The AARP Retirement Survival Guide: How to Make Smart Financial Decisions in Good Times and Bad
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $14.95
Manufacturer: Sterling
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Description
Bank bailouts. Ponzi schemes. Plunging financial markets. Given today’s dire headlines, planning a secure retirement has become a more critical task than ever.
Now, for Americans seeking safety and stability in a time of wrenching economic change, comes investment educator Julie Jason with this no-nonsense guide, which won the award for Best Personal Finance Book at the International Book Awards and was chosen as the top business book by Booklist. It offers time-tested, rock-solid retirement advice for people of every income level: in addition to showing those on the verge of retirement how to create their own personal pension,” Jason deftly guides prospective retirees through the otherwise bewildering process of evaluating their needs, anticipating future expenses (and managing current ones), and converting present assets into future retirement income. To achieve this goal, she assemblesand shares with the readeran entire tool kit of self-assessments, tables, checklists, and essential questions.
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-08
Summary: "Wish I would have read this 5 years earlier......"
I wish I would have read this earlier before I was ready to retire. Very easy to understand the different concepts
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-06-07
Summary: "Just what I needed"
This book provided just what I needed...... some honest , unbiased advise on how to begin to plan for retirement. I am so tired of seeking retirement advise only to discover that my advisor is more interested in making money for his/her retirement rather than helping me plan for mine. The book is focused,informative and answers questions all of us baby boomers have re: retirement planning. How much do I need to have saved, what type of retirement advisors are out there, how do I begin to set up my retirement budget, how do I convert growth assets into income producing assets, how to plan for taxes and inflation during the retirement years, what web sites and other resources are available to provide further information. I am now determined to become my own best finacial advisor... now if I can only convince my wife!!!! Thank you Julie Janson for one very helpful book, much aoppreciated.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-03-29
Summary: "The BEST retirement book out there!"
Being almost 63 years old now I have read many books on retirement and financial planning. Compared to the rest I have found Julie's book to the most practical and informative book on the subject. It is well written and meant for the novice as well as the seasoned investor. The information in this book and Julie's knowledge wil proove to be invaluable.We all need a little help to plan and to be in retirement and this book gives all a great way to approach and enjoy the wonderful world of retirement. I would consider it to be a must to anyone of any age and of any financial position to read and study carefully.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-11-18
Summary: "AARP Retirement Survival"
I am still enjoying reading this book. It is very informative, well organized, satisfying my current needs.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-09-27
Summary: "This Book Is A Roadmap To Sanity Throughout Your Retirement"
Since so many seem so intent on making retirement as complex as any career could be, (When my wife and I joined Medicare we each received about nine pounds of reading material, plus a web site, several other places and programs to monitor . . . we still love it because it works for us.) Julie Jason comes along and sorts everything out in simple, sensible, constructive, positive ways. This book ought to be mandatory reading for every member of Congress, state legislators and governors and especially the whiners, complainers, bloviators, bellyachers, and complainers who clearly know nothing about what happens to those who move into retirement.
Julie's book is a handbook, a bible, a roadmap and a sanity saver.
If you know someone who is navigating into and through retirement get them this book and help them live long and prosper. Every time you hear one of the self-appointed, self-anointed, self-serving blabber mouths who argues, complains or is just mindlessly contentious, aim carefully and through this book at them.