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Retirement vs College: Retirement WINS

Updated on: June 6, 2011 / 4:49 PM EDT / MoneyWatch

Whenever I conduct a speaking engagement, someone in the audience asks me about how to save for both retirement and college. Today during a financial planning session in the fire-hot Arizona desert (no humidity, still 100 degrees!), the question popped up again.

I remembered that I had conducted an interview this winter on the exact topic -- the advice is the same, even if the temperature was about 70 degrees colder!

Jill Schlesinger

Jill Schlesinger, CFP® is the Emmy-nominated business analyst for CBS News. She covers the economy, markets, investing and anything else with a dollar sign on TV, radio (including her nationally syndicated radio show), the web and her blog, "Jill on Money." Prior to her second career at CBS, Jill spent 14 years as the co-owner and chief investment officer for an independent investment advisory firm. She began her career as a self-employed options trader on the Commodities Exchange of New York, following her graduation from Brown University.

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