Director Of Personal Finance And Retirement Planning
Christine Benz is the Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning at Morningstar. She specializes in retirement planning, wealth management, and investment strategies, with a focus on personal finance topics such as credit health, debt management, and saving and investing. Christine's insights and expertise have been featured in numerous publications, including Fortune, the Associated Press, and The Seattle Times.
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Christine Benz primarily covers personal finance, with a heavy emphasis on investment analysis and data-backed insights. Her articles often include expert commentary, making her likely to be interested in pitches from financial professionals who can provide unique perspectives on retirement planning, investment strategies, tax benefits, and portfolio management.
Given the nature of her coverage attributes focusing predominantly on investment analysis and citing data, Christine may be receptive to pitches that offer original research or proprietary data relevant to her topics of interest. This could help support or enhance the points being discussed in her articles.
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Assessing the pros and cons of 3 main approaches.
By: Christine Benz
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By: Christine Benz, Susan Dziubinski
An age gap can complicate retirement. Here’s how couples can coordinate Social Security, investments, healthcare, and long-term care.
By: Amy C. Arnott, Christine Benz, Jeffrey Ptak
Morningstar’s Jeff Ptak weighs in on private markets, thematic ETFs, and crypto. As for private assets in 401(k)s, he’s not mincing words: ‘I hate it.’
By: Christine Benz
Lessons for retirees and preretirees on target-date funds, TIPS funds, and asking for help.
FILE - A woman uses a walker as she exits an assisted living building, July 4, 2025, in Boca Raton, Fla. Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
By: Christine Benz, Amy C. Arnott
The authors of The Architecture of Wealth - Andy Clarke and Nelson Wicas - share insights from working with Jack Bogle and decades of research on diversification, indexing, active management, and behavioral bias.
How a fourth portfolio bucket can help set your mind at ease. If there's a worry that keeps retirees from maximizing their spending during
By: Valentina Djeljosevic, Christine Benz
Single-earner families should look beyond today's budget and consider retirement savings, emergency funding, workforce reentry, and future Social Security benefits.
Lessons for retirees and preretirees on target-date funds, TIPS funds, and asking for help.
