How To Control Your Financial Destiny

"It is a rare pleasure to read a book on personal finance with which I agree completely. Dana Anspach has produced one. I am usually turned off by the chapter on investing, which is typically false and misleading. Investing should always start from the safest strategy to achieve one's goals. Dana Anspach gets it right and expresses it in entertaining prose that anyone can understand and enjoy." —Zvi Bodie, Professor of Economics, Boston University People in their fifties start to wonder: When should I retire? Once I do, when should I take Social Security? Do I need to buy an annuity to make sure I have enough money to last my whole life? Should I move everything into Treasury Bills and other “safe” investments? In short, what do I need to do now to ensure a comfortable retirement in five or ten years? Control Your Retirement Destiny: Achieving Financial Security Before the Big Transition provides practical, how-to knowledge on what you need to do to get your finances in order to prepare for a transition out of the workforce. While never easy, retirement investing in your 20s to your early 50s has been straightforward. But as you get closer to the big event—retirement—it takes a different kind of planning to align investments, retirement accounts, taxes, Social Security, and pension decisions, all for a single objective: providing reliable, life-long income. Control Your Retirement Destiny teaches you how each part works, how one decision affects another, and--most importantly--how to focus on the items you can control rather than on the items you can’t. When you put it all together in a plan that works for you, you’ll have more choices and a greater sense of security about the financial decisions you are making. Transitioning out of work is scary. Control Your Retirement Destiny equips you with the knowledge you’ll need to make sure you’ve thought of everything. When your finances and your future intersect, you’ll be ready. This book: Covers all the major topics in retirement planning—investments, Social Security, annuities, taxes, healthcare, part-time work, and more. Illustrates which items you can control, and how to focus on them. Provides examples of how planning decisions can result in a more secure outcome when they are coordinated. Provides actionable knowledge about important money decisions faced by upcoming retirees. Control Your Retirement Destiny enables you to take charge of your financial future right now to ensure a happy, financially secure retirement. What you’ll learnYou will be able to: Apply an improved and coordinated process to make better financial decisions Focus on items within your control like tax management, risk management, and developing and sticking with a plan Determine how much investment risk you should take Decide if you need guaranteed income, and if so, how to buy it Choose investments that are best suited to meet your future income needs Avoid big retirement planning mistakes Find sources of reliable information Who this book is for Control Your Retirement Destiny: Achieving Financial Security Before the Big Transition is for men and women who are 50-plus, have money in 401(k)s and IRAs and other assets, and are beginning to think about when and how they might transition out of regular, full-time work. They are wondering when to start Social Security, how to choose investments that will provide security, how to account for medical costs and taxes in retirement, and most importantly, how to put all of these things together into a plan that ensures financial security. Readers will be in the top 50% of the population in terms of income and assets, age 50+, do-it-yourself investors, index investors, or investors who aren’t getting the answers they need from their current broker, advisor, or mutual fund company.

Do you fear stepping into the spotlight? but realise that a strong personal brand and origin story could help?For those who are yet to flesh out their personal brand or for authors trying to get across their meaning and message - this new book is indispensable. Working past the wrong impressions of what a brand is through clear definitions, Jennifer helps new authors and solo business owners take the easy first steps of personal branding.Fear not, your personal values and key messages will be central to your new personal brand - as authenticity is key. * Learn how to get a personal brand style guide and media kit together. * Find out the differences between public print-on-demand publishing and private sales funnels* Explore monetization and capitalise on a premium positioning * Plus lots of inside tips from this book writing coach and lifelong student of marketing.

If you want to achieve financial independence, retire early, or simply have better investing outcomes, there are some important things you need to know right now. Australian references. Learn why Lotto is not going to fulfil your money dreams. Find out why you are the one to create your financial plan. Discover how to protect your wealth. Learn why leveraging makes one wealth vehicle a better option. Why paying down your home loan first, before investing, may not be the right thing to do. Read the simple rules of investing success... to create wealth for yourself instead of for others. Australian super-saver Jennifer Lancaster explains the principles of saving and investing, using her common sense style. She urges you to create your own financial plan. It's in your hands, not that of a financial planner, property spruiker, or broker.

