Jean Chatzky Quotes

No one anticipates divorce when they're exchanging vows, and it can be devastating emotionally and financially. To ease the financial side of the blow, you need to maintain your financial identity in your relationship. That means having your own credit history - you need your own credit card - and your own savings and retirement accounts.

I have enough money for the rest of my life and enough to leave a good inheritance for our kids.

You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.

I don't think I can answer questions about the trust fund.

Sons represent security, insurance, a 401(k), a bank.

I want to have generational money.

It is always best to settle all outstanding financial matters as soon as divorce proceedings are concluded.

Financially speaking, I haven't ended my career in the best shape, and there are debts, as well as what is to come by way of a divorce settlement to Mandy.

I have now the gloomy prospect of retiring from office loaded with serious debts, which will materially affect the tranquility of my retirement.

I have five major corporations, and I operate them. How could I be retired?

My experience is not creating debt but my experience is creating jobs.

When one stops working at the height of one's career, it's just stupid not to say, 'I want to make sure I have a house.'

After my father died, we were pretty much wiped out financially as a family, so I decided to give finance a try.

My firm has 25,000 high-net-worth clients. A typical account would be that of a couple aged 65 and 60 who need their money to last the rest of their lives, 25 to 35 years.

Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure.

If you're 35, 45, or even 55 - you have a very long time horizon - 40 years or vastly more. That is you, and/or your spouse, are likely to live about that long, and you'll be investing the whole way.

Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already.

You may have seen my firm's ads screaming, 'I Hate Annuities.' Folks ask why we run them. Simple: Because I do.

Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.

If I was a billionaire, I'd be smart with my money.

It's not easy to part with the trophies. However, I do need to have some long-term financial security for those close to me.

Once your kids are grown and you know that you're completely healthy, consider canceling your life insurance policy.

I tend to split my activities into fun, income and legacy. The number of things in that finance bucket is pretty few and far between and doesn't consume much time at all.

I have no one to leave the money to. I'm a single man. I like spending my money.

It is true that a population which is growing older needs to save, but the question is in what form the savings are made.