MORE FOR YOUR
Money
Finance whiz
Jean Chatzky reveals
five fast ways to boost
your bank account
Shape
Up Your
Money
Life
Savings Savvy
BY
JEAN CHATZKY
PHOTOGRAPH BY
DAN SAELINGER
What are you worried about? For
many of us, it’s money: 7 out of 10
middle-class boomers fear they won’t
have enough cash to last through
retirement, according to a Bankers
Life and Casualty Company survey.
As a financial journalist, I’ve seen the
world of money grow more complex.
We’re now more responsible for
our financial lives: Decisions about
health care, parents, kids, and 401(k)s
sit squarely on our shoulders. We
desperately need simplicity—a way to
answer our biggest money questions:
about making it, saving it, spending it,
and investing it. A means of examin-
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