Our guest on the podcast today is Anne Lester. She’s author of a new book called Your Best Financial Life: Save Smart Now for the Future You Want. Before writing the book, Anne spent 20 years as head of retirement solutions for J.P. Morgan. With AARP, she co-founded The Aspen Leadership Forum on Retirement Savings. In 2020, Anne was recognized for her extraordinary lifetime contributions to Americans’ economic security with the Ray Lillywhite Award. She earned a master’s in international economics and Japan studies from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. from Princeton. She was also awarded a Fulbright Graduate Research Fellowship.
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Your Best Financial Life: Save Smart Now for the Future You Want, by Anne Lester
Millennials, Money, and Investing
“Don’t Make These 6 Money Mistakes in Your 30s, Says Former JPMorgan Retirement Expert,” by Anne Lester, cnbc.com, Jan. 4, 2022.
“Fake Rich? Affluent Millennials Are More Likely to Exaggerate to Appear Wealthy. Here’s What Experts Say They Should Do Instead,” by Lorie Konish, cnbc.com, Jan. 25, 2024.
“A Spender’s Guide to Surviving Financial Mistakes With Anne Lester,” Earn & Invest podcast, earnandinvest.com.
“The Worst Money Advice on the Internet,” by Stephanie Hallett, businessinsider.com, June 2, 2022.
“Setting Aside $20 a Day Could Help You Save $1 Million for Retirement —If You Start Early,” by Cheyenne DeVon, cnbc.com, Jan. 5, 2024.
Target-Date Funds and Retirement Savings System
“Retirement Experts Identify Possible Fixes to the Retirement Savings Gap,” by Paul Mulholland, planadviser.com, Oct. 3, 2022.
“Quit Your Job? Here’s What to Do With Your 401(k),” by Jeanne Sahadi, cnn.com, Jan. 6, 2022.
“Ladies, How Much Is Really Enough for Retirement?” hermoney.com, June 23, 2022.
Other
“Brigitte Madrian: ‘Inertia Can Actually Be a Helpful Thing,’” The Long View podcast, Morningstar.com, April 22, 2020.
Lynnette Khalfani-Cox: 'There's a Huge Wealth Gap in America'
Hal Hershfield: People Treat Their Future Self as if It’s Another Person
Laura Carstensen: 'I'm Suggesting We Change the Way We Work'
Meb Faber: 'To Be a Good Investor, You Have to Be a Good Loser'
Daniel Crosby: 'If You're Excited About It, It's Probably a Bad Idea'
Michael Falk: 'Retirement Planning Can Be Done More Simply'
Rick Bookstaber: Avoiding Complexity Is 'Risk 101'
Sarah Newcomb: 'I Love Rules of Thumb'
Martin Lau: Now Is a Better Time to Buy China
Carl Richards: It Should Be OK to Relax Out Loud
Manisha Thakor: Beware of 'Junk Personal Finance'
David Herro: 'We Are Not at All Afraid to Vary From an Index'
Leif Dahleen: Finding Financial Independence
Jason Zweig: Temperament Is Everything for Most Investors
Jack Brennan: Price Pressure in the Advice Business Is 'Inevitable'
Sonal Desai: Navigating Historically Low Yields and Stretched Valuations
Eduardo Repetto: ETFs Are Winning the Battle
Market X-Ray: Wheels Up on Travel Stocks
Alan Moore: What Millennial Investors Want
Andrew Biggs: Create a Thrift Savings Plan for the Masses
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