Beth Pinsker, CFP ®
@bethpinsker.bsky.social
Personal finance - financial planning - taxes - retirement. Brooklyn mom of two humans, one dog. Now @marketwatch. “My Mother’s Money: A Guide to Financial Caregiving” coming fall 2025 from Crown Currency. Sign up for my source list: http://eepurl.com/iMvx
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Financial Advice for Different Life Stages
New books steer readers through life’s tricky passages.
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My first round up for "My Mother's Money"! Publisher's Weekly's fall list of financial advice books (also includes Kerry Hannon and Janna Herron's book). It's just staring to feel like summer, but fall books are just around the corner. Preorders on my website.
Tune in tomorrow to @npr to hear me on the 1A show talking about the high cost of caregiving. The show is live at 10am ET but may be at a different time in your area.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Tune in tomorrow to @npr to hear me on the 1A show talking about the high cost of caregiving. The show is live at 10am ET but may be at a different time in your area.
Thanks for having me on @moneylifeshow.bsky.social
Financial caregiving is a privilege, a burden, a conflict of interests and so much more, and @bethpinsker.bsky.social discusses it all in her new book, "My Mother's Money: A Guide to Financial Caregiving," out today. She talks about a lot of it on today's @MoneyLifeShow too; here's a clip:
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Thanks for having me on @moneylifeshow.bsky.social
It’s publication day for my book “My Mother’s Money”! How can you help? Glad you asked. Now that my book is launched, I need reviews. Amazon, GoodReads, B&N, Instagram, Facebook, your book club, anyone you think will listen. Thanks in advance for any kind words you put out there in the world.
My Mother's Money: A Guide to Financial Caregiving
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November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It’s publication day for my book “My Mother’s Money”! How can you help? Glad you asked. Now that my book is launched, I need reviews. Amazon, GoodReads, B&N, Instagram, Facebook, your book club, anyone you think will listen. Thanks in advance for any kind words you put out there in the world.
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Not much financial planning is geared toward how to take care of other people and how to make it possible for them to care for you. My goal now is to prevent my kids from being left with only bad, expensive choices when it comes to caring for me @bethpinsker.bsky.social 🎁
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Essay | My Mother’s Illness Changed the Way I Think About Financial Planning
As a personal finance expert, I give advice on how to maximize wealth. At the end of my mother’s life, I realized there’s a more important question: What is our money for?
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October 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Not much financial planning is geared toward how to take care of other people and how to make it possible for them to care for you. My goal now is to prevent my kids from being left with only bad, expensive choices when it comes to caring for me @bethpinsker.bsky.social 🎁
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My WSJ essay about caring for my mom — a kind of adapted excerpt of “My Mother’s Money” is out this morning. Grab a hankie and take a look:
Essay | My Mother’s Illness Changed the Way I Think About Financial Planning
As a personal finance expert, I give advice on how to maximize wealth. At the end of my mother’s life, I realized there’s a more important question: What is our money for?
www.wsj.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My WSJ essay about caring for my mom — a kind of adapted excerpt of “My Mother’s Money” is out this morning. Grab a hankie and take a look:
Thanks @kerryhannon.bsky.social !
Practical guide book with a big heart. @bethpinsker.bsky.social @yahoofinance.com finance.yahoo.com/news/how-to-...
How to manage financial caregiving for an aging parent
In her new book, author Beth Pinsker explains the practical ways to be a financial caregiver for a parent or aging relative amid the emotion.
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October 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Thanks @kerryhannon.bsky.social !
A little weekend press for “My Mother’s Money” on Yahoo Finance. Pub day in 10 days!
How to manage financial caregiving for an aging parent
In her new book, author Beth Pinsker explains the practical ways to be a financial caregiver for a parent or aging relative amid the emotion.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
A little weekend press for “My Mother’s Money” on Yahoo Finance. Pub day in 10 days!
One of my recent podcasts — a really far-ranging a deep conversation.
Don't stick someone you love with a financial mess.
@marketwatch.com columnist & CFP® professional, @bethpinsker.bsky.social, shares what families overlook most when it comes to financial caregiving matters.
🎙️ Full episode now on the Boldin Your Money podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=gO7g...