Achieve financial peace of mind with the million-copy #1 New York Times bestseller, now revised and updated, featuring an entirely new Financial Empowerment Plan and a bonus chapter on investing. The time has never been more right for women to take control of their finances. The lessons, revelations, and shocks of the past few years have made it clear that standing in our truth is the only way to care for ourselves, our families, and our finances. With her signature mix of insight, compassion, and practical advice, Suze equips women with the financial knowledge and emotional awareness to overcome the blocks that have kept them from acting in the best interest of their money—and themselves. Whether you are single or in a committed relationship, a successful professional, a worker struggling to make ends meet, a stay-at-home parent, or a creative soul, Suze offers the possibility of living a life of true wealth, a life in which you own the power to control your destiny. At the center of this fully revised and updated edition, Suze presents an all-new Financial Empowerment Plan, designed to get you to a place of emotional and financial security as quickly as possible—because the most precious commodity women have is time. Divided into four essential components, the plan will teach you how to • Protect yourself • Spend smart • Build your future • Give to others Also included is a bonus chapter on investing—for those who are living by Suze’s unbreakable financial ground rules and ready to learn how to invest with confidence. Women & Money speaks to every mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, and wife. It gives readers the opportunity to tap into Suze’s unique spirit, people-first wisdom, and unparalleled appreciation that for women, money itself is not the end goal. It’s the means to living a full and meaningful life.

Stop being a slave to debt and money anxiety—and take control of your financial destiny "If you've ever wondered how you got into a debt problem, or more important, how to get out of one, this book is a must-read. From learning how advertising influences your spending to teaching your kids to become responsible money managers, Power Up covers the bases. Nice work, Howard!" —Stacy Johnson, CPA, President, MoneyTalksNews.com In Power Up, Howard draws on his years of experience helping thousands of people overcome devastating financial hardship. He provides you with time-tested strategies and powerful tools to rebuild your financial life on a solid and enduring foundation. A survival guide for these economically rocky, debt-ridden times, Power Up delivers: Guidelines for creating a realistic budget and sticking to it Budgeting tools, worksheets, and other valuable forms A look at the tricks that lenders and credit card companies use to make you a slave to debt Tips on how to learn to live without credit cards—and love doing it Help in understanding the difference between what you want and what you need Ideas on how to redirect your urge to shop into activities that satisfy your deeper needs and methods to improve your fiscal psychology Priceless advice on how to educate your kids about money and personal finance A chance to start over again with a clean slate? The peace of mind that comes with knowing you're in charge of your financial destiny? Power Up!

Talking about money sucks; but so does being broke. Do your eyes glaze over just thinking about the mumbo-jumbo of finance? Do you break out into hives at the thought of money? Well, sister, you are not alone. In RICH BITCH, money expert and financial journalist Nicole Lapin lays out a 12-Step Plan in which she shares her experiences, mistakes and all, of getting her own finances in order. No lecturing, just help from a friend. And even though money is typically an off-limits conversation, nothing is off-limits here. Lapin rethinks every piece of financial wisdom you've ever heard and puts her own fresh, modern, sassy spin on it. Sure, there are some hard-and-fast rules about finance, but when it comes to your money, the only person who can spend it is you. Should you invest in a 401(k)? Maybe not. Should you splurge on that morning latte? Likely yes. Instead of nickel-and-diming yourself, Nicole's advice focuses on investing in yourself so you don't have to stress over the little things. But in order to do that, you have to be able to speak the language of money. After all, money is a language like anything else, and the sooner you can join the conversation, the sooner you can live the life you want, RICH BITCH rehabs whatever bad habits you might have and provides a plan you can not only sustain, but thrive with. It's time to go after the rich life you deserve, and confident enough to call yourself a RICH BITCH.

When it comes to your financial well-being, you can either be your own financial adviser or hire an adviser to work on your behalf. Either way, you've got to make sure your back is covered-which is exactly what this book will help you do.