Janet Bodnar
Janet Bodnar is editor-at-large of Kiplinger's Personal Finance, a position she assumed after retiring as editor of the magazine after eight years at the helm. She is a nationally recognized expert on the subjects of women and money, children's and family finances, and financial literacy. She is the author of two books, Money Smart Women and Raising Money Smart Kids. As editor-at-large, she writes two popular columns for Kiplinger, "Money Smart Women" and "Living in Retirement." Bodnar is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University and is a member of its Board of Trustees. She received her master's degree from Columbia University, where she was also a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Business and Economics Journalism.
Latest articles by Janet Bodnar
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Personal-Finance Writers Reveal Their Favorite Products and Services to Save and Manage Their Money
Making Your Money Last Here are our top picks for investments, money-management tools, credit cards, budget-friendly travel, and more.
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What This Mother-Daughter Fund-Manager Team Can Teach Us About Investing
investing The Weirs have been collaborating on Paradigm Micro Cap since 2008.
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New Tools to Help Women Invest to Meet Their Goals
Investor Psychology These digital investing platforms geared towards women are worth a second look.
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Stay Healthy to Enjoy Your Wealth
Healthy Living on a Budget If you’ve got your health,” the old saying goes, “you’ve got just about everything.” In this issue, Kiplinger’s is taking that advice to heart.
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What Investors Should Do in Today's Market
Investor Psychology Before you make a move, know how much risk you can handle.
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How Men and Women Think Differently About Money
investing Men and women approach financial planning differently, but there's success in their balance.
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How to Pick a Financial Adviser
Financial Planning We tell you all you need to know to find the perfect match.
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Will the New Fiduciary Rule Really Protect Your Investments?
investing Nobody has a bigger stake in your money than you do.
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America's Perilous National Debt
debt At $14 trillion and climbing, it's like "termites in the basement."
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Savers Feel the Pain of Low Interest Rates
Making Your Money Last The Fed's low-rate policy has cost U.S. savers $470 billion.
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Making Women Money-Smart
Investor Psychology A Q&A with Annamaria Lusardi, coauthor of the financial literacy study "How Financially Literate Are Women?"
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10 Things Every Kid Should Know About Money by Age 18
spending Families still seem to be struggling with how to help their children learn to manage money.
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Picking the Right Mutual Funds for Today's Market
Kip 25 It doesn't hurt for investors to play both offense and defense.
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An Investing Gender Gap?
Investor Psychology Research shows that women tend to differ from men in their approach to investing.
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The Tooth Fairy Is Leaving Less Under Pillows These Days
savings The average amount that the Tooth Fairy gives kids is down 10% from last year.
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Big Changes in Rankings of Top-Performing Mutual Funds
investing One constant: Big-company funds beat their smaller brethren.
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8 Rules for Raising Money Smart Kids
savings When I wrote my first column about kids and money in the 1990s, the hot topic was whether to buy Pump sneakers, one of the first items of kids' apparel with a price tag that passed the $100 mark.
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The Value Test: 300 Colleges That Pass
College Rankings All the schools on our list, from 1 to 300, are best values.
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The Best Personal-Finance Products and Services of 2015
Financial Planning Here are our top picks for investments, money-management tools, credit cards, budget-friendly travel, and more.
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Lorena Garcia's Path to Celebrity Chef
business She set out to practice law, but then fame came calling.
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5 Tips for Beginning Investors
Financial Planning Kiplinger's Personal Finance editor Janet Bodnar shares our best investing advice in a letter to her son -- and any twentysomething looking to get into the market.
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6 Ways to Get Your Kids to Do Chores Without Paying Them
spending Kids shouldn't be paid for doing routine tasks, but for doing extra jobs that parents define as above and beyond.
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Save $1 for College, Cut $2 in Debt
college Paying for college doesn't mean you have to take out thousands in student loans.
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Back-to-School Money Tips for College Students
college Kiplinger's summer 2015 interns offer advice on managing your finances as a student.
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