Personal Finance Retirement

Nearing retirement and feeling unprepared? You're not alone. Many share these concerns, but they can be resolved with the clear guidance in this book. Retirement planning doesn’t have to be stressful or confusing.

In finance, as in life, there's no such thing as a free lunch - unless you're well diversified. The push toward diversification inspires many investors to buy index funds, which is a smart move. But most people have missed the chance to diversify over their investing lifecycle.

In this audiobook, we’re going to show you what you should be doing now to avoid the stealth tax increases retirees face but are ignorant of...until it's too late.

The CPA’s Guide to Personal Finance: A Practical Roadmap to Wealth and Financial Security is the ultimate guide for anyone looking to take control of their financial future. Written by a seasoned CPA, this book offers a step-by-step approach to mastering personal finance, helping you build a solid foundation, grow your wealth, and achieve lasting financial security. Inside, you'll discover: ✅ Proven strategies for budgeting, managing debt, and saving effectively—just like the experts do ✅ Smart investment tactics to help you build long-term wealth, including how to navigate stocks, ...

Social Security admits it has made $21.6 billion in incorrect benefits payments! Now it wants its money back—from widows, orphans, retired schoolteachers, and even young children whose parents received disability benefits on their behalf. Often with no explanation, they send threatening letters clawing back amounts ranging from several thousand dollars to more than $100,000. Learn how to make sure you get the correct Social Security benefits, avoid frightening clawbacks, and how to deal with the opaque bureaucracy of Social Security.

Now you can enjoy both of Paxton S. Finnegan's step-by-step guides to a better financial life in one convenient volume containing the complete unabridged versions of You Can't Have My Money! and Hunting Purple Elephants.

You must have heard stories of people who you think earn enough money to live comfortably but still find themselves in debt, living paycheck to paycheck or having to take loans to meet up with their expenses. This story is true for most people and will continue to be the case, if they do not take actions to rectify it.

Discover how to take control of your finances to be able to retire early with information and guidelines suggested in this book. With advice on budgeting and retirement savings, you will be able to understand how you can properly set your retirement goals.

Imagine a life where Monday morning doesn't fill you with dread. A life where your finances aren't a source of stress, but a springboard for your dreams. This isn't just a fantasy. It's financial independence, and Escape the Rat Race: A Beginner's Guide to Financial Independence & Side Hustles is your invitation to build it. Forget complicated jargon and overwhelming advice; this book simplifies the path to freedom, making it achievable for anyone willing to take the first step. Through clear, actionable chapters, you will discover how to: Gain crystal clarity on your financial situation ...

This is your one-stop, definitive resource as you prepare for a secure and comfortable retirement. Investment and personal finance experts Larry Swedroe and Kevin Grogan present uniquely comprehensive coverage of every important aspect you need to think about as you approach retirement, including: Social Security, Medicare, investment planning strategy, portfolio maintenance, preparing your heirs, retirement issues faced by women, the threat of elder financial abuse, going beyond financials to think about your happiness, and much more.

Dave Gow retired at 28, after a decade of working as a forklift driver. He didn’t win the lottery, inherit a fortune, or get lucky in the stock market. Instead, he discovered a simple set of principles that helped him spend less and invest more, all while increasing his happiness.

Is it possible that everything you have been told about retirement planning is wrong? Is retirement dead? Perhaps not yet, but it's on life support. The concept of retirement, as we've known it, is becoming a thing of the past. With the major economic, social, cultural, medical, technological, and employment shifts that have occurred in the past two decades, most everyone under the age of 100 now has to rethink what they thought "retirement" would be.

Discover the secret to enjoying your golden years free of fears and worries – retire with confidence in just 7 steps!

Are you approaching that golden age of retirement? If so, you’re likely starting to get a lot of things in the mail or in the office that is related to your retirement that includes jargon you may or may not be familiar with. Don’t let intimidating jargon keep you from planning and saving for retirement. Get familiar with some of the most common words you’ll encounter while financing your golden years. This practical glossary audiobook compiles a list of over 80 most common retirement terms you’re likely to encounter.

Retirement can be a jungle of decision-making. Acclaimed personal finance author Noel Whittaker will help guide you. What sort of assets to invest in? How long will your money last? Is downsizing right for you? How much should you spend now, and how much would you like to leave to your kids? This book will be your guide for the rest of your life. In the simple style for which Noel is renowned, the book covers all the above topics and many more. It will become your indispensable guide on what we hope will be a happy, healthy, and prosperous retirement.

People are sometimes too caught up with the day-by-day hustle and bustle that they tend to forget about securing their future and retirement. Each minute of this eight-chapter guide emphasizes how crucial investment is even before, during, and after one’s retirement. It talks about retirement, how to get started when planning for this, as well as how to ensure it’s a great one. Here, listeners get to assess and set their life goals, lifestyle, credit standing, habits, and learn strategies and tips to achieve these retirement goals.

Retirement for many Americans can be like a rollercoaster. We experience the ups and the downs, the jarring turns, and the panic-inducing plummets. However, we have no guarantees and no trust that we are going to be taken care of, so it creates fear and not enjoyment. Is that how we want our retirement to go? Does this sound like a "fun ride"?

We all know we should save for retirement, right? But we don't. We're just not sure where to start...or when. Experts use complicated terminology and conjure up magic numbers. Do we really need to set aside a million dollars? And if we don't have a snowball's chance in hell of saving that much, should we even bother to try? Gail's answers are no and yes - no, there is no magic number that fits everyone, and yes, you must bother! The hardest part of retirement planning is getting started, so Gail walks you through the steps to put momentum on your side.

For over a century, the military services have provided pensions to active duty members that served 20 years. On January 1, 2018, the military broke with a long tradition and instituted a Blended Retirement System (BRS). This system is designed to enable service members to take some retirement savings with them if they depart before serving 20 years on active duty. Today, many service members have the option to stay with the traditional pension or enroll in the BRS. In a compelling and interesting read, Patrick Weinert breaks down the differences between the two retirement systems and ...

Are you overwhelmed and scared by the prospect of retirement? Maybe traditional full-stop retirement isn’t for you, or you have no idea what kind of lifestyle you want. Running out of money is also a huge worry, and even the best financial plan will fail without lifestyle planning. This book goes beyond the numbers to help you design your version of Retirement Heaven, the post-career life that’s right for you - a special period in your life when you can reconnect with yourself, those you love, and your passions; and live with more balance and purpose than ever before.