HFP In The News - 2010
Wayne-Based Financial Advisor Providing FREE Financial Advice
To Consumers Across the Country:
Thousands of consumers expected to receive free guidance from NAPFA and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine January 22ndand 26th2010
Wayne, PA(January 10th) – The numbers don’t lie. During the past six years, the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) and Kiplinger’s Personal Financemagazine have teamed-up to provide consumers with FREE financial advice during Jump-Start Your Retirement Planning Days. Since 2004:
o More than 800 NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisors have volunteered their time
o Volunteers have donated more than 8,000 hours worth of advice to consumers
o Approximately 30,000 consumers have benefited from the free hotline project
And now NAPFA and Kiplinger’s Personal Financemagazine are gearing up for their sixth year of providing free objective advice with Jump-Start Your Retirement Planning Days. And Katherine Holden of Holden Financial Planning in Wayne, PA will be giving her time to this worthwhile project.
Jump-Start Your Retirement Planning Daysis a chance for consumers to get FREE financial advice by telephone from some of the nation’s top financial advisors. Free to the public, consumers can call from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. EST on Tuesday, January 22ndand Friday, January 26th. Katherine and other NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisors will be standing by to answer people’s most pressing retirement questions, from IRAs to estate planning to identifying goals for a comfortable retirement.
“It is exciting to be in a position to help people better understand their financial situation,” said Katherine. “It’s gratifying to be able to help so many callers. They really appreciate the fact that we donate our time and expertise. I look forward to rolling up my sleeves and helping consumers of all backgrounds.”
The toll-free number for Kiplinger's Jump-Start Your Retirement Planning Daysis 1-888-919-2345. For more information on this initiative and retirement planning can be found in the February, 2010 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance and at www.NAPFA.org.
Holden quoted in Consumer Reports
Wayne, PA (June, 2010)– Katherine Holden, a Fee-Only Advisor with Holden Financial Planning, was quoted in the June, 2010 issue of Consumer Reports Money Advisor. A reader wanted to know where to put college savings. Katherine suggested, “…put only one-third of what you expect college to cost in the 529 plan, then plan to pay one-third out-of-pocket, and use loans or scholarships for the final third.”
Contributed to Beth Kobliner’s Blog
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