The second, completely revised edition of our best-selling guide to retiring in France. Whether you're planning to retire to France permanently or just for part of the year, Retiring in France contains essential information about the best places to live; local services and amenities; the weather; buying or renting a home; the cost of living; health services; getting to France and getting around; learning French; and much, much more. Now printed in full color.

A practical retirement planning resource for engineers, scientists, and mathematicians
In 1995, Dr. Mike Golio, an electrical engineer, became seriously interested in planning for early retirement. In 2003, at the age of 49, he and his wife achieved their goal of financial independence and retired. Engineering Your Retirement is an outgrowth of his research. Whether retirement is imminent or many years off, this valuable guide's straightforward, analytical approach to financial independence answers the critical questions to achieving successful, comfortable, and meaningful retirement.
Written specifically for professionals in the engineering, science, and math fields, Engineering Your Retirement examines such important questions as:
* How much money will I need to retire?
* How long will it take for me to accumulate it?
* What types of post-retirement activities are available to technical professionals?

Engineering Your Retirement discusses financial independence from the unique cultural view of the technical professional and features many charts, graphs, analytical tools, and equations to help present the financial nuts-and-bolts of retiring in a logical and analytical manner. It offers practical, firsthand advice from an industry expert on:
* Effectively budgeting for investments
* Planning for health insurance
* Choosing a retirement community
* Building up a cash/bond ladder
* Considering inflation
* Portfolio requirements
* Investment allocations
* Paying off a mortgage
* And much more

A curated collection of the best retirement advice from financial advisor Julie Jason's acclaimed nationally syndicated column. Being able to retire securely, with enough income to last--and allow you to enjoy--your post-work life, is a major concern not only for seniors, but for everyone. And you shouldn't wait for the last minute to plan. To make sure you're ready, take the advice of Julie Jason, an internationally recognized authority on retirement savings whose popular column receives fan mail . . . with plenty of questions. Organized in 10 sections, each following a theme, Retire Securely is her accessible, easy-to-read collection of need-to-know facts about a process that can be intimidating to even the most knowledgeable investors. Jason discusses investor protection, estate planning, college, 401(k)s and IRAs, the stock market, and more! Winner of: The 2018 Best Books Award for Personal Finance/Investing The 2018 London Book Festival Runner-up for General Non-fiction The Fall 2018 National Association of Book Entrepreneurs (NABE) Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for Business The 2018 Instruction and Insightful Non-fiction (I&I) Book Award, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs), Semi-finalist The 2019 Feathered Quill Book Gold Award for the Informational category The 2019 Axiom Business Books Bronze Medal for Personal Finance/Retirement Planning/Investing The 2019 EIFLE Award (Excellence in Financial Literacy Education) The 2019 CT Press Club award - Second Place in the "Nonfiction Books for Adult Readers - General Nonfiction" category

It's not your imagination: the wealthy "do" get wealthier, while you still struggle from paycheck to paycheck. In this eye-opening money manual, seasoned certified public accountant Joseph Rouse explores why millions of hard-working, middle-class Americans like you have such a hard time making ends meet and then delivers a no-fail plan for taking charge of your financial destiny.

Rouse examines today's social, political, and economic realities that force most people to work long hours and even multiple jobs just to get by. And he tells how and why, if you aren't careful, you will most certainly lose your ability to retire at all.

Rouse's must-have guide to financial freedom delivers the tools and guidance you need to stop feeling helpless and start managing your finances with confidence. With his straightforward, solid, empowering approach, you will learn how to overcome every obstacle placed in your way by politicians, mass media, and your own temptations; destroy debt forever; and get on your way to building an impressive nest egg for yourself and your family.

At last, anyone and everyone can get ahead, achieve financial security, and enjoy a much-deserved, rich retirement

A Guide to Wealth, Health, Relationships, and Purpose During Retirement #1 New Release in Volunteer Work Includes Worksheets on Finances, Time Management, Health, Self-care, Family, Relationships, Hobbies, Volunteering and much more! Make plans for the happiest time. Retirement is a new season, a new opportunity, to live purposefully. It's not an end. You may have quit a job, but you don't have to quit at life. This is your time to do something meaningful. And this time you get to choose exactly what YOU want to do. Now is the time because now you actually have time. Let's take that bucket list and get started! Time-management for retirement. Hyrum Smith, nationally-renowned "Father of Time Management" and co-creator of The Franklin Planner System, is the preeminent expert for using time wisely. The author of the bestselling Purposeful Retirement, Smith's new book lays out what is essentially a guide to making sure we all take full advantage of the decades we get to enjoy after full-time work. Everything from money and exercise to hobbies and clubs. Hyrum Smith sheds light on what he calls the "gifts of retirement," the opportunity to reclaim your time and spend it exactly the way you want to. His one-of-a-kind expertise and wise counsel takes you from apprehension to living life and loving it! This practical handbook covers: Retirement financial planning Health management and exercise advice The importance of clubs, volunteering and social groups in maintaining friendships, relationships, and a social life once you stop going to work every day And much more! If you've read How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free and Hyrum Smith's Purposeful Retirement, you'll want to own this workbook and planner.

