CARRIE SCHWAB-POMERANTZ is president of the Charles Schwab Foundation and senior vice president at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., where she has spent the past thirty years serving clients and advocating for investors. Under her leadership the Foundation has established several notable financial education programs, including a curriculum for teens developed in collaboration with Boys & Girls Clubs of America that has been cited by the U.S. Treasury’s National Strategy on Financial Literacy as a best public-private sector initiative. She also spearheaded a program with AARP Foundation to provide financial education and coaching to people age fifty and older. Her popular personal finance column “Ask Carrie” is syndicated weekly through Creators News Service. She’s a Certified Financial PlannerTM certificant and the coauthor of the popular book about family finances It Pays to Talk. JOANNE CUTHBERTSON is also a Certified Financial Planner(TM) certificant and publishing director at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. She has worked in financial and technology publishing for three decades.
As seen on these shows and in these newspapers: *The New York Times *CBS This Morning *Fox Business Network's The Willis Report *Bloomberg Radio's Taking Stock *The Street TV *Nasdaq.com *USA Today *San Francisco Chronicle *Library Journal Overwhelming appealing...[This book] treats the reader as a grown-up...There is little sugarcoating and few wasted words...Ms. Schwab-Pomerantz gives realistic advice throughout...An excellent personal finance book...The book is well worth your time, whether you are over 50 or just see the big 5-0 looming. --New York Times An exceptional guide for smart financial decision-making, regardless of age, and a must-have roadmap to a more secure future. --Annamaria Lusardi, Academic Director, Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC), and Professor at the George Washington University School of Business Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz's new book offers comprehensive financial advice for Americans over fifty. Everything from contributing to employer retirement plans to strategies for claiming Social Security is covered with advice that is easy to understand and absolutely trustworthy. Reading this book is time well spent for people in all circumstances. -- John Shoven, Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research