Jump-Start Your Retirement Plan Days, 2013
NAPFA planners answered your most pressing financial and retirement questions for FREE on February 7 and February 12. You can read transcripts of the chats below.
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Kiplinger, the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), and the NAPFA Consumer Education Foundation answered your retirement and financial questions on February 7 and February 12, 2013. You can read the transcripts from both days below.
Transcripts from Tuesday, February 12:
Chat Room #1: Saving for Retirement
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Chat Room #2: Income in Retirement
Chat Room #3: Other Financial Challenges
Transcripts from Thursday, February 7:
Chat Room #1: Taxes and Retirement
Chat Room #2: Income in Retirement
Chat Room #3: Saving for Retirement
Chat Room #4: Other Financial Challenges
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