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Day care, sneakers, cell phones, maybe college – kids are expensive. When they grow up, empty-nesters face a decision about what to do with their extra money. What they choose is crucial to their retirement security for two reasons – one obvious, and one subtle but very important. The Center for Retirement Research estimates that…

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The above video qualifies as Personal Finance 101 – one critic dismissed it as nothing more than “common sense.”  But that’s appropriate for the audience and worth sharing with teenagers and young adults in your life who are just starting on a financial path. The speaker, Alexa von Tobel (three years before she agreed to sell her online advisory company to…