- 15+ years in personal finance.
- Expert in budgeting, credit cards, mortgages, insurance, and taxes.
- Work has appeared on Forbes Advisor, The Motley Fool, Investopedia, MassMutual, The Wealth Advisor, Business Insider, Fox Business, Fox Money, Yahoo News, Yahoo Money, Buy Side from WSJ, USA TODAY Blueprint, Taste of Home, Reader's Digest, and NewsBreak.
Bio and experience
Amy Fontinelle is a financial journalist and personal finance expert. She covers financial topics, including retirement planning, paying for college, budgeting, credit cards, mortgages, home buying, insurance, economics, taxes, and public policy, while making challenging personal financial topics easy to understand. Amy wants readers to experience the peace of mind and freedom that can come from financial security.
She has worked as a personal finance writer for Bankaholic.com, Capital One, Forbes Advisor, Investopedia, USA TODAY Blueprint, Buy Side from WSJ, and Bankrate and a data journalist for The Ascent.
Education
Amy has a bachelor's degree in Spanish from Washington University in St. Louis and a certificate in journalism from the University of California, Los Angeles.
