Perimeter Desk
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Christine Benz · Amy Arnott · Ben Johnson
The Long View links investment research with the choices people make about saving, retirement, and their portfolios. Morningstar’s Christine Benz, Amy Arnott, and Ben Johnson interview fund managers, financial planners, researchers, and authors. Conversations often connect technical ideas to household decisions, while also covering investor behavior and the experience of retirement. Detailed episode notes make it easy to revisit concepts, find research, and explore a guest’s work after listening.
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The show
Interviews on investing and retirement · Morningstar
The Desk’s listening note
Use it to deepen a planning question, especially retirement spending or portfolio design, and keep the guest’s assumptions in view.
Who it’s for
Long-term individual investors, people approaching retirement, and advisers who want research-informed conversations about making financial plans work in everyday life and across market cycles.
A useful place to start
Choose an interview about a decision you face, such as retirement spending or simplifying a portfolio, and follow one linked research source after listening.
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The people behind the microphone
The current publisher listing names Christine Benz, Amy Arnott, and Ben Johnson. Hosting combinations vary; earlier episodes also feature former co-host Jeff Ptak.
Director of personal finance and retirement planning, Morningstar
Christine Benz directs personal finance and retirement planning at Morningstar and co-hosts The Long View. She joined Morningstar in 1993 and previously led its fund research team and edited Morningstar Mutual Funds. She is the author of How to Retire, bringing research and practical planning questions together in her writing and interviews about retirement and investing.
Host profile Official profilePortfolio strategist, Morningstar; The Long View co-host
Amy Arnott is a portfolio strategist at Morningstar and co-host of The Long View. Her research includes retirement spending and portfolio questions, and she has co-authored Morningstar’s State of Retirement Income research with colleagues. She contributes to Morningstar’s public investing coverage and joins conversations that connect investment research with decisions about retirement, diversification, and financial planning.
Host profile Official profileHead of client solutions, asset management, Morningstar
Ben Johnson is Morningstar’s head of client solutions in asset management and a co-host of The Long View. His earlier Morningstar roles included global passive research, ETF research, and equity analysis. Before joining the firm, he worked as a financial adviser. His background brings fund structure, indexing, and portfolio implementation into the show’s discussions with investors and researchers.
Host profile Official profileSources & further reading
Profile checked September 18, 2026. Editorial notes are Perimeter’s interpretation.