Terry Savage

Areas of Expertise: Personal finance, money & markets, the economy

Website: www.TerrySavage.com

Twitter Feed: @TerryTalksMoney

Books: “Social Security Horror Stories: Protect Yourself from the System and Avoid Clawbacks” (K&S Productions LLC, 2023); “The Savage Truth on Money” (Third Edition, Wiley, 2019); “The Savage Number: How Much Money Do You Really Need to Retire?” (Wiley, 2016); “The New Love Deal” (The New Love Deal Inc., 2014)

Topics Presented in Speeches: The Savage Truth on Money, personal financial planning, investing, insurance, college savings, estate planning, Social Security & Medicare, retirement strategies

Email: Terry@TerrySavage.com

Biography:     

Terry Savage is a nationally recognized expert on personal finance, the economy and the markets. She writes a weekly personal finance column syndicated in major newspapers by Tribune Content Agency.

She is the author of four bestselling books on personal finance. The third edition of her bestselling book, “The Savage Truth on Money,” came out in 2019. The first edition was named one of the top 10 money books of the year by Amazon.com. Her other book is: “The Savage Number: How Much Money Do You Really Need to Retire?” (Wiley, 2016). She is also co-author of “The New Love Deal” (The New Love Deal Inc., 2014). Her latest book, coauthored with Laurence J. Kotlikoff, is “Social Security Horror Stories: Protect Yourself from the System and Avoid Clawbacks” (K&S Productions LLC, 2023).

Savage appears frequently on national television and radio programs, commenting on the financial markets and current economic events. She is featured on WGN Radio and WGN-TV in Chicago, with a weekly personal finance segment. You can read her weekly columns and commentaries, watch videos, check out links to her favorite websites and calculators and check out a Q&A on her “Ask Terry” blog at www.TerrySavage.com.

She has worked nationally with major corporations, including Allstate, Walmart, McDonald’s, Walgreens, Hilton and Allstate to share her message of financial literacy and empowerment with their employees. She is a registered investment adviser, although she has no individual clients, nor does she represent any financial products or services.

Savage has been named a Top 5 Speaker of the Year by Speakers Platform for several years. And she recently received a lifetime achievement award from the Chicago Journalists Association and the Silver Circle award from the Chicago Television Academy in 2018. She has won numerous awards, including the National Press Club award for Outstanding Consumer Journalism, and the Outstanding Personal Finance Columnist award given by the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Her expertise comes from experience. She started her career as a stockbroker and became a founding member and first woman trader on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. She was also a member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s International Monetary Market, where she traded interest rate futures and currencies. She now serves on the Board of Directors of CME Group, parent company of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.