The essential retirement guide : a contrarian's perspective

Summary/Review: "A Contrarian Twist to Saving for Your Golden Years The Essential Retirement Guide: A Contrarian's Perspective brings a much-needed shift in thinking to the age-old question of how best to prepare for your retirement. This handbook helps you reject confusing, outdated information and figure out how much wealth youreally need to retire securely. In the process, this groundbreaking text discusses when to save, why to save, how to save, and how much to save--providing new insights in an environment that is cluttered with misinformation about retirement planning. This comprehensive resource explains when you should start saving for your golden years, how to prioritize your retirement saving amid other spending obligations, and how much you can comfortably spend each year once you have retired. Additionally, the text provides hard data that underscores the fragility of humans in spite of ever-increasing lifespans and how that fragility should inform our actions in the earlier stages of our retirement. With baby boomers approaching their golden years, retirement planning has become more popular than ever before. This book offers fresh insights on how to: Dispel some of the inconsistent messages about retirement, such as the conventional retirement income target and the 4 percent rule Determine your lifespan and how it is affected by your lifestyle Consider the possibility of long-term care and how it may affect your retirement planning Prepare for the change in spending habits that typically occurs over the course of retirement The Essential Retirement Guide: A Contrarian's Perspective takes a fresh look at retirement saving strategies and guides you in creating a plan that fits your finances and your lifestyle"--