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Senior Editor
MONEY

Walter Updegrave, award-winning journalist and author, is a senior editor of MONEY. He writes the "The Long View," a column that focuses on retirement issues. His "Ask the Expert" column, in which he uses humor and wit to demystify jargon of the investment world, also appears twice a week on CNNMoney.com.

Updegrave covers retirement, investing and insurance for MONEY. In his 20 years at MONEY, Updegrave has won a number of journalism awards and has appeared on national radio and television programs, including Oprah, NBC's Today, ABC's Nightline and CBS This Morning. He has also been a featured speaker on personal finance and investing topics at seminars for the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball. Updegrave has written four books: We're Not in Kansas Anymore: How to Retire Rich in a Totally Changed World; Investing For The Financially Challenged; The Right Way To Invest In Mutual Funds; and How To Keep Your Savings Safe.

Joining MONEY in 1986 as a staff writer, Updegrave rose to senior writer in 1988, became an associate editor in 1990 and was appointed a senior editor in 1996. Prior to MONEY, Updegrave's work appeared in The New York Times, New York and Metropolitan Home. A Philadelphia native and "Iggles" fan, Updegrave holds a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in New Rochelle, NY with his wife and their son Henry.

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