The Good Non Retirement Guide
July 30, 2008
Choose Costa Rica for Retirement: Retirement Discoveries for Every Budget
July 30, 2008
Choose Costa Rica for Retirement: Retirement Discoveries for Every Budget Customer Review: Not Honest or Objective
I actually wanted to give the book less than two stars but it sparked an idea. If people will by this then I might try my hand a retirement book and actually put valuable information in it. Actually the book starts out promising enough in trying to get you interested in the country. However, its weaknesses become evident very quickly. The first weakness is a lack of objectivity. A good book will give you the good and the bad. The author here seems like a salesperson for Costa Rica.
Second weakness: the author gives far too little analysis on the issue of taxes. This subject should have a dedicated chapter. Suppose your retirement income is from mostly untaxed foreign sources and comes to $70K a year. Now if additional taxes in the country come to 30% you will pay $21,000 before you buy one single thing. If a comparable country had a 10% tax rate you could still pay $14,000 more for rent, travel, transport etc. before breaking even.
Third weakness: lack of honesty. Crime has increased in Costa Rica. The author’s attempt to gloss over this was so transparent he would have been more credible if he had purposely omitted the topic. The dead give away is the authors comment “like many other countries Costa Rica has crime.” He then works to minimize the issue. No statistics are given - and particularly year to year so you can see trends.
You are much better off looking up articles on the country. Just a preview: a lot of things rot or have mechanical difficulties in the humidity. Some people’s idea of paradise (particularly the Germans’) is spending 365 days a year smoking and drinking, and waking up with a hangover half naked on the beach in the morning.
Customer Review: Pura Vida!
Having lived in Costa Rica several times, I found this book to be very accurate and credible. I was a little bummed that there was little mentioned about Monte Verde, or the countless world class Surfing areas. I would have liked to have seen a section strictly dedicated to some of the incredible Costa Rican sights,and something about the awesome Canopy Tours and recreation opportunities available. No worries. I highly recommend this book. The info is accurate, detailed, and covers all bases. Absolutly Primo!
Retirement: Black and white (An Exposition-banner book)
July 30, 2008
Retirement: Black and white (An Exposition-banner book)
To Sell or Not to Sell…Employer Retirement Plans: The Financial Advisor’s Roadmap to a Successful Retirement Plans Practice
July 30, 2008
To Sell or Not to Sell…Employer Retirement Plans: The Financial Advisor’s Roadmap to a Successful Retirement Plans Practice To Sell or Not to Sell… Employer Retirement Plans is a “how-to” guide for financial advisors who sell or are interested in selling corporate retirement plans. If they already sell corporate retirement plans, it will help them sell more. If they do not currently sell corporate retirement plans, it will convince them why they should, and how they can get started.
The objective of this book is to alert financial advisors to the significant opportunities in selling corporate retirement plans and to provide them with a roadmap to building a successful retirement plans practice. The book’s co-authors, Tom Foster and Todd Thompson, both senior retirement plan sales professionals with The Hartford, together have approximately 45 years experience working with financial advisors to help them build their retirement plans practice. The book draws on the unique experiences, lessons learned and humorous anecdotes of the authors.
Customer Review: Reasons to Sell Retirement Plans
I felt the book was well written, but the title did not fit the content. The book focused entirely on why you should sell retirement plans. There were no counter agruements. This book could be viewed as a starting point for someone with ZERO 401k/retirement plan experiance. You will still need a great deal more knowledge before you can begin selling retirement plans.
Values-Based Retirement Planning
July 30, 2008
Values-Based Retirement Planning
The Local Government (Compensation for Premature Retirement) Regulations 1982 (Statutory Instruments: 1982: 1009)
July 27, 2008
Tributes to the Honorable Alan Cranston of California in the United States Senate upon the occasion of his retirement from the Senate (S. pub)
July 27, 2008
The Dynamics of Retirement (Research Report)
July 27, 2008
The Dynamics of Retirement (Research Report)
The Wall Street Journal. Complete Retirement Guidebook: How to Plan It, Live It and Enjoy It
July 27, 2008
The Wall Street Journal. Complete Retirement Guidebook: How to Plan It, Live It and Enjoy It As you think about retirement, you’ve got facts to face, planning