Kenneth L Fisher, Lara W Hoffmans

Plan Your Prosperity

The Only Retirement Guide You'll Ever Need, Starting Now-Whether You're 22, 52 or 82

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Produktbeschreibung

An essential roadmap to financial security and independence in retirement In the newly revised second edition of Plan Your Prosperity: The Only Retirement Guide You'll Ever Need, Starting Now--Whether You're 22, 52 or 82, renowned investment adviser Ken Fisher delivers a practical and insightful new discussion of why all your investing should be done with an eye toward retirement. You'll learn how to think about investing for retirement and learn to understand key concepts like time horizons, return expectations, and cash flow needs. You'll discover how to select an appropriate retirement benchmark and how to determine how much you need to save each year to achieve your retirement goal. The book also includes: * A comprehensive, workable strategy to develop your own retirement investing plan or work with a professional to do that while avoiding common pitfalls * Techniques for avoiding harmful myths about retirement saving and investing, like complex and expensive annuities and other products * Hands-on strategies for figuring out how much income you need to ensure the maintenance of your lifestyle in retirement Perfect for working people at any stage of their career who are interested in working toward financial security and independence, Plan Your Prosperity is a must-read roadmap to successful investing and saving.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781394318841
• ISBN-10: 1394318847
• Artikelnr.: 71868392

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1: What? Me? Retire? 1
The Imagined Dichotomy 3
Two Goals ... and Some Non-Goals 4
Definitions and a Pencil 9
Start Immediately. Now. Right Away 13
Plan Your Prosperity 14
Chapter 2: My Goals Are ... What? 17
Why Is This So Hard? 20
Your Investing Goals, Simply 24
Potential Pitfall: Capital Preservation and Growth 26
Inflation's Insidious Impact 29
Three Percent, Compounded 35
Chapter 3: The Secret Code-Asset Allocation or Benchmark? 37
Benchmark-A Road Map and Measuring Stick 40
Picking a Benchmark 42
The Big Decision-Asset Allocation 45
Potential Pitfall: Age Doesn't Equal Asset Allocation 49
Benchmark Versus Asset Allocation-What's the Difference? 50
Chapter 4: Time Horizon-Longer Than You Think 59
Potential Pitfall: Ignoring Opportunity Cost 62
Time Horizon-What Is It? 64
Time Horizon and Benchmark 68
Chapter 5: What's in a Return? 73
Growth Defi ned 77
The Past as a Guide? 81
Gordon Moore and Endless Innovation 90
Potential Pitfall: Unrealistic Expectations 92
Chapter 6: Getting That Cash Flow 97
Potential Pitfall-The All High-Dividend Portfolio 100
How Much Do You Need? 103
Monte Carlo-Not Just a Casino 107
Let's Get Bootstrapping 109
Chapter 7: Can I Get There? 117
How Much Do You Have? 120
A Savings Plan 123
Chapter 8: Putting It All Together 131
To Benchmark or Not to Benchmark 134
State Your Goals 136
Know Where You Are 137
Picking an Appropriate Benchmark 138
Finding Professional Help 140
Avoid Being a Fraud Victim 143
And You're Off! 143
Appendix A: All Hail the Mighty Dow 145
Appendix B: Cash Flow Versus Expenses 155
Appendix C: Expense Categories 161
Appendix D: Personal Balance Sheet 165
Notes 169
About the Authors 173
Index 175