Liz Weston CFP

Liz Weston CFP® is an award-winning personal finance columnist whose articles are distributed by the Associated Press and whose question-and-answer column Money Talk appears in the Los Angeles Times, among other papers. She's the author of five books including the best-selling "Your Credit Score." She's appeared on the Today Show, Dr. Phil and NBC Nightly News and been a regular commentator for CNBC’s Power Lunch, APM's Marketplace. She lives with her husband and daughter in Los Angeles.