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Kiplinger's Offering Free Retirement Advice

Posted Jan 21st 2010 9:40AM by Mark Fightmaster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Personal Finance, Financial Crisis

Looking for a little free financial advice this weekend? Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) are going to give you some from Friday January 22 through and on January 26. The two are going to team up to sponsor "Jump-Start Your Retirement Days."

Normally, Kiplinger's requires a fee to answer these financial questions, charging anywhere from $150 to $300 an hour, but here it offers consumers free retirement advice online or by phone.

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New York Times rips Suze Orman

Posted Mar 18th 2007 4:10PM by Zac Bissonnette (RSS feed)
Filed under: Newspapers, Amazon.com (AMZN), Columns, Books, Personal Finance

Harry Hurt III of the New York Times ripped into Suze Orman's new book Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny. He begins with this attack:

Among the substances that need hazmat warning labels are the liquid that bronzes Suze Orman's hair, the paste that whitens her teeth for her publicity photographs, and her latest financial advice manual, "Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny."

While Mr. Hurt is certainly entitled to his opinion, he is, as he freely admits, not the target audience. On Amazon.com, the 48 reviewers so far have given the book an average 4.5 stars (granted they also gave Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki's book an average of 3 stars when 1 star would have been generous).

The point is: if the book doesn't appeal to men, who cares? It's like Elton John dismissing Playboy as boring.