The Motley Fool's Money After 40
Building Wealth for a Better Life
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- $16.99
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Publisher Description
With their famous wit, seasoned advice, and impeccable business savvy, the bestselling financial duo shows baby boomers how to build wealth and security -- and how to afford anything they want when the work is done.
Whether retirement is on the distant horizon or right under your nose, The Motley Fool's Money After 40 is for anyone who wants a stable future free from financial anxiety. Baby boomers will learn how to fortify their portfolios to weather any economic climate and live the life they want regardless of the market's peaks and valleys.
Applying the principles of commonsense money management, David and Tom Gardner first explain how to predict what you will need and desire when you stop working. Do you want to volunteer in the community? Do you want the resources to turn a hobby into a small business? Do you want to build an addition to your house for grandchildren? In plain language, the Gardners guide you in creating realistic financial goals. From owning the right size home to affording sufficient health coverage, from sending your kids to college to taking that exotic vacation, The Motley Fool's Money After 40 explains how to:
• Organize your finances to preserve the funds you already have • Master estate planning • Create and protect wealth for your children and grandchildren • Live a healthy, productive life free from anxiety and spiced with adventure
Using real-life examples and action plans that eliminate the drudgery of managing your income, David and Tom Gardner will help you understand exactly how to draw up financial plans sturdy enough to transport dreams. Designed to simultaneously educate, amuse, and enrich the reader, The Motley Fool's Money After 40 is a one-stop financial guidebook for gilding your golden years.
The good life is within your reach under the tutelage of the Fools.
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Co-founders of The Motley Fool financial education company, the Gardner brothers have built an empire out of their ability to make matters of personal finance so simple that any"fool" can learn to sort through them with a sense of confidence. Four of their last 10 books have been bestsellers; their latest offers comprehensive advice on the issues faced by the over-40 set, shared in their typically irreverent, blunt and highly informative way. From their clear explanation of why saving for retirement is more important than saving for a child's college education to their instructions on how to assess financial advisors based on their fee structures, the Gardners arm readers with sufficient background and direction--not to mention prodding--to realistically improve their balance sheet regardless of how much or how little they have already saved. And true to their hands-on philosophy, the authors have designed their volume to be"a to-do book, not a how-to book": it overflows with Action Plans and references to additional sources (including their own Fool.com website). In their attempt to address every possible financial aspect of a reader's future, the Gardners even cover one of the most important and most overlooked aspects of retirement planning--the"why" behind the whole retirement concept. In doing so, they drive home the point that attaining the"good life" in retirement requires more than just a solid savings plan: it requires a plan for what one will be living for as well. Only a wise fool could have put the matter so frankly.