@marketwatch.com columnist & CFP® professional, @bethpinsker.bsky.social, shares what families overlook most when it comes to financial caregiving matters.
🎙️ Full episode now on the Boldin Your Money podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=gO7g...
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
One of my recent podcasts — a really far-ranging a deep conversation.
Do you (or the parent you care for) have a Medicare Advantage plan? I’m doing a story comparing out of pocket costs and I’m looking for some people who can share with me some of their co-pay costs for common procedures, like a hip replacement or dialysis. Message me or email me if you can help.
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Beth Pinsker is a MarketWatch Investing Columnist
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October 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Do you (or the parent you care for) have a Medicare Advantage plan? I’m doing a story comparing out of pocket costs and I’m looking for some people who can share with me some of their co-pay costs for common procedures, like a hip replacement or dialysis. Message me or email me if you can help.
I’m doing a mini book tour for “My Mother’s Money.” Just dropped the details on events in New York, Massachusetts and online. Check it out:
Events Calendar - Beth Pinsker CFP®
Author events featuring Beth Pinsker talking about her book "My Mother's Money: A Guide to FInancial Caregiving"
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October 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I’m doing a mini book tour for “My Mother’s Money.” Just dropped the details on events in New York, Massachusetts and online. Check it out:
Just published: a mini “excerpt” from my book in AARP magazine (print and online)! Read it here. Preorder now! “My Mother’s Money” comes out Nov 4
5 Things I Learned From Managing My Mother’s Money
Author describes how to ease the frustrations of taking over a parent’s finances
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October 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Just published: a mini “excerpt” from my book in AARP magazine (print and online)! Read it here. Preorder now! “My Mother’s Money” comes out Nov 4
Check out this So Money podcast episode I taped with Farnoosh Torabi about my book "My Mother's Money: A Guide to Financial Caregiving." The book is out Nov. 4. You can preorder at any major sell or via my website.
1874: Caring for Aging Parents and Their Money
Podcast Episode · So Money with Farnoosh Torabi · 09/03/2025 · 34m
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September 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Check out this So Money podcast episode I taped with Farnoosh Torabi about my book "My Mother's Money: A Guide to Financial Caregiving." The book is out Nov. 4. You can preorder at any major sell or via my website.
A $300,000 RMD? What would you do? I answer a teacher who turned $600,000 into $6 million and is now 80, for @marketwatch.com
I’m 80 and my RMD is $300,000. What the heck am I supposed to do about my huge tax bill?
A teacher turned $600,000 into $6 million and now has a huge tax bill
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September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A $300,000 RMD? What would you do? I answer a teacher who turned $600,000 into $6 million and is now 80, for @marketwatch.com
Did you miss my Labor Day newsletter drop? Here’s a peek at what you’d see if you’re a subscriber:
Labor Day Stuff
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September 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Did you miss my Labor Day newsletter drop? Here’s a peek at what you’d see if you’re a subscriber:
I've got a new book/source list newsletter dropping tomorrow for Labor Day. Sign up now so you don't miss out! Get the latest news on "My Mother's Money." Plus, each one comes with a recipe from my mom's files. This one has a savory kugel.
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August 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I've got a new book/source list newsletter dropping tomorrow for Labor Day. Sign up now so you don't miss out! Get the latest news on "My Mother's Money." Plus, each one comes with a recipe from my mom's files. This one has a savory kugel.
So many people worry about large RMDs in retirement. Here's another strategy to consider using annuities. @marketwatch.com
Worried about taxes on huge RMDs? Consider this alternative to Roth conversions.
Once you turn 73, there are ways that annuities could help lower your tax burden
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August 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
So many people worry about large RMDs in retirement. Here's another strategy to consider using annuities. @marketwatch.com
I had to talk a relative out of a scam in real time recently. Here’s a rundown of that conversation that I wrote up for @marketwatch.com Stay safe out there, everyone.
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Here’s how I barely talked my 80-year-old relative out of giving $40,000 to scammers
He was drawn in by a very sophisticated operation, and it took a lot of logic to convince him it wasn’t real
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August 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I had to talk a relative out of a scam in real time recently. Here’s a rundown of that conversation that I wrote up for @marketwatch.com Stay safe out there, everyone.
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www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-...
