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.
 
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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