Sean Pyles

I love my car. She is happy and healthy and ready to roll. How's yours?

I love my car. She is happy and healthy and ready to roll. How's yours?

I love my car. She is happy and healthy and ready to roll. How's yours?

Well, we've got thoughts and advice, so rev the engines. Welcome to NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast, where you send us your money questions and we answer them with the help of our genius nerds. I'm Sean Piles.

Well, we've got thoughts and advice, so rev the engines. Welcome to NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast, where you send us your money questions and we answer them with the help of our genius nerds. I'm Sean Piles.

Well, we've got thoughts and advice, so rev the engines. Welcome to NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast, where you send us your money questions and we answer them with the help of our genius nerds. I'm Sean Piles.

Elizabeth, I'm sure you'd agree that these are confusing times for our financial lives.

Elizabeth, I'm sure you'd agree that these are confusing times for our financial lives.

Elizabeth, I'm sure you'd agree that these are confusing times for our financial lives.

But we can't, and a lot of other people can't either. So how do we navigate all the uncertainty around us? It's not the first time we've asked that question on the show, but we're asking it again to get some perspective from NerdWallet economist and longtime friend of the show, Elizabeth Renter. Welcome back, Liz. Sean, Elizabeth, thanks so much for having me.

But we can't, and a lot of other people can't either. So how do we navigate all the uncertainty around us? It's not the first time we've asked that question on the show, but we're asking it again to get some perspective from NerdWallet economist and longtime friend of the show, Elizabeth Renter. Welcome back, Liz. Sean, Elizabeth, thanks so much for having me.

But we can't, and a lot of other people can't either. So how do we navigate all the uncertainty around us? It's not the first time we've asked that question on the show, but we're asking it again to get some perspective from NerdWallet economist and longtime friend of the show, Elizabeth Renter. Welcome back, Liz. Sean, Elizabeth, thanks so much for having me.

I don't know about you, Liz, but I find it incredibly difficult these days to just tune out the daily machinations of the U.S. and global economies, and not just because I host a finance show. It seems like we're on this wild roller coaster, and a lot of us would really like for the ride to end so we don't have to pay attention anymore.

I don't know about you, Liz, but I find it incredibly difficult these days to just tune out the daily machinations of the U.S. and global economies, and not just because I host a finance show. It seems like we're on this wild roller coaster, and a lot of us would really like for the ride to end so we don't have to pay attention anymore.

I don't know about you, Liz, but I find it incredibly difficult these days to just tune out the daily machinations of the U.S. and global economies, and not just because I host a finance show. It seems like we're on this wild roller coaster, and a lot of us would really like for the ride to end so we don't have to pay attention anymore.

I'd love to get a gut check from you of whether this sense of chaos is justified, or, you know, we've been here before and we'll be here again, so just ride it out.

I'd love to get a gut check from you of whether this sense of chaos is justified, or, you know, we've been here before and we'll be here again, so just ride it out.

I'd love to get a gut check from you of whether this sense of chaos is justified, or, you know, we've been here before and we'll be here again, so just ride it out.

Thank you.

Thank you.