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CNBC Announces New Online Course Centered on Achieving Financial Wellness

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ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., July 17, 2024 – CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, today announced the launch of its new Smarter by CNBC Make It online course, Achieve Financial Wellness: Be Happier, Wealthier & More Financially Secure.

Hosted by CNBC Make It Money Editor and CFP® Emmie Martin, the course teaches users how to get their money life in order by practicing practical strategies to boost savings and get out of debt, and create a plan to achieve financial security and freedom, regardless of income or net worth.

People who take the course will get 100 minutes of instructional video content, divided into shorter lessons that include ways to establish a healthy relationship with money by breaking bad financial habits, creating good ones, and effectively managing financial stress. Users will also be given different methods to budget, save, and pay off debt that will help set up their financial life for long-term success. There is also an accompanying downloadable workbook with exercises.

Course instructors will show users how to increase income potential and make the most of employee benefits, save for retirement and grow money by investing, and proper estate planning and protecting loved ones with insurance. Experts featured include:

  • Kamila Elliott, CNBC Financial Advisor Council member and CFP®
  • Yanely Espinal, CNBC Global Financial Wellness Advisory Board member and financial educator
  • Brad T. Klontz, Psy.D., CFP®, CNBC Global Financial Wellness Advisory Board member and financial psychologist

“Money is the number one source of stress for most Americans. If left unaddressed, it can hurt your health and relationships, and cause existing financial troubles to snowball. With this Smarter by CNBC Make It course, we want to help by providing the tools you need to feel more secure today and more confident in your financial future,” said Jenna Goudreau, Vice President and Executive Editor of CNBC Make It.

Smarter by CNBC Make It courses offer expert-led instructions, actionable insights and comprehensive curricula that help users boost their career and income. Other courses in the portfolio include: How to Ace Your Job Interview, How to Earn Passive Income Online and Become an Effective Communicator: Master Public Speaking, and are available for a discounted rate at smarter.cnbcmakeit.com.

For more information contact:

Erin Kitzie

CNBC

Erin.Kitzie@nbcuni.com

About CNBC Make It

CNBC Make It wants to help you get smarter about how you earn, save and spend your money by delivering its must-read content to millions of users every month who want to lead more successful financial lives. With a focus on success, money, work and life, CNBC Make It provides information and inspiration to navigate your big financial firsts: from landing your dream job, to starting a business, to investing in your future.

About CNBC

CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news, providing real-time financial market coverage and business content consumed by more than half a billion people per month across all platforms. The network’s 15 live hours a day of news programming in North America (weekdays from 5:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC’s global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and includes reports from CNBC News bureaus worldwide. CNBC at night features a mix of reality programming, CNBC’s highly successful series produced exclusively for CNBC and a number of distinctive in-house documentaries.

CNBC also offers content through its vast portfolio of digital products such as: CNBC.com, which provides financial market news and information to CNBC’s investor audience; CNBC Make It, a digital destination focused on making you smarter about how you earn, save and spend your money; CNBC PRO, a premium service that provides in-depth access to Wall Street; a suite of CNBC mobile apps for iOS and Android devices; Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Siri voice interfaces; and streaming services including Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Samsung Smart TVs. To learn more, visit https://www.cnbc.com/digital-products/.

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