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Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests > Retirement
The U.S. retirement system, and the workers and retirees it was
designed to help, face major challenges. Traditional pensions have
become much less common, and individuals are increasingly
responsible for planning and managing their own retirement savings
accounts, such as 401(k) plans. Yet research shows that many
households are ill-equipped for this task and have little or no
retirement savings. Chapter 1 examines these challenges, drawing
from prior work and others' research, as well as insights from a
panel of retirement experts on how to better ensure a secure and
adequate retirement, with dignity, for all. Chapter 2 examines key
challenges U.S. participants face with: (1) unclaimed retirement
accounts in the United States, and (2) complying with U.S. tax
reporting requirements on their foreign retirement savings.
Your Insiders' Guide to Retirement sheds surprising light on the
necessary financial planning for a secure retirement. Are you ready
to retire, but are afraid of running out of money? Do you know who
to trust? People imagine retirement as learning new things,
challenging themselves, giving back as a mentor, spending their
days with family and friends, or filling them with exciting
adventures. The vision is the beginning but getting to that
destination requires more steps than people realize. Your Insiders'
Guide to Retirement serves as a mentor for retirees and as a guide
who has been down this path countless times with a proven system in
place. With a combined 75 years of experience in financial
services, Troy Daum, RJ Gordon Tudor, and Jeff Poole explore why
people are fed up with the scandals of Wall Street, Brokerages, and
insurance companies. They introduce readers to an exciting new
profession where companies act as a fiduciary. They present a
paradigm shift in the financial services space and emphasize the
importance of why retirees must understand and have a financial
plan-and how they, too, can follow the path to an amazing
retirement journey.
Attitudes to retirement vary, and in this book Wendy Billington
draws on her pastoral skills and life experience to ask the
question: what is a Christian view of retirement? If we believe
that life is a gift from God, should we not be viewing retirement
as part of an integrated whole and see our latter years as part of
God's plan? This book is intended for all to read: individuals
preparing for retirement and in their retirement years as well as
their families, friends, befrienders, carers and professionals.
Written in two sections, 'Uprooting the weeds' and 'Sowing the
seeds', it includes questions for group discussion at the end of
each chapter, followed by a meditative thought for the day and a
closing prayer.
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