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Genna Contino
Unclaimed profilePersonal Finance Reporter, MarketWatch
United States
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Genna Contino is the Smart Spending reporter on MarketWatch's personal-finance desk, covering money, class, consumer finance, the economy, and business. She previously covered personal finance for CNBC and city hall for the Charlotte Observer. She is a University of South Carolina alumna and graduated from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
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Genna Contino covers personal finance, focusing on practical money management and consumer issues. Recently, they’ve explored budgeting through personal experience, insurance cost shifts, travel hacking, and optimizing emergency savings.
Recent articles
- I’m a personal finance reporter who never budgeted. Then my boyfriend got laid off.MarketWatch · Mar 31, 2026
- Insurers shifted roof-replacement costs onto homeowners thanks to a new federal rule — just in time for hail and hurricane seasonMarketWatch · Jun 30, 2026
- ‘How much money do you make?’ Since you can’t ask your date that, ask this instead.MarketWatch · May 20, 2026