Casey Bond was a freelance contributor to ona bet:Fortune Recommends. She is an awardꦬ-winning writer and edi♏tor who has covered personal finance for more than a decade. In addition to Fortune, her work has appeared on Yahoo Finance, Forbes, Business Insider, MSN, U.S. News & World Report, and more. She is also a Certified Personal Finance Counselor (CPFC). A Los Angeles Native, Casey lives in the South Bay with her husband and two smush-faced dogs.