"My friends and I, who are all over 50, shake our heads at the values of our homes and of our stocks, " says Wollack.

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Oh, yes, and one quirky fact about myself: I once wore a mitten during a press interview as I had to shake the executive's hand and my pen had exploded all over my sleeve (and right hand).

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