Saving for Retirement
A Free Retirement Checkup
Call 888-919-2345 for free answers to your tough financial-planning questions.
From Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, February 2007
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Whether you plan to leave your job in a few years or a few decades, Kiplinger's is giving you a golden opportunity to find out if you're on the right track. In the accompanying story, we explain the new rules of saving for retirement through automatic 401(k) features and simpler investment choices. But we don't stop there. Take the next easy step and get free, personalized answers to your financial questions.
For the fifth time, we are joining with the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) to sponsor Kiplinger's Jump-Start Your Retirement Plan Days. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, January 16, and Friday, January 26, NAPFA members across the U.S. will be standing by to take your calls and answer your questions.
Normally, these fee-only planners, who are well versed in investments, taxes, insurance, estate planning, and retirement and college saving, charge clients $100 to $250 an hour. But on Jump-Start Days, you pay nothing -- not even for the phone call. Just dial 888-919-2345.
More than 25,000 Kiplinger's readers have participated in past call-in sessions with questions about investments, insurance and juggling competing goals, such as saving for retirement while paying for college. "Kiplinger's has been helping readers realize their financial dreams for 60 years," says editor Fred Frailey. "This is one more way that we can help you make your money work harder."
Our retirement hotline is a public service that is offered to all, not just Kiplinger's subscribers. "It's great to see so many folks reach out to Kiplinger's and to our members for unbiased financial advice," says NAPFA chief executive officer Ellen Turf.
Now it's your turn. The small steps you take today can make a huge difference in the quality of your retirement. To make the most of your call, pull together any relevant records. If you want to ask about your investment allocation, for example, you'll need to give the planner a quick overview of how your portfolio is invested.
If your questions can't be answered on the spot, you may be referred to resources on the Internet that will help you find the information you need. Complex questions may require complex answers, and you may be directed to NAPFA's Web site, www.napfa.org, to locate a planner near you.