getting started in a financially secure retirement

PRE- AND POST-RETIREMENT PLANNING THAT MAKES SENSE

GETTING STARTED IN A FINANCIALLY SECURE RETIREMENT

If you want to make the most of your retirement years, you have to seriously think about the retirement lifestyle you want and the path that will get you there. In order to do this, you need reliable retirement information that will allow you to properly chart your course. Nobody knows this better than author Henry Hebeler, who retired from the corporate world more than fifteen years ago--and quickly discovered that much of the retirement planning advice available wasn't helping people accomplish their goals.

Now, with Getting Started in a Financially Secure Retirement, Hebeler shares his experience in this field with you and reveals what it really takes to achieve the retirement you want. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, Getting Started in a Financially Secure Retirement dismisses the assumptions that many popular retirement planning methods make and addresses some of today's most important retirement issues, including everything from planning with realistic economic inputs to neglected subjects such as replacement budgeting, reverse dollar cost averaging, and the need for resiliency when encountering surprise events.

Filled with in-depth insights, practical advice, and helpful retirement planning tools, Getting Started in a Financially Secure Retirement will allow you to apply Hebeler's proven principles to your own specific situation--whether you're already retired or still working--and make more informed financial decisions as you plan for the years ahead.

Henry Hebeler is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), from which he has three degrees. He has spent most of his working career at The Boeing Company, ultimately becoming president of Boeing Aerospace Company. He has been working with retirees for many years, developed special material for their use, and given numerous seminars on retirement. Hebeler's current focus is the dissemination of sound financial planning information that applies to a wide range of personal investment, economic, and income situations.

About the Author.
Foreword.
Preface.
Introduction.
Chapter 1 Planning.
Chapter 2 Be Aware of the Environment.
Chapter 3 Pre-Retirement Planning.
Chapter 4 Final Commitment to Retire.
Chapter 5 Post-Retirement Planning.
Chapter 6 Implementing Your Plan.
Chapter 7 Investing the Simple Way.

Chapter 8 More Investment Involvement.
Chapter 9 Before You Die.
Chapter 10 A Critical Review.
Reprise.
Appendix A Pre-Retirement Worksheet.
Appendix B Age to Start Social Security.
Appendix C Post-Retirement Worksheet.
Appendix D Analyze Investment Performance.
Appendix E Pre-Retirement Assumptions.
Appendix F Post-Retirement Assumptions.

Appendix G Rebalancing Worksheet.
Appendix H Replacement Reserve Worksheet.
Glossary.
Index.