Personal Finance Retirement

The Financial Independence, Retire Early (F.I.R.E.) movement has inspired many to optimize their finances and retire sooner than they ever imagined. F.I.R.E. For Dummies shows you how to make financial freedom and early retirement a reality. You'll learn how to maximize this process and speed up your time to financial independence and retiring early. This is the perfect Dummies guide for anyone looking to move from the basics of their finances to reaching F.I.R.E. and enjoying the time freedom it creates.

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 ...

This book Will Walk You Through the Emotional and Behavioral Changes to Expect to ensure a Happy, Fulfilling, and Financially Stable Retirement! It's pretty crazy how different people's reactions to retirement can be. For some, they absolutely dread the concept of retiring, of giving up their position, of never working again. You can't blame them, though. Imagine working your whole life to finally get the position you've dreamed of, only to retire and not know what to do. It can feel very unsatisfying.

It’s estimated that there are over 50 million pensioners - in the United States alone. Like the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, Germany and many other countries around the world are all in big trouble when it comes to the solvency of their pension funds. Who Stole My Pension? was written to give them guidance, resources, and tools so they can take action...and stop the looting.

Whether you're a recent college grad trying to figure out how to start investing, a young parent struggling to decide where and how to put away money, or someone well into middle age and worried about whether you've saved enough money for retirement, Jim Cramer's Stay Mad for Life has the answers.

Are you struggling to manage and keep your finances in control? Are you finding it difficult to invest or build a savings for your retirement? Do you think it is too complicated, but you are willing to learn? You'll know everything you need to know to invest safely, smartly, and sensibly by listening to this audiobook A Simple Guide to Finance & Money Basics for Kids, Teens, & Adults. It is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to aid you in understanding the investment world, by helping you set clear objectives on finance literacy.

What will your 100-year life look like? Does the thought of working for 60 or 70 years fill you with dread? Or can you see the potential for a more stimulating future as a result of having so much extra time? Many of us have been raised on the traditional notion of a three-stage approach to our working lives: education, followed by work and then retirement. But this well-established pathway is already beginning to collapse.

Estate planning doesn't have to be a daunting task reserved for the wealthiest. "Estate Planning Simplified" transforms this complex process into an achievable one-evening task. Forget the overwhelming legal jargon and confusion about where to begin or the fear of making errors with financial terms. This book proves estate planning is accessible to everyone, not just a privileged few. It guides you through understanding complicated concepts with ease, ensuring your loved ones' financial future while minimizing taxes and preserving your legacy.

What are we going to do with those 20 or 30 years we didn’t expect? Due to unfounded fears of unhappiness and regret, many intelligent, otherwise rational people, even into their 40s and 50s, are so convinced that old age is a time of misery that they simply deny any other outcome and refuse to plan their own destiny. This optimistic and highly informative guide to smart aging will detail for listeners the steps they need to take to ensure that long life becomes synonymous with good life.

Don’t even think about navigating YOUR social security benefits until you listen to this essential guide – Understand your options and secure your retirement for financial independence, even if you’re just starting your journey. A recent survey by the Retirement Confidence Index revealed that over 65% of soon-to-be retirees are apprehensive about their post-retirement life, largely due to a lack of understanding of their Social Security benefits.

Building off the framework of Schultheis' The Coffeehouse Investor philosophy, this book will instill the common man and woman with the confidence to take control over their long-term financial goals and journey toward financial freedom in retirement. The Coffeehouse Investor's Ground Rules encourages listeners to ignore stock market "rules" and "perfect portfolio" pursuits to focus on the only three essential components to long-term financial security: saving, investing, and planning.

With more than 1 million copies in circulation, it remains the best-selling family business book of all time. Much of its success is owed to the deeply original message about the dangers of gifting an operating business to family. It offers business owners and their family a proven process for building wealth and protecting family relationships by exploring whether the business should be sold inside or outside the family. Every Family's Business includes 12 questions to help guide this emotional transition.

All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if we can't get out of bed. And the healthiest body in the world won't stay that way if we're frazzled about five figures' worth of debt. Today show financial expert Jean Chatzky and the Cleveland Clinic's chief wellness officer, Dr. Michael Roizen, explain the vital connection between health and wealth - giving listeners all the tactics, strategies, and know-how to live longer, healthier, more lucrative lives.

Award-winning Washington Post retirement columnist Stan Hinden's best-selling How to Retire Happy (Fourth Edition) helps you make the right decisions to ensure a happy, healthful retirement. It delivers all the expert advice you need in an easy-to-understand step-by-step style.

Brian Preston, host of The Money Guy Show podcast and co-founder of Abound Wealth Management, lays out a nine-step system for building wealth with the money you already have. Millionaire Mission helps you account for your financial blind spots, overcome the fear of making wrong decisions, and take the guesswork out of what to do with your next dollar.

Unlock a vibrant and adventurous retirement filled with fun and freedom, without the stress of feeling left behind in your golden years! Do you wonder how to fill your days now that you’ve retired? Or perhaps you're searching for enriching activities that resonate with your interests, but feel overwhelmed by the choices? Have you thought about reconnecting with your community or pursuing a new hobby, only to find yourself hesitant or unsure where to start? If you nodded ‘yes’ to any of these questions, know that you’re not alone.

Get ready to kick your financial fears to the curb and embrace your inner Money Bitch®! This isn't just another financial guide; it's your wake-up call to financial fabulosity, tailored for women who are ready to take control and soar to new heights of financial freedom. Penned by the dynamic duo of Blankenship and Overkamp, "Money Bitch®: A No-BS Guide for Smart Women Who Want to Own Their Financial Future" is more than a book—it's a movement. Dive into the raw, real, and relatable world of personal finance like you've never seen it before. With their signature blend of humor, no-holds...

The 2020s are likely to be among the worst times to be nearing retirement or in the early years of retirement. This audiobook first explains the forces that are coming together to make it more difficult to create and maintain financial security and independence in retirement.

Investing is scary. Never is that more true than during market pullbacks and recessions, whether the Great Recession of 2008; the brief, vertiginous COVID crash in 2020; or any number of recent smaller, yet still wrenching, periods of economic turbulence. We see those flashing red numbers and all semblance of “planning” or “risk tolerance” suddenly goes out the window. We wonder: Will I ever be able to retire? Should I be buying GameStop stock? What, uh, is this stock market thing, anyway?

There are a lot of misconceptions around annuities. Most of them revolve around the sale of variable annuities from brokers, where there is a lot of overpromising done, in my humble opinion. For example, a variable annuity is a security and therefore is an investment that inherently carries risk and comes with high fees. For variable annuities, three to six percent in fees could come out of the overall account value annually versus just a zero to one percent annual fee with a fixed indexed annuity.