Bonus Mailbag #16: Retirement and Investing




HerMoney with Jean Chatzky show

Summary: In honor of a very happy holiday season, we're celebrating with our HerMoney family with five special Mailbag-focused episodes! Our listeners submit THE BEST questions all year long (to <a href="mailto:mailbag@hermoney.com" target="_blank">mailbag@hermoney.com</a>), and we wanted to get as many as possible answered before 2020 rolls around. In this episode, Jean and Kathryn dive into your questions around saving for retirement and investing for the long-haul. Listen in as Jean advises a woman on how much she really needs to save for retirement... Is $1.7 million per person the right amount, or perhaps 25 times your annual expenses? Jean also shares her thoughts with a woman who's debating where to put an extra $4,000 she has annually to invest for retirement.  Jean guides a mother of twins who is saving for retirement in a 401(k) and also considering investing in real estate and putting money into an HSA, in an effort to maximize her money for herself and her girls. Lastly, we tackle the question of investing worries that are rooted in a fear of losing money, and a question about selling stock in order to pay off the mortgage early.   From everyone on the HerMoney team, thank you so much for listening to us in 2019. We can't wait to spend more quality time together in the New Year!