Jane Bryant Quinn's retirement tips
Photo credit: Sigrid Estrada | Over the past four decades, Jane Bryant Quinn has been one of the most influential financial journalists in the country. Although she stopped writing her groundbreaking newspaper column in 2009, she still writes a monthly article for AARP Bulletin.
When Jane Bryant Quinn filed her first personal finance newspaper column in 1974, the Dow Jones average was in the mid-800s. The stock market benchmark edged over 1,000 a few times over the next decade, but each time it quickly fell back. It wasn't until December 1982 that the Dow passed and permanently remained over the 1,000 level.
"I must have written a column at least three or four times...
