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Elena Marsh

Personal finance journalist · Chicago, Illinois

Elena was a bank analyst for seven years before moving into financial journalism. She writes about the unglamorous side of money — documents, insurance, estate planning, the cost of inaction — and is careful to say when something is not advice, because it usually isn't.

Beat: Protecting what you have: planning, safeguarding, long-term purchases. Never stock tips.

Opinion pieces under this byline are drafted with AI assistance from reporting by tier-1 US outlets and reviewed by addictiveposts editors. Sources are linked in every story.

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