Personal Finance Retirement

Having a will is important, but it’s only one piece of the puzzle. Without a comprehensive plan, your family can get tangled up in frustrating and stressful legalities for years. Even if you’re in the process of getting an estate settled and things are going horribly wrong, it’s not too late. You can get back on track with what you know your loved one wanted. Most importantly, you can do your own estate and crisis planning, and get it right the first time.

Award-winning financial advisor Charles Zhang—who became one of today's most successful financial advisors by stressing sane and sensible investing strategies over dubious, get-rich-quick tricks and schemes—draws on his years of experience to outline a clear and rational program guaranteed to organize and plan every aspect of your financial life. How can you gain the huge benefits of stock market investing while minimizing the risks? What type of life insurance should you have—and how much is too much? Zhang answers these questions and more.

Are you prepared to retire on your terms? Author, coach, and personal finance professional Debra K. Menke spent years watching powerful women not properly plan for retirement. To help this strong tribe of women take ownership of their financial freedom, she offers this love letter as a route to retirement success.

Even with only modest means, you can improve your chances of reaching later life with enough money to support a reasonable lifestyle. Members of Extraordinary Investment Clubs, many investing only small sums, have banded together to transform their financial futures using a safe and lucrative system of trading. You can do the same by joining a club or using the knowledge shared in this audiobook to start investing yourself.

Starting on the path toward financial independence is crucial, and real estate offers one of the best paths to financial freedom due to its tax advantages and accessibility to leverage for generating passive income. Having faced financial ruin after the 2008 economic meltdown, I achieved financial freedom in just three years and built generational wealth as the market rebounded. I invite you to embark on a journey that merges my personal experiences, wisdom gained from high-net-worth families, and a tried-and-true approach to real estate investing.

Cindy Couyoumjian’s third book explores the silent retirement crisis that will impact millions of Americans. She uses the term silent to convey the idea that the majority of those who are about to retire, or are in retirement, share a common and unspoken fear—running out of money.

Learn how The UltraVision System® has helped others and how you too may be able to implement this process that empowers confidence in making major financial decisions for yourself, your family, and your community. Antolino Financial Companies has helped thousands of families preserve, build, and transfer wealth since 1960. This book is a state-of-the-art description of that process, featuring real-life, true-story examples (names changed) that you may be able to relate to. It is the best examples, ideas, and processes from the firm's team of caring consultants, now outlined for the first time.

Do you worry that maybe you haven't been doing the right things? This audiobook is for you, from Jane Bryant Quinn, the most trusted voice in personal finance today. Her classic best seller, Making the Most of Your Money, guided a generation toward smart and sensible financial choices. Here she offers money management the No Worry way, choosing from the best financial ideas and products available today to give you all you need to create a successful and long-lasting financial plan.

Break free from the constraints of a single income source, and stop living paycheck to paycheck. Your Next Seven Income Streams is your gateway to unlocking a world of financial abundance and security. You'll learn to design, build, and manage multiple income streams that can lead you to lasting prosperity.

Whether your retirement dreams are five years away or fifty—the single greatest threat standing in your way is taxes. Unlike losses in the stock market, money lost to taxes never recovers. With untaxed retirement accounts likely to become your largest asset, you face an explosive landscape of costly tax traps, penalties, and a complex maze of rules when it comes time to tap into those savings. Renowned tax advisor Ed Slott returns with the ultimate guide to reclaim control of your financial future and keep more of your money—no matter what Congress comes up with next.

If you're approaching 65 and feeling overwhelmed by Medicare's initial enrollment process, this book will guide you through each step, ensuring you don't miss critical deadlines or coverage opportunities. Learn how to dodge common pitfalls that lead to high penalties and fees, a must-listen for those new to Medicare.

Money experts Christy Heady and Janet Bigham Bernstel show how to make the most of your financial future. With the millennium only months away, now's the time to get a grip on your finances. And this guide is all you need to do just that. Let two noted financial experts guide you through the coming financial challenges so you can maximize your income, savings, and investments.

Forget searching for the right job - start building a life in which you don't need a job. A job-free life is possible, and you have options about how to achieve it. This book provides real-world examples of people who have successfully quit the rat race using four different strategies: extreme saving, unjobbing, lifestyle businesses, and startups. Whether you want to achieve financial independence and retire early, or simply never work for anyone else again, this book provides an essential guide.

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.

Enrich your life and bank account — from a struggling entrepreneur to a happy millionaire in less than a year. Where would you like to be five years from now? On a beach, were you sipping exotic cocktails or your favorite beer? Or are you enjoying retirement and reaping the profit of your multi-million dollar businesses? For now, this seems like a mere dream because you are deep in debt, living hand to mouth, and about to give up on becoming successful.

If you're one of the millions of Americans without a pension plan, your retirement years might seem like a huge financial question mark. Pensionless, by US News senior editor for retirement Emily Brandon, addresses the retirement benefits that are available to you, how to use them correctly, and how to avoid potential pitfalls.

Retirement insecurity is an increasingly serious manifestation of the vast inequality that risks destroying the social fabric in America. The nearly inevitable consequence of lifetime wage discrepancies, security in retirement is linked to the kinds of jobs we hold during our work lives. That, in turn, is a product of all the forces leading to historic levels of inequality, forces that have protected the very wealthy, destroyed any hold on stability for the poor, and gradually eroded the security of the vast middle class.

Common retirement strategies don’t work! Learn why bonds and annuities fail to create a successful retirement. You need a retirement strategy to help you survive and thrive in retirement. Freeman Linde, Certified Financial Planner™ and retirement planning specialist, unpacks why traditional strategies won’t overcome life’s largest obstacles.

It does not matter whether this is your first or fifth year in business or if you are about to sell your business and retire, there is something for everyone at every stage of the business journey in this must-listen audiobook by financial planner, accountant, and money mentor Rita Zappulla. It’s never too early to start, and the sooner you do, the more your future self and your bank account will thank you for it. So, stop procrastinating and start saving for your retirement now, before it’s too late.

Authored by a medical expert with vast experience in social security disability adjudication and who served as medical director for a major private disability insurance carrier, this audiobook explains the most effective way to document the strongest medical case possible. It’ll also help you sidestep common pitfalls. This book is also valuable to attorneys, doctors, educators, physicians who provide disability evaluations and court testimony, insurance and government administrators, financial planners, disability advocates, and case managers.