The interview: Alexandra Armstrong, Money Matters

Name: Alexandra Armstrong. Age: 60. Occupation: Financial planner; Chairman, Welch, Armstrong & MacIntyre. Education: Newton College of the Sacred Heart. Career Highlights: Worth Magazine's list of top financial planners 1996, 1997, 1999; Chairman, Foundationfor Financial Planning; President, Boy Scouts of America, National Capital Area; Chair, Finance Committee, Reading Is Fundamental; Co-author, On Your Own: A Widow's Passage to Emotional and Financial Well-Being Through the agony and ecstasy of personal finance, clients look to Alexandra Armstrong to calm their fears and help them build their dream lives. She's seen booms and plenty of busts, and through it all, has been offering the same unexciting but, ultimately, correct advice to her clients: take a long-term view and stop jumping around. The most common mistake she sees? "People ...

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