The Shortest Book Ever on Saving for Retirement How to Make Every Dollar Count in any Financial Climate

by O'Donnell, James

• ISBN13: 9780802446534
• ISBN10: 0802446531
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781575674179
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Northfield Publishing
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Summary

You know you need to save for retirement, but you don't know where to begin. Contradictory advice abounds, and terms like 401(k) and IRA sound like a foreign language. But financial expert James O'Donnell is here to help. He cuts through the mass of details to give you only the essential information you need to save for a successful retirement.

Author Biography

JAMES O’DONNELL spent many years as an executive in the financial services industry with such firms as Fidelity Investments and the Dreyfus Corporation. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and his MBA from Columbia University. He is currently a professor of Business and Economics at Huntington University.

He is the author of Letters for Lizzie, which describes how his family faces cancer, heart and kidney failure and other chronic problems, all the while keeping faith and sharing their hope with others, and Walking with Arthur which describes O’Donnell’s spiritual journey prior to Lizzie’s sufferings which prepared him to stand by her “come what may.” O’Donnell currently resides in Huntington, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What Would You Doà?	p. 9
ôThis Time, It's (probably not) Differentö	p. 15
ôHouston, We Have a Problemö	p. 25
Thanks, Anywayà I'm Covered by Social Security	p. 29
Wait a Minute!-You May Already Be Done with This Book: The Case for Lifecycle Funds	p. 35
What You Should Know about Diversification and Costs	p. 43
The Importance of Time	p. 53
ô10, 5, 3,ö and Other Rules of Thumb	p. 61
More on Funds	p. 73
Are You Getting Out of Kilter? The Need to Rebalance	p. 83
Hello? Is There Anybody Around Here Who Can Help Me?	p. 89
The Marketing of Funds	p. 95
Chasing Performance and Performance Monitors	p. 103
Anybody for Some Free Money?	p. 109
You Really Need an IRA	p. 115
Men and Women and Investing	p. 123
To Annuitize or Not? That Is the Question	p. 131
Investing with a Conscience	p. 143
The Good News (and the Bad News)	p. 153
The End (as Well as the Beginning)	p. 163
Glossary of Terms	p. 167
Appendix: 401(k) and 403(b) Plan Providers and Some Appropriate Mutual Funds They Offer	p. 177
Acknowledgments	p. 185
About the Author	p. 187
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