Much of the talk, as might be expected, focused on the debt ceiling, the housing crisis and the job market. But during the give-and-take with top White House officials on these issues, there were some nuggets of wisdom that clearly applied to everyday investors and regular folks planning their retirement.
Here are those four tips, from the president’s own lips and from his chief economic adviser:
1. Don’t spend all your money Doug Harbrecht of Kiplinger asked the president for his best personal-finance tip for regular Americans. Obama’s simple response: “Don’t spend all your money.”
