How to retire happy : the 12 most important decisions you must make before you retire
Edition
Fourth edition.
Publication Information
New York : McGraw-Hill, [2013]
Physical Description
xx, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
Retirement columnist Stan Hinden's bestselling How to Retire Happy, Fourth Edition, helps you make the right decisions to ensure a happy, healthful retirement. It delivers all the expert advice you need in an easy-to-understand step-by-step style. How to Retire Happy includes everything that has made previous editions the go-to guides for retirees and near-retirees, plus brand-new material on health insurance, Medicare, and the prescription drug plan; the author's personal experiences with the realities of long-term Alzheimer's care; fully updated material on Social Security strategies; how to handle the financial realities of the post-meltdown economy; new resources you can turn to for extra advice.
Notes
"Fully revised and updated."
Contents
- Foreword / by John C. Bogle
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Decision 1: Am i ready to retire?
- Decision 2: Can I afford to retire?
- Decision 3: When should I apply for social security?
- Decision 4: How should I take my pension payments?
- Decision 5: What should I do with the money in my company savings plan?
- Decision 6: When do I have to take money out of my IRAs?
- Decision 7: How should I invest during retirement?
- Decision 8: What should I do about health insurance?
- Decision 9: What should I do to prepare for serious illness?
- Decision 10: Where do I want to live after I retire?
- Decision 11: How should I arrange my estate to save on taxes and avoid probate?
- Decision 12: How can I age successfully?
- Index.