Jean Chatzky's 6 Simple Rules for Financial Fitness

by DailyFinance Staff Mar 15th 2012 11:00AM
Updated Mar 15th 2012 3:20PM
Jean Chatzky's 6 Rules for Fit FinancesToday show financial editor Jean Chatzky -- author of DailyFinance's "Family Money" column, which appears on Mondays -- has a new book titled Money Rules: The Simple Path to Lifelong Security. On Wednesday, she spoke with Matt Lauer, explaining the easy principles you can apply to ensure that your retirement is funded, that you're in as little debt as possible and that you only make those purchases you won't regret. Hint: "Don't shop angry, don't shop sad, don't shop hungry."

Watch Chatzky and Lauer below:

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Wayne Bradshaw

Do you know who is the prolocutor star of Louis Vuitton Handags now? It is the Sofia Coppola, she is well-know with the director of movies. Of course she like the LV very much ,especial the Louis Vuitton Wallet,but she never buy something from the Louis Vuitton Outlet, because she always get freely and show the newest louis vuitton items .

May 05 2012 at 11:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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March 25 2012 at 2:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jdykbpl45

No Obama, Corzine, Reid, Pelosi, Geithner, and Bernake. They are all part of the plot to ruin the USA.

March 21 2012 at 2:29 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
shaynamaster

every time I have to write a check , I get a cramp in my wrist and so I do not incur alot of bills so I do not write a lot of checks thereby keeping more of my money in my account.............

March 21 2012 at 11:41 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
scottee

maybe she could explain the simple rules to congress?

March 16 2012 at 11:53 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
eaglecrest06

I hate to say I agree with ilm9p and Artie. I do tend to stare at her legs when she's on and do we need another simplistic personal finance book stating obvious platitudes that really doesn't give us any new insights.

March 16 2012 at 11:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ilm9p

I usually don't pay attention to what this broad is babbling about, I just stare at her thighs.

March 16 2012 at 7:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Artie

Just what we need, another simplistic personal financial book filled with what should be the obvious and a bunch of platitudes. Hasn't Jean Chatzky covered this ground dozens of times already, in similar books? I guess she needs the money.

March 15 2012 at 5:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply