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Many of the 67 million Baby Boomers who turn age 65 in 2011 want to retire. If they have chosen a high-priced financial advisor, their retirement date may be delayed indefinitely. This short story utilizes a real life example of a couple who can never retire due to excessive investment and financial planning fees. After reading this short story, you will be able to make your own well-informed decision on how to optimize investment and financial planning fees so you can retire sooner.

This short story explores how to find a good financial planner. After reading this short story, you will know how to find a good financial planner who meets your needs.

Most studies have shown that asset allocation, not what stocks and when you buy stocks, is the most important determinant of future net worth. This short story explains the basics of asset allocation. This short story will help you determine what type of asset allocation strategy best fits your particular financial situation.

Unlock the Secrets to Financial Freedom with “360 View of Financial Systems!” This comprehensive guide to personal finance is the key to unlocking financial success and achieving your financial dreams. With its in-depth exploration of the value of the dollar, bank account management, paying bills and taxes, and investments, this book will arm you with the knowledge and strategies you need to take control of your finances.

The "Martin Lewis of investing" provides an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide on how to: - Save 90% On Investment Costs - Copy the big investment companies' investment selections for FREE - Select a GOOD investment company to put your money with - Make your investments do the work while you get on with your life - Be shocked at the crazy fees and charges that most people are paying.

Many Americans work hard and live below their means so they can grow their wealth through saving and investing. Unfortunately, the U.S. has 50% of the world's lawyers. Umbrella insurance is an easy way to protect your hard earned wealth from lawsuits. This short story explains umbrella insurance including how much umbrella insurance you should have.

Millions of Americans are stuck with poor 401K plans. These 401K plans have low employer matching ratios and very high annual expenses. At some point, it becomes better to simply invest in low cost index funds in a taxable account versus using the poor 401K. This story explores this problem and the trade-offs between a poor 401K and a taxable account.Hopefully, after reading this short story, you will have enough information to make your own well informed decision regarding your specific situation.

This short story explains the basic concepts of financial planning and provides a conceptual roadmap for planning your retirement. By using a conceptual roadmap approach, you can quickly grasp the general concepts of retirement planning in a very short amount of reading time.

Millions of Americans are saving and investing in an effort to fulfill their long term goals including college education for their children and retirement. One proven method of increasing the probability of achieving your goals is to put them in writing. This short story explores how writing an Investment Policy Statement can help you meet your financial goals.

In the years immediately preceding 2008, the rage in financial planning was diversification. By not putting all your eggs into one basket, some asset classes would do poorly.......but other asset classes would do well. The theory was that investors should find asset classes which are not correlated to each other. The financial planning industry and Wall Street advocated investing in many asset classes including diversified U.S. stocks, diversified developed international stocks, emerging market stocks, commodities, timber, and bonds. Unfortunately, in the Crash of 2008, all asset classes ...

Young homeowners often wonder if they should pay off their mortgage early. The 76 million Baby Boomers heading into retirement also face the key question on whether or not pay off their mortgage early. Financial experts differ in opinion on the mortgage early pay off decision. This short story explores the many aspects of the mortgage early pay off decision. This story will provide you with enough information to make your own well informed decision regarding your specific early mortage pay off situation.

This short story explains the theory of behavioral finance and helps to explain how you can use these theories to help achieve your financial goals.

For decades, trillions of dollars in “smart money” has been making outsized returns using private equity, private credit, venture capital and other alternative investments. Robbins teams up with renowned private equity investor Christopher Zook, founder of CAZ Investments, to sit down with more than a dozen of the world’s greatest alternative investment managers, collectively managing over half a trillion dollars on behalf of investors. Names like…

Tony Robbins, who has coached more than fifty million people from 100 countries, is the world’s #1 life and business strategist. In this new book, he teams up with Christopher Zook, a renowned financial investor who draws from thirty years of experience to round out the trilogy of #1 New York Times bestselling financial books. Together they reveal how, for decades, trillions of dollars of smart money­ have been making outsized returns using alternative investments in private equity, private credit, private real estate, energy and venture capital.

Despite best intentions, it is easy to unintentionally finance autocrats by using benchmark indices, which often include bonds and stocks of countries slipping down the democracy rankings. In this timely book, Marcos Buscaglia, a Latin America economist, emerging markets expert, and an emerging voice on the relationship between democracy and markets, argues that the current ESG criteria has brought environmental and social standards into investment decisions, but its approach to democracy needs to be refined.

Unlock the Secrets of Trading with "Mastering Mean Reversion: A Guide to Profitable Trading, So Simple A 10-Year-Old Can Understand"! In the ever-fluctuating world of finance, where fortunes are made or lost in the blink of an eye, here's your roadmap to navigate the complex labyrinth of trading with a time-tested strategy – Mean Reversion. Our book demystifies the world of trading by breaking down the concept of mean reversion into bite-sized, easy-to-grasp lessons. The journey from a novice to a seasoned trader is paved with insights, examples, strategies, and a dash of boldness – and...

Worried about losing your shirt on investments in precious metals? Cut through the noise with this simple and direct guide to putting your dollars to work. Trying to make a decent return on your nest egg but don’t know how? Have you avoided putting resource stocks and bonds in your portfolio because you’re unsure how they work? Want to make your money work harder and smarter? Every month, nearly half a million readers count on author Robert Moriarty’s website for key information on resource investments and mining. Now the experienced investor is here to share his expertise to increase...

Although Wall Street tries to convince us that financial planning is too complicated for an ordinary Main Street citizen to understand, financial planning is not rocket science. This story provides a process map or flow chart for the entire financial planning process. Each process step in the flow chart then becomes a separate chapter. For each chapter, a list of the best books, best articles, and best short stories are given so you can explore each step in more detail. You can select the process steps that you are most interested in and then read the supporting books, articles, and short ...

78 million Baby Boomers start to turn age 65 in 2011. Many of these Boomers will be seeking investments that have low risk and high returns. Equity indexed annuities are often promoted as low risk investments with high returns. This short story explores the complexities and hidden costs of equity indexed annuities.

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