Mallika Mitra

Mallika Mitra

Expertise: Personal finance, Investing, Retirement

Education: MA, Journalism (Business and Economics Concentration), Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY; BA, English, Kalamazoo College

Mallika Mitra is an experienced writer and editor who covers a wide range of business and finance topics. Her work can be found on Bankrate, Bloomberg News, Business Insider, CNBC, CNN Underscored, The Bond Buyer, The Wall Street Journal’s Buy Side and USA Today, among others.

She was previously a writer and editor at Money covering investing where she wrote the weekly “Investing with Money” newsletter. She also wrote a wide range of stories on meme stocks, cryptocurrency, generational investing trends and more including two digital cover stories.

Mallika has a M.A. in journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, where she was a McGraw scholar for business journalism, and a B.A. in English from Kalamazoo College. She can be reached via LinkedIn or on X at @mitra_mallika.

Recent Articles

Switching Banks for Higher Rates: Is It Worth the Hassle?

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