Trivia

Ex-personal finance editor for CNN Business News.

Before joining CNN Business News in March, 2003, she was the senior financial correspondent for Smart Money magazine.

Attended Columbia Business School as a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in 1991-1992 and was the winner of the Excellence in Retirement Savings Reporting award for 2001, which is given by the American University School of Communication and the Investment Company Institute's Education Foundation.

Joined Fox Business Network [March 15, 2010].

Born in Spruce Pine, N.C. and grew up in North Carolina.

Originally wanted to be a political reporter.

First job after college graduation was at a newspaper in Lima, Ohio in 1981.

Hobbies include golfing.

Release of her book, "The Smart Money Guide to Real Estate Investing". (2003)

Release of her book, "Home Rich: Increasing the Value of the Biggest Investment of Your Life". (2008)

Has a younger brother.

Breast cancer survivor.

(January 28, 2020) She has contracted the human papillomavirus three-and-a-half years after her breast cancer battle. Will be undergoing a hysterectomy after pre-cancer cells were discovered on her cervix.