On June 8, the White House invited 23 journalists from leading personal-finance sites for a first-of-its-kind summit. The goal: translate important issues for the economy out of Washington-speak and into practical, pocketbook terms that everyday Americans who get their financial information online can understand.
Kiplinger.com asked President Barack Obama to reveal the one piece of personal financial advice that he had found most useful in his own life -- a question rarely, if ever, asked of presidents. Turns out he has four pieces of advice that we at Kiplinger espouse all the time: