Managing Money in Retirement (Essential Finance) - Softcover

Developing an understanding of your retirement plan options can be much simpler than you think-without taking hours of reading. In Managing Money in Retirement, the information is organized into short, clear explanations to help you handle finances through the rest of your life. This book addresses ways to budget and invest as well as programs designed specifically for seniors. Smart tips help you avoid the scams and frauds that focus on seniors, protect the money you have, and find ways to make your money last. Increased interest in do-it-yourself money management is a defining trend of our modern world, and the DK Essential Finance series provides the perfect personal finance library to help take advantage of this phenomenon. These outstanding guides provide a practical and impartial resource to guide you through important financial decisions. Useful questionnaires pinpoint one's financial status while easy-to-use charts and graphs help track cash flow, cut through the complexities of financial lingo, and gain the confidence needed to build real financial security. Readers can learn to invest online, live debt free, plan for retirement, or pay for a child's education.

Dallas Salisbury is President and CEP of the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), in Washington DC. EBRI was founded in 1978 to provide objective, unbiased information regarding the employee benefit system and related economic security issues. Dallas joined EBRI at its founding in 1978. Dallas is also chairman and CEO of the American Savings Education Council (ASEC), and the Consumer Health Education Council (CHEC). Both are partnerships of public and private-sector institutions that undertake initiatives to raise public awareness regarding what is needed to ensure long-term economic and health security. Dallas is a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources, the recipient of the 1997 Award for Professional Excellence from the Society for Human Resources Management and the 1998 Keystone Award of "WorldatWork." He has served on the Secretary of Labor's ERISA Advisory Council and the Presidential PBGC Advisory Committee. He currently serves as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Comptroller to the United States, the 2001 Board of Directors for the Society of Human Resource Management, and on the GAO Advisory Group on Social Security and Retirement. Prior to joining EBRI, Dallas held full-time positions with the Washington State Legislatures, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), and the Pension and welfare Benefits Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. He holds a B.A. degree in finance from the University of Washington and an M.A. in public policy and administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Marc Robinson is co-founder of Internet-based moneytours.com, a personal finance resource for corporations, universities, credit unions, and other institutions interested in helping their constituents make intelligent decisions about their financial lives. He wrote the original The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Markets, created The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Personal Finance, co-published a personal finance series with Time Life Books, and wrote a children's book about onomatopoeia in different languages. In his two decades in the financial service industry, Marc has provided marketing consulting to many top Wall Street firms. He is admitted to practice law in New York State.