Claire Hamilton

Having more than ten years of experience guiding people and companies through the complexity of money, Claire Hamilton is a strategist, educator, and financial writer. Claire, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Oxford, England, offers a unique transatlantic perspective on personal finance by fusing analytical rigidity with pragmatic application.Her Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge and her Master's in Digital Media and Communications from NYU combine to uniquely equip her to simplify difficult financial ideas using clear, interesting content.Beginning her career as a financial analyst in a London boutique investment company, Claire focused on retirement planning and portfolio strategy. She has helped scale educational platforms for fintech startups and wealth management brands and written for leading publications including Forbes, The Guardian, NerdWallet, and Business Insider since switching into full-time financial content creation.Her work emphasizes helping readers to be confident decision-makers about credit, debt, long-term financial planning, budgeting, and investing. Claire is driven about making money management more accessible for everyone since she thinks that financial literacy is a great tool for independence and security.Claire likes to hike in the Cotswalls, practice yoga, and investigate new plant-based meals when she is not writing. She spends her time right now between the English countryside and New York City.