A detailed guide for avoiding the pitfalls of retirement funding

In "Stop the Retirement Rip-Off," author David Loeper provides the necessary tools for investors to take action and make the most of their retirement plans. It offers a road map for employees to understand the fees and costs associated with their plans; document the excesses in a presentation to management; then organize themselves to protest and, if necessary, bring the documentation to the Labor Department in a complaint.

Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this book is filled with sensible strategies for making the most of retirement funds and putting future retirees back on the right financial track.Filled with strategies that can help employees stand up and secure their financial futureAddresses how to make the most of your money, and your life, after fixing your retirement planOutlines a practical approach to understanding your organization's retirement plan and overcoming its potential inefficiencies

This important book contains the much-needed information that employees need to plan for retirement and ensure a secure financial future.

We financially plan for our retirement, but do we plan for our wellbeing? Here is an empowering guide with practical tools to help you live a passionate, fulfilling second half of life.
If you're part of the Baby Boomer generation, then you belong to 26 percent of the US population that is retiring healthier than any generation before. And that means retirement is starting to look a whole lot different.
No longer satisfied with a quiet life of sitting on the porch or puttering around the house, retirees (or soon to be) are looking to create a passionate, active, fulfilled, and engaging later life. That's where Ron Pevny comes in. His inspiring guide helps you do what he calls "conscious aging"--or making a reality the life of growth, purpose, service, and spiritual exploration you've always imagined for yourself. In addition to wisdom for navigating loss and grief, Pevny offers advice that helps you identify your goals, contribute to society, remain engaged and relevant, and spend your later years in profound personal development.
Today's seniors are reshaping what retirement is all about. It is a whole new opportunity to engage with family, community, and the world with vigor. Don't just grow older--age consciously.

A book for baby boomers and others not content to accept an unfulfilling future. The Caterpillar That Roared, a quick-read book in the tradition of Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Who Moved My Cheese? was co-authored with Joseph Sturniolo's fellow baby boomer, Dan Christopherson. Each chapter of the 13-chapter book illustrates the 13 lessons learned in Sturniolo's ROAR workshops - aimed at helping people discover or rediscover their gifts and passions so they can meaningfully employ them in the next stage of their lives. The workshops grew into an organization - ROAR - and a virtual community aimed at creating a revolution of alternatives to conventional retirement or unfulfilling occupations.

The long-term future of the American Social Security system which provides retirement, disability, and survivor benefits to millions, is uncertain. This is triggering big concerns for many workers who are paying into the system and need to make decisions about their retirement. This book features real-world situations around Social Security and Medicare to help financial professionals provide better advise to their clients on their personal financial plans. Key topics include: What Medicare will and will not do Managing Medicare gaps Analyzing the wide menu of Social Security benefits Social Security benefits for workers and families: retirement, survivor, disability, and death benefit Tax impact of Social Security premiums and benefits Impact of the 3.8 percent Medicare surtax on investment income Recent changes to the Medicare law

Stepping Lightly Around the Pitfalls of Estate Planning...

Estate planning is one of those unpleasant but really important tasks. Unfortunately, the process is not only hard to get started, it is then easy to make mistakes. Even the most careful and well-intentioned person can slip up along the way. Avoid the pitfalls "The 50 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes" outlines the major mistakes and their consequences in an entertaining way-and then proceeds to tell you exactly how to avoid these mistakes.

Delivering practical and helpful information in a light tone, the authors help to make these sometimes difficult conversations a little easier. The book's fifty concise chapters are filled with real-life examples, organized under four key areas of mistakes: The biggest mistake of not planning at allFailing to plan for the possibility of mental incompetencyMistakes made during the estate planning process itselfAnd common mistakes made by executors

Written by personal finance and estate planning experts, Jean Blacklock and Sarah Kruger, "The 50 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes and How To Avoid Them" is an essential guide for Canadians interested in planning their estates effectively, with minimal stress on their loved ones.