He was a trustee to the Rockefeller Foundation, a special adviser to U.N.

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Also keep in mind that you'll need to increase the amount you set aside by 3% to 5% a year to keep inflation from eating away at the fund, says Ken Weingarten, a financial adviser in Lawrenceville, N.

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"The amount of trade as a share of national income, the financial flows as a share of just about anything, are much larger now than they were back in the 1970s, " says Sachs, who is also an economic adviser to U.N.

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But Jeffrey Sachs, a renowned economist and special adviser to the U.N. secretary-general, said neither candidate will be able to stop continued financial woes in the near future.

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Mr. Recchion, a 51-year-old financial adviser from High Point, N.

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Benjamin Birken, a financial adviser in Chapel Hill, N.

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George Kiraly, a financial adviser in Short Hills, N.

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Ajay Kaisth, a fee-only adviser with KAI Advisors in Princeton Junction, N.

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