Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Personal Finance - Retirement Planning

PBS financial expert Jonathan D. Pond has helped millions of Americans get their personal finances in order. If you're worried about the state of your retirement, he'll show you:

• Why not to believe the scary misinformation put forth by the media and the finance industry
• How you can get yourself in shape for retirement, regardless of your salary level or how early you started saving
• Why taking your Social Security distributions at the earliest possible age may not be the best move
• And much more

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A comprehensive guide to understanding, choosing, and buying long-term care services and insurance

"An excellent source of information." --Money magazine

"This book provides the information and guidance people will need to make sound decisions about ensuring and gaining access to long-term care."--Ann Landers

In the next 10 years, more than 12 million Americans will require some form of longterm care. Written by the trusted experts at the United Seniors Health Council, Planning for Long Term Care...

Create a new life plan to thrive in your retirement

"In "Your Retirement, Your Way," Alan and John lead the way to a new and dynamic definition of retirement. They begin with this exciting premise: the more you clearly identify your own personal style, the more you will experience a powerful and fulfilling next chapter in your life. With the variety of guides and road maps they provide, including a sample version of the Birkman(r) (a mini-Birkman(r)), readers can navigate their way to a more confident phase of life that offers both purpose and renewal." --Dr. Roger W. Birkman, Chairman,...

Whether you're exploring a reverse mortgage to finance a home improvement, pay off a current mortgage, pay for health care expenses, or generate monthly income to improve quality of living, you're one of the thousands of Americans age 62 and older who are turning to this lucrative way to build income.

Simply put, with reverse mortgages you no longer pay the bank, the bank pays you. In "The Reverse Mortgage Advantage," renowned real estate expert Warren Boroson presents a thorough examination of the ins and outs of this intriguing...

Create a retirement plan that works for you

Social security, IRAs, and 401(k)s are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to planning for retirement. And as people are living longer, it's more vital than ever to come up with a long-term investment plan. Retirement Planning for the Utterly Confused shows you how to choose the strategies and vehicles for saving and investing that suit your needs, and makes difficult process easy to comprehend.

You'll also find:

• Insight into complicated retirement issues
• Strategies for managing investment risk...

This contributed volume provides a broad-based and in-depth exploration of demographic and related issues facing American society as it anticipates the retirement of the so-called baby boomers. The work provides a critical examination of the population and labor force projections most commonly used in discussions of retirement in the next century; looks at issues relating to the health and age structure of the population, examining those issues in the context of support mechanisms for retirement income security; and considers the potential lessons to be learned from the experiences of...

At the outset of his second term, President Bush's proposal to partially privatize Social Security has touched off a debate of enormous proportion. Disentangling the rhetoric and hyperbole from fact is essential for anyone trying to evaluate the potential merits or pitfalls of the plan. Leonard and Mark Santow--a father-and-son team who integrate two different political viewpoints (fiscally conservative and socially liberal, respectively)--offer specific recommendations for improving Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid in socially responsible ways that relieve some of the stress on the...

This is the only encyclopedia that focuses solely on the financial issues associated with aging. Written by experts in a variety of fields, entries include gerontology and finance terms and concepts, policies and programs, the needs and problems of the elderly, and more. This comprehensive, up-to-date, two-volume work includes over 175 entries on the most recent issues in elder financial planning and retirement programs. Each article features references to research, bibliographies, sources for advice, and guides to further information.

Arranged A to Z, entries define and describe topics...

When properly designed, a revocable living trust can provide all of the estate tax-saving benefits available under a decedent's Last Will, eliminate a lifetime court-supervised financial guardianship of a person's financial affairs in the event of physical or mental incapacity, and, upon the trustor's death, facilitate estate administration without the necessity of a court-supervised process, or probate. Shockingly often, however, trusts are poorly designed and underfunded, nullifying all of their considerable...