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EPISODE 70

JUNE 4, 2026

John Wordock spent decades working for the biggest names in financial journalism — Bloomberg, CBS MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones.

He interviewed Jack Bogle, and Mike Bloomberg personally sent him to Washington DC to build a broadcast bureau.

John knew everyone worth knowing in the world of money. And then he put his savings in index funds and stopped thinking about it.


Chris Hill sits down with John to find out what three decades inside financial news actually taught him about his own relationship with money, as well as:

  • How his money story began in blue-collar Maine

  • Why knowing all the right people made him less likely to tinker with his portfolio

  • How he and his wife, both journalists, built a financially independent life and sent three kids to college without student loan debt

  • The one purchase he still regrets (due to terrible Bluetooth)

John Wordock: The Financial Journalist Who Ignored the Markets

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