Personal Financial Planning

If you are entering a new relationship, getting ready to get married, or if you have been together for years, you will gain knowledge from this book and the user-friendly resources.

Personal finance expert and founder of FirstGenLiving offers practical, actionable financial advice tailored to the circumstances and values specific to first-generation young professionals. Always Have Enough offers a pathway to creating wealth, written for those doing it for the first time...

Gurus like Dave Ramsey, Suze Orman, and others have amassed followers by the millions because of their paint-by-the-numbers financial strategies that are easy to digest and implement. And while they have helped many Americans eliminate debt and take their first steps toward financial freedom, their dumbed-down financial advice is inadequate and incomplete for those looking to maximize their savings. In The Guru Gap, David McKnight closes the gap between what mainstream media personalities advise and the sophisticated, math-based approach your retirement plan requires.

Fewer than half of Americans nearing retirement age are confident their savings are on the proper course. But if you take the steps highlighted in this book, you will be well prepared for a stress-free retirement. These steps are so simple anyone can do them, even if you feel you are disorganised, and no matter how much your current take home pay is.

Retirement planning was simple and predictable 40 years ago. All you needed was your company pension, personal savings, and Social Security. Those days are long gone. Most public pensions are underfunded, and private companies can't get rid of them fast enough. Social Security's own trustees predict it will run out of money in less than 20 years. And most people haven't saved even a fraction of what they should.

Feel like you’re stuck, struggling, and stressed financially? You have been led to believe that you’re climbing the ladder of success. The truth is, you’re on a never-ending hamster wheel. Now more than ever, money is attracted to speed. The slow-and-steady financial philosophies of the late 20th century are nothing more than dust on your rearview mirror. Financial Fast Track proves that the only way to succeed today is to build wealth fast.

Laying out the nine common hazards that trip up otherwise well-prepared retirees to encourage you to think through your decisions and set a course aligned with your values and your ultimate goals, Retirement Fail helps you identify potential pitfalls and teaches how to safeguard your hard-earned retirement assets. Contrary to what most people think, it is not poor portfolio performance that usually busts your retirement accounts. Rather, it's the emotional decisions you make that can cause major problems.

Personal finance writer and financial education expert Margaret Malaspina takes you through all the options and decisions that you'll face when you are ready to retire. This guide can help you get the most out of what you've earned, lower your tax bills, and create a stream of income that will last for the rest of your life.

A unique hybrid of dual expert guidance, wake-up call motivation, and compelling memoir, The Health and Wealth Sisters’ 360° Action Plan is for the modern woman who needs a swift kick in the pants in order to stop taking a back seat to her own life.

Are you overwhelmed by the complexities of estate planning? Does the thought of protecting your legacy for loved ones feel daunting? With Estate Planning Made Easy, you'll find it's easier than you ever thought possible. This guide demystifies the often overwhelming world of estate planning.

Award-winning financial journalist Joel Kranc presents basic but essential strategies to start your retirement planning today. Retirement Planning in Eight Easy Steps is a quick and easy way to start learning about retirement planning, helping you envision your ideal retirement and how to get there through investment planning, maximizing social security benefits, and the other basics central to sound financial planning for retirement.

Managing your money can be intimidating, scary, and stressful. Theresa Yong wrote this guide as a simple resource for everyday people who want to get a handle on their finances. She explains how to avoid the headaches so often associated with personal financial matters.

Does your family talk about money? Do your kids understand your money values? Do you and your mate agree on how you spend and invest your money? Do you know if your parents are financially secure? These are the questions that Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz and her father, Charles Schwab, ask at the...

The Taxable Investor's Manifesto: Wealth Management Strategies to Last a Lifetime is written for every investor with taxable wealth and every advisor who serves them. The Taxable Investor's Manifesto guides listeners through a series of related topics, bringing clarity to complexity with an economy of words, while providing valuable and actionable advice at every turn.

A Gamer's Guide to Money is written by a financial planner, CFP® Professional, and gamer to connect the stale world of financial planning to gaming in a meaningful way. The book is filled with gaming jokes, metaphors, and memes that are used to convey financial knowledge. While no reasonable book can ever hope to cover an entire financial plan in one edition, this book lays the foundation for an individual getting started on their main quest.

Are you making the most of the Social Security benefits you’ve spent a lifetime earning? Social Security is one of the most important and often misunderstood parts of financial planning in the U.S. Whether retirement is years away or just around the corner, claiming benefits without a strategy could cost you tens of thousands over your lifetime. This comprehensive, listener-friendly guide demystifies Social Security and shows you how to optimize benefits for retirement, disability, and survivor protection.

Brian Vosberg is President of Vosberg Wealth Management, a retirement and tax planning firm. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and has Master's degrees in both Financial Planning and Taxation. For over twenty years, Brian has been focused on guiding pre-retirees and retirees to reach their retirement goals. In Foundations of Retirement, Brian draws upon his story of resilience while sharing his professional experience as a dedicated advocate for successful retirement planning. The book bridges the gap between emotional and practical approaches to financial planning.

Crafting Your Ideal Retirement: A Practical Guide This comprehensive retirement guide is here to take the mystery out of retirement. It's a practical, easy-to-follow playbook that covers every facet of planning your latter years. Transform retirement into a vibrant, fulfilling phase with our comprehensive guide.

Use simple and easy-to-follow instructions on how to handle credit bureaus if they refuse to remove inaccurate, unverifiable and questionable information. Learn about the recent consumer-friendly reforms in lending, credit score calculation, and credit bureau behavior.

Why wait until 65 to retire when you can start doing what you really want when you are in the prime of your life? Whether your dream is to start your own business, volunteer, or work less, Chris Dumont provides a blueprint to early retirement and the best advice on the stock market to gain control of your finances today.