Personal Finance Retirement

American retirees face a looming crisis. We are living longer than ever before, and most experts predict a dramatic rise in tax rates within the next 10 years. The hard truth is that no matter how much you save, you are likely to outlive your money or watch it be taxed into oblivion. But when traditional retirement distribution strategies won't provide sufficient income in the face of higher taxes, what can you do?

Historically, at the age of around 65, people stop working and embark on a new transition in life. In the grand drama of life, retirement is our second act. Out of the office and not bound by daily plans and schedules, you now have the choice to do what you want to do. What is your vision of the ideal retirement? It varies from one person to the other how they are going to spend and enjoy their golden years, but the retired life by itself is beautiful because you can customize your lifestyle.

Retire-Me-Not-Planning might sound more like you...And you just realized that retirement planning isn’t something you can wait until retirement to do? You’re not alone… Almost half of the American workforce lacks an available retirement plan. When we’re young, it’s impossible to fathom a future in which we’ll be old enough to retire, and as our careers blossom and our lives fill up, it’s easy to let retirement planning slip by the wayside.

Fresh from the success of his latest best seller The Four Phases of Retirement, Riley’s back with the much anticipated sequel The Ten Lessons. Based on current research as well as dozens of interviews with successful phase four retirees, The Ten Lessons share their advice with the millions of baby boomers who’ll retire over the next two decades.

It’s time to claim your financial freedom. All you need is a road map to follow, and you can create a life most people only dream about. A life free from financial stress. A life full of what matters most to you. In Retire Before Mom and Dad, you’ll learn how to unlock the superpower inside of you that is capable of transforming almost any income into lasting financial freedom.

The decision to retire is one of the most important choices you will ever make. You don’t want to screw this one up, as it is going to impact the quality of the next 20 to 30 (or more) years of your life.

Unleash your inner adventurer: how to plan the ultimate retirement that's anything but boring. Inside this jam-packed audiobook, you'll find hundreds of ideas to spark your imagination for planning an exciting, active, happy, healthy, and mentally sharp life after work.

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.

Personal finance experts suggest saving 10-20 percent of your income. They’re wrong. That advice is for ordinary people who will work a 9 to 5 grind for 50+ years, hoping to retire on time. But you're not ordinary....

Hey you...you saw the title. You get the deal. You’re smart. You’ve made a few dollars. You’ve done what the financial books and websites tell you to do. So why isn’t it working? Maybe emotions and expectations are getting in the way of good sense - or you’re paying attention to the wrong people. If you’ve started counting your lattes, for god’s sake, just stop. Listen to this book instead. After decades of working as a Wall Street trader, investment adviser, and money expert for CBS News, Jill Schlesinger reveals 13 costly mistakes you may be making right now with your money.

No matter your current financial standing, inside this guide you’ll find down-to-earth advice and actionable strategies to kickstart your financial health and save for your retirement together. Whether you want to maximize your income, cut out useless spending, or save up for a car, house, or even to have a child, Budgeting for Couples 101 arms you with the essential knowledge you need to revolutionize your financial skills as both a couple and a team.

Book 4 of Money: Learning the Basics consists of understanding retirement. In this short guide, I discuss the basics about saving for your retirement, whether you're 18 years old and just starting out or 55 years old and getting ready to retire. It is never too early or too late to start thinking about it.

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.

Financial success can be simple. All it takes is a plan and dedication to that plan. This audiobook provides a suggested retirement withdrawal strategy intended to help support a comfortable retirement and extend the life of your retirement funds. A Tiny Book on Personal Finance: Retirement Withdrawals provides a guide to how to withdraw the money you have saved for your retirement.

Most people think of retirement as taking an extended vacation. In fact, it’s more like running a marathon. But all too often, people only realize that after they start running.

No matter what age you are... no matter what your income is... no matter what your expenses are today or are going to be in the years to come... no matter what you have or haven't done so far to prepare for those expenses... you can still create the kind of personal financial prosperity and security other people have. And you can do it without the hardship, effort, or sacrifice you may think it will take.

In preparation for retirement, we are often urged to build up our financial portfolio or perhaps down-size our home or move closer to family. Often neglected in this process, however, are the psychological ramifications that come with the transition into retirement. It is important for retirees to make a plan for their retirement financially, but also to take stock of their psychological portfolio at the same time. Revitalizing Retirement gives unique guidance on how to create a happy, fulfilling retirement.

In this unconventional audiobook about “retirement”, Claim Your Dream Life, trailblazer Dawn Fleming explains how and why she and her husband, Tom, threw caution to the wind after financial devastation in the 2008 crash. Sailing over 5,000 miles from California to Florida, the couple found their direction in the winds of change. At age 50 and 60, they knew it was probably too late to accumulate that “magic number” in their bank account in order to retire.

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?

By developing strategies built on common sense, author Don Clark is able to guide you at every fork in the road when crafting your fool-proof financial independence plan. If you’re tired of crunching numbers in hopes that you can finally retire, this guide is your solution.