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October 10, 2016

Ask Brianna: How do I save for anything other than retirement?

By BRIANNA McGURRAN
NerdWallet

Q: I know I should save for retirement, but that's so far away. How do I also save for the things I want sooner, like a house, a vacation or a move to a new city?

A: You'll see me write about retirement over and over in this column — it comes with the territory as a personal finance writer. Talking retirement gets my planning, strategizing, and, yes, lecturing engines going, because Americans need encouragement. Almost half of families had no retirement account savings in 2013, according to an Economic Policy Institute analysis of Federal Reserve data.


 
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