Retire Rich: The Baby Boomer's Guide to a Secure Future [Hardcover]

Bambi Holzer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 19, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0471247820 | ISBN-13: 978-0471247821 | Edition: 1

WHAT DOES RETIREMENT MEAN TO YOU?

Will your retirement be a comfortable and enjoyable new stage of adulthood or a time of uncertainty, strict economizing, and reduced options? As retirement planning guru Bambi Holzer explains, the choice is yours but the time to act is now, while you re still earning a steady income. Written by a baby boomer for baby boomers, in clear, nontechnical language, Retire Rich takes the fear and mystery out of planning, saving, and investing for the future, whether you re just getting started or well along in your retirement planning. Enhanced by helpful charts, tables, and worksheets, Retire Rich offers you a golden opportunity to secure your financial future and enjoy the peace of mind that comes with taking charge of this very important part of your life.

"With Bambi s help and advice, a person can truly plan successfully for a secure retirement. Every baby boomer will benefit from reading this book." Donald A. Connelly, Senior Vice President, Putnam Investments

"Entrepreneurs lose sleep worrying about managing their money every night. Bambi Holzer s readable book provides clear, in-depth strategies for managing your personal funds, pensions, and investments." Jane Applegate, author of 201 Great Ideas for Your Small Business

"If you re starting to think about investing for retirement, follow this clear, easy-to-understand road map to financial survival. Don t invest without reading Bambi Holzer s book first." David Horowitz, Consumer Advocate, Fight Back! Productions

"An accurate and practical resource, easily understandable by nontechnical readers boomer or not." Dennis Duitch, Senior Partner, DPS & Company, LLP

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

While once declaring it would never trust anyone over 30, the baby boom generation is now marching inexorably toward retirement. And, true to form, it is generally underprepared for the financial realities that lie ahead. In Retire Rich, Bambi Holzer comes to the rescue with a solid introduction to the basics for the uninitiated thirty- or fortysomething who recognizes that retirement planning should really be well underway by now. Through illustrations and a series of questions and worksheets, Holzer helps readers determine the amount they must put away to meet their individual future needs. She then introduces the various savings and investment strategies that can be used to realize those goals. "We know retirement will be completely different for us than it was for our parents. Corporate pensions have changed. Social Security, if we get any at all, won't be enough. And most of us haven't saved as much as we should have," Holzer writes. Her book gets the ball rolling by explaining, in simple language, the difference between various retirement plans, the mechanics of stock and bond markets, the mysteries of mutual funds, and the best ways to combine them all into a nest egg for the not-so-distant future. --Howard Rothman --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

From the Publisher

Financial planning for the generation that is redefining retirement. In Retire Rich: The Baby Boomer's Guide to a Secure Future, retirement planning guru Bambi Holzer offers realistic ways to plan, save, and invest in order to create the best possible future. Because many boomers will spend nearly as many years in retirement as they do in the office, the traditional sources of retirement income-Social Security and company-sponsored pensions-won't be enough to support them. This book presents practical and easy ways to address the retirement issue now.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (March 19, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471247820
• ISBN-13: 978-0471247821
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,647,795 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book rates 10 stars!, October 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Retire Rich: The Baby Boomer's Guide to a Secure Future (Hardcover)

I have always been intimidated by the language, numbers, and ins-and-outs of investing and retirement planning. The literature I have read in the past was always too technical and assumed I knew things I didn't. Well, for me, Retire Rich... could have been titled: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Successfully Planning for Retirement But Were Afraid to Ask. This book provided me with in-depth, intelligent information that I have wanted and needed to help me make plans for my future in a very clear, non-threatening, easy-to-read style. I have gained so much knowledge and confidence from it! I plan to give copies of this book to my 30/40/50Something friends and family! Many thanks and cheers to the authors of this timely and informative book!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars insightful, May 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Retire Rich: The Baby Boomer's Guide to a Secure Future (Hardcover)

My husband shared "Retire Rich" with me. Even though he has been in the financail services business for 20 years, I have to admit I never really understood all the concepts necessary to feel comfortable with what we have been able to save. "Retire Rich" led me through the maze of complex financial terms/concepts and explained them in words and examples that I quickly grasped. I found myself saying "I never knew that" or "I see" scores of times as I read through the book. I especially liked the style in which the book is written, it doesn't talk down or up to me. In a nutshell, "Retire Rich" answers questions that every spouse asks.