The 5 Years Before You Retire: Retirement Planning When You Need It the Most
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (594 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00GVHTW46 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 349 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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A comprehensive guide to planning your retirement before it's too late!Even though half of all Americans put money aside for retirement, it isn't until they reach their sixties that many realize that they haven't saved enough. With The Five Years Before You Retire, you'll hone in on what you need to do in the next five years to maximize your current savings and create a realistic plan for your future. Covering every aspect of retirement planning, these straightforward strategies explain in detail how you can make the most of your last few years in the workforce and prepare for the future you've always wanted.Whether you just started devising a plan or have been saving since your first job, The Five Years Before You Retire will show you what you need to do now to ensure that you live comfortably for years to come.. This book guides you through each financial, medical, and familial decision, from taking advantage of the employer match your company offers for your 401k program to enrolling in Medicare to discussing housing options with your family
She edits and writes for the FinCon blog, an annual conference for financial bloggers. . She is the author of The 5 Years Before You Retire, Choose Your Retirement, Making Social Security Work for You, and End Financial Stress Now. You can visit her at SAHMnambulistspot. Emily Guy Birken is a finance writer who writ
"I should have put the price of the book into my IRA" according to JohnnyB. Save your money and use Google. It's free and in the couple hours it takes to skim this book you can find the same info for free.You can look inside this book choose the Table of Contents and google each topic. Read what a reputable source (Kiplinger, AARP, Fidelity, etc.) has to say about it. To me, it looks like that's what the author did.The entire book is superficial and weak. The section on Annuities is a prime example. I know very little about them but I already knew everything the author told me. Other the material is borderline irrelevant. The first section is about calculating how much you'll need for retirement. I'll save you the money. You can invest it. Hoosier Daddy I'll save you $13.The book has lots of swell forms you can fill out listing your expenses and sources of income. You can do those things yourself.Here's the rest of the book:Q: Should I spend less? A: YesQ: Should I save more? A: YesQ: Should I make crafts and sell them (honest, she says that)? A: YesQ: Should I move into a smaller home? A: YesQ: Should I take in a roommate? A: YesQ: Yes? But you just said I should move into a smaller home. Where would I put a roommate? A: Did I mention you could make crafts and sell them?. Had to Apologize I had such high hopes that I would receive some helpful insight into retirement, but that has not happened with this book, and unfortunately I gave it to a loved one as a gift before reading it myself. Now I've had to send that person an apology. I seldom give poor reviews, but this book is already outdated, it spends much too much time on Medicare, which changes with the shift in wind patterns, and so this book is already wrong on so many fronts that readers cannot take it to heart. There is too much time spent on annuities, which in my opinion is worthless unless someone doesn't have even the least amount of self-contr
2015 Washington Post Singletary column gift guide pick! "Lays out a road map that helps boomers plan for retirement." Newsday"Fantastic and incredibly comprehensive." Rob Berger, Doughroller