Rent Can I Retire Yet?: How to Make the Biggest Financial Decision of the Rest of Your Life

Synopsis

You've worked hard, lived carefully, and saved diligently. You've reached major milestones and accumulated more assets than you dreamed possible, and yet you hesitate. "Can I retire?" This book will help answer that question by showing you….The tools you need to live a secure and independent retirement, without worrying about moneyWhat you must know before leaving a career behindHow much it will cost you to live in retirement, and how to manage your cash flowThe current choices for retirement health care, including lesser-known but effective optionsThe threat from inflation: two secrets that politicians and bankers will never admitA realistic assessment of the impact that income taxes will have on your retirementSocial Security's role in your retirement: when you should claim and how much it's worth to youHow to construct and manage an investment portfolio for income and growth in retirementAbout immediate annuities and why you need multiple sources of retirement incomeThe key variables and unknowns in your retirement withdrawal equationReviews of the best retirement calculators, and tips for how to use them accuratelyBeyond the simplistic 4% Rule to the latest research on safe withdrawal ratesRealistic bracketing of your retirement savings needs, without over caution or overconfidenceThe history of economic cycles and the related asset classes for optimal retirement securityA survey of strategies plus original research for how to orchestrate your retirement distributionsA practical retirement fuel gauge alerting you to problems while you still have time to actBackup plans: the lifeboat strategies for ensuring you'll never be without essential incomeThe 6 crucial questions to answer before you can retireThe one, simple, powerful, non-financial reason that you can and should retire earlier than later

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