The key to a comfortable retirement is planing well in advance. Yet a recent survey indicates that with the "Baby Boom" generation approaching retirement age, less than half of Amer. have calculated how much they will need to save for retirement. To help Amer. prepare for retirement, the U.S. Dept. of Labor has developed this book. The info. contained here is valuable to everyone, but the book is specifically designed to help those who are about a decade from retirement. Contents: Planning for a Lifetime; Tracking Down Today's Money; Tracking Down Future Money at Retirement & After; Tracking Down Future Expenses; Comparing Income & Expenses; Making Your Money Last; & Tracking Down Help for Retirement Resources. Large print. Illus.

Designed for those about 10 years from retirement, this comprehensive publication has step-by-step worksheets to help you figure out how much money you need to retire and how to make sure your funds will last during your retirement.

Retirement. For many it's the scariest stage of life, filled with uncertainty. Financial alarmists perpetuate these fears with doomsday predictions and impractical projections on what people need to save. Investment companies, on the other hand, make retirement planning look too easy by peppering us with 30-second fairy tales of what retirement life should look like.If only there existed some magical potion, formula, or easy-to-follow yellow road to navigate people to this hamlet called retirement. There isn't, but financial professional Lance Riddle has developed the next best thing. In his third book, Become a Retirement Wizard, Riddle lays out the steps you can take to: -Vanquish your retirement demons-Formulate your retirement strategy-Safeguard you retirement assetsRiddle, whose previous books include Tax-Free Millionaire and Your Best Bet for a Secure Retirement, has dedicated his career to helping people avoid the broken retirement system by offering reliable alternatives. Become a Retirement Wizard is an easy-to-read, jargon-free book that lays out: -The commons myths of retirement-How to catch up even if you're behind on retirement saving-How to minimize the impact of taxes, inflation and bear markets-The less common but more effective retirement savings strategies-The types of insurance you need to protect your retirement assets-The basics of estate planningWhat you'll discover in Become a Retirement Wizard is that the wizardry of living well in retirement isn't magic at all. It involves what you don't do to prepare as much as what you do. It also reinforces the need to work hard, make wise decisions and have patience in order to achieve your retirement goals.

This book is a public declaration of my motives and intentions to help as many people as possible achieve something of great importance: a happy and successful retirement. I take the mystery out of retirement planning.

Designed for those about 10 years from retirement, this comprehensive publication has step-by-step worksheets to help you figure out how much money you need to retire and how to make sure your funds will last during your retirement.

Investing 1.0.1 with Purpose is the little book that can make a big difference in your financial future. Funding a 401(k) and IRAs is the single most important thing you can do to prepare for retirement. However, it will not be enough. Around 1993, Crosby, Stills & Nash—the vocal folk, rock group—produced a hit song called “Teach Your Children,” which was about life, the power of influence, and moral behavior. They highlighted the need for having acceptable standards of conduct known as a code of the road. “You who are on the road must have a code that you can live by / And so become yourself / Because the past is just a goodbye. / Teach your children well.” In your career and in your day-to-day living activities, we all need a code of the road. This book offers new perspectives and ideas about investing for purpose to build wealth for the future. This book offers a series of coaching tips, specific examples, and a code of the road to help you achieve your long-term financial goals. I hope you will make Investing 1.0.1 with Purpose your code of the road in taking the mystery out of investing. To save is not enough! The management of money may be as important as the earning of it. Learn to control your financial future through proven money-management techniques and avoid being controlled by life’s constantly changing circumstances. It is time to put your money where your mouth is if you believe in the future, long-term growth of the economy in the USA as well as globally. The stock market is one of the best ways to participate in this future growth. Future rates of return are unpredictable, but aging is guaranteed. Humans are the only species that can shape our own financial future. Get started by putting together a plan for the future you want. Taking action to control your future through wealth building is so much more rewarding than being controlled by life’s rise and fall of unrelated events. Our best years are still ahead of us!