Plan your prosperity The only retirement guide you'll ever need, starting now, whether you're 22, 52 or 82
Book - 2013
Providing readers with the tools and confidence to better plan for the future, this investment resource offers workable strategies for developing an optimal retirement plan and reaching long-term goals while avoiding common pitfalls.
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- Published
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley
[2013]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- x, 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781118431061
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. What? Me? Retire?
- The Imagined Dichotomy
- Two Goals ... and Some Non-Goals
- Definitions and a Pencil
- Start Immediately. Now. Right Away.
- Plan Your Prosperity
- Chapter 2. My Goals Are ... What?
- Why Is This So Hard?
- Your Investing Goals, Simply
- Potential Pitfall: Capital Preservation and Growth
- Inflation's Insidious Impact
- Three Percent, Compounded
- Chapter 3. The Secret Code-Asset Allocation or Benchmark?
- Benchmark-A Road Map and Measuring Stick
- Picking a Benchmark
- The Big Decision-Asset Allocation
- Potential Pitfall: Age Doesn't Equal Asset Allocation
- Benchmark Versus Asset Allocation-What's the Difference?
- Chapter 4. Time Horizon-Longer Than You Think
- Potential Pitfall: Ignoring Opportunity Cost
- Time Horizon-What Is It?
- Time Horizon and Benchmark
- Chapter 5. What's in a Return?
- Growth Defined
- The Past as a Guide?
- Gordon Moore and Endless Innovation
- Potential Pitfall: Unrealistic Expectations
- Chapter 6. Getting That Cash Flow
- Potential Pitfall-The All High-Dividend Portfolio
- How Much Do You Need?
- Monte Carlo-Not Just a Casino
- Let's Get Bootstrapping
- Chapter 7. Can I Get There?
- How Much Do You Have?
- A Savings Plan
- Chapter 8. Putting It All Together
- To Benchmark or Not to Benchmark
- State Your Goals
- Know Where You Are
- Picking an Appropriate Benchmark
- Finding Professional Help
- Avoid Being a Fraud Victim
- And You're Off!
- Appendix A. All Hail the Mighty Dow
- Appendix B. Cash Flow Versus Expenses
- Appendix C. Expense Categories
- Appendix D. Personal Balance Sheet
- Notes
- About the Authors
- Index