertainment Weekly, The Dallas Morning News and many more publications. You can follow heron Twitter @bethpinsker.
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2 weeks ago |
morningstar.com | Beth Pinsker
By Beth Pinsker For those worried about retirement account balances, paying for groceries and the future in general I didn't know I was launching the personal finance site WalletPop.com into the black hole of a recession in the summer of 2008, but by the fall of that year, the country was in the thick of it and so was my staff along with it.
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2 weeks ago |
marketwatch.com | Beth Pinsker
Beth Pinsker is a financial-planning columnist at MarketWatch. She has been a certified financial planner (CFP®) since 2018. Previously, she was a personal finance columnist and editor at Reuters, an editorial director at Fidelity and editor-in-chief ofWalletpop.com. Prior to covering personal finance, she was a film critic and entertainment business reporter, writing for Entertainment Weekly, The Dallas Morning News and many more publications. You can follow heron Twitter @bethpinsker.
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