The Common App opened this past weekend. Any other senior-year parents out there like me? I’m staring down making TWO tuition payments at this time next year. I dug into how squeezed families are by the cost of college for @marketwatch.com
Parents are draining retirement accounts and home equity to pay for college. They should do this instead.
Sallie Mae says the average amount taken out in home-equity loans, retirement withdrawals and credit cards all jumped in 2025.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Common App opened this past weekend. Any other senior-year parents out there like me? I’m staring down making TWO tuition payments at this time next year. I dug into how squeezed families are by the cost of college for @marketwatch.com
I'm 100 days from my book, "My Mother's Money," coming out. Are you signed up for my newsletter? You can get all the latest about it first, plus a bonus recipe from my mother's famous recipe files. Here's a peek at it so you can see what you'll get. Sign up!
100 days until My Mother's Money
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July 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I'm 100 days from my book, "My Mother's Money," coming out. Are you signed up for my newsletter? You can get all the latest about it first, plus a bonus recipe from my mother's famous recipe files. Here's a peek at it so you can see what you'll get. Sign up!
My latest for @marketwatch.com on the caregiving crisis. @aarp.org @jason4care.bsky.social . If you need help with a caregiving situation, I've got a book coming out in November called "My Mother's Money: A Guide to Financial Caregiving." For now, here's my piece:
America’s 63 million family caregivers are mostly unpaid — and begging for help
The figure is a huge 45% jump from 10 years ago, according to a new AARP study.
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July 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My latest for @marketwatch.com on the caregiving crisis. @aarp.org @jason4care.bsky.social . If you need help with a caregiving situation, I've got a book coming out in November called "My Mother's Money: A Guide to Financial Caregiving." For now, here's my piece:
I got to talk to one of my literary heroes, Geraldine Brooks, about death, grief and money issues that she writes about in "Memorial Days" for my latest @marketwatch.com column.
Author Geraldine Brooks learned these hard money lessons when her husband died
“Memorial Days” is a memoir of grief, but also a practical reminder of the impact of money on anyone’s life.
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July 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I got to talk to one of my literary heroes, Geraldine Brooks, about death, grief and money issues that she writes about in "Memorial Days" for my latest @marketwatch.com column.
Interested in Roth conversions? What is your goal? Getting to zero in your pretax accounts might not be feasible. @marketwatch.com
I’m doing Roth conversions, but my IRA balance keeps going up. When do I stop?
Retirement blogger Fritz Gilbert is trying to reduce his future tax burden, but it’s surprisingly harder than he thought.
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July 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Interested in Roth conversions? What is your goal? Getting to zero in your pretax accounts might not be feasible. @marketwatch.com
Went out to dinner last night and left my teenagers home alone. Did they party? Make a mess? No, they rescued a hurt pigeon they found when they were walking the dog. It flew off this morning, before I had to drive 45 minutes to a bird rescue.
July 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Went out to dinner last night and left my teenagers home alone. Did they party? Make a mess? No, they rescued a hurt pigeon they found when they were walking the dog. It flew off this morning, before I had to drive 45 minutes to a bird rescue.
The world is nuts. Here’s a our first gluten-free sourdough loaf.
July 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The world is nuts. Here’s a our first gluten-free sourdough loaf.
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TPC corrects the record on taxes on Social Security benefits.
Trump Admin claimed "nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay fed income taxes on their bens"
50.9% of filers w/SS bens paid the tax before
47.3% now
Only 3.6% no longer pay
taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/corre...
Trump Admin claimed "nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay fed income taxes on their bens"
50.9% of filers w/SS bens paid the tax before
47.3% now
Only 3.6% no longer pay
taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/corre...
Correcting the Social Security Administration About The Big Budget Bill
The misleading communication from SSA may add to the confusion many older adults already feel about the complex retirement insurance program.
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July 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
TPC corrects the record on taxes on Social Security benefits.
Trump Admin claimed "nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay fed income taxes on their bens"
50.9% of filers w/SS bens paid the tax before
47.3% now
Only 3.6% no longer pay
taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/corre...
Trump Admin claimed "nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay fed income taxes on their bens"
50.9% of filers w/SS bens paid the tax before
47.3% now
Only 3.6% no longer pay
taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/corre...