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Plan Your Prosperity: The Only Retirement Guide You'll Ever Need, Starting Now Whether You're 22, 52 Or 82Stock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionWhether you're in retirement, just getting ready to retire, or 5, 10, or 40 years out, this book can help you invest smarter your whole life and yes, plan better for retirement. Harmful mythology abounds about retirement investing . Many retirees or soon-to-be retirees have heard a plethora of advice. Take 100 (or 120) and subtract your age to get your equity allocation, put the rest in bonds or cash. Buy only bonds. Buy only high dividend stocks. Or some combination! Buy equity-indexed annuities or some "guaranteed" income product. All examples of a potentially harmful myth many folks believe to be smart, strategic moves. Investors believe preparing for retirement requires a radically different set of tools or a dizzying array of products. Navigating the world of retirement products and services can be a full-time job. But investing for retirement is, in practice, not much (if at all) different from investing. In Your Retirement Plan , Ken Fisher will give readers a workable strategy to either develop their own retirement investing plan or work more successfully with a professional to increase the likelihood of achieving long-term goals while avoiding common pitfalls. Table of contentsAcknowledgments Chapter 1: What? Me? Retire? The Imagined Dichotomy Two Goals ... and a Non-Goal More Non-Goals 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 Roadmap and Measuring Stick Picking a Benchmark 101 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 of All Kinds Reasonable Expectations The Past as a Guide Gordon Moore and Endless Innovation Potential Pitfall: Unrealistic Expectations Chapter 6: Getting That Cash Flow Potential Pitfall--The 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 Index |