2 Days of Free Financial Advice

Call or go online to participate in Kiplinger's Jump-Start Your Retirement Plan Days.

January 6, 2009

If the stock market is giving you heartburn, it's time for a checkup -- a financial check-up. Kiplinger's is offering you two golden opportunities to get free financial advice.

For the eighth time, we are joining with the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) in sponsoring Kiplinger's Jump-Start Your Retirement Plan Days. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, January 13, and Friday, January 30, NAPFA members across the U.S. will be standing by to answer your questions.

Normally, these fee-only planners, who are well versed in investments, taxes, insurance, estate planning, and saving for college and retirement, charge clients $100 to $250 an hour. But on Jump-Start Days, you don't pay a cent -- not even for the phone call. Just dial 888-919-2345 and a NAPFA adviser will respond to your question. Or, if you prefer, you can participate in an online discussion with a NAPFA adviser anytime from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time on January 13 or January 30.

To make the most of your advice session, make sure you have on hand documents relevant to your question, such as your 401(k) statement with your menu of investment options. If your question is too complex to be answered on the spot, you may be directed to NAPFA's Web site, www.napfa.org, where you can look for a planner in your area.

Thousands of Kiplinger's readers received personalized advice during last year's Jump-Start Days. "These are frightening times for investors, but it's important to take a long-term view and to make decisions based on facts, not emotions," says editor Fred W. Frailey.

Our retirement hotline is a public service that is offered to all, not just Kiplinger's subscribers. "Volunteer advisers from across the country are prepared to help as many people as possible during these unsettled times," says NAPFA chief executive officer Ellen Turf. "Our members can share their insight and expertise with individuals whose financial futures are at stake."

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