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Video: 5 Ways to Save More for Retirement

By Karin Price Mueller| September 30, 2011 |
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Columnist Karin Price Mueller talks about ways you can adjust your budget to maximize long-term savings. Be sure to take advantage of all savings opportunities, including the catch-up contributions to 401(k) plans and IRAs for those over 50.

Join the discussion: How has your family maintained or boosted retirement savings in this uncertain economy? Please add your comments below.


SecondAct contributor Karin Price Mueller is an award-winning personal finance and consumer writer with The Star-Ledger and other publications. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, three children and two guinea pigs. Whatever they don't eat goes into her retirement savings accounts.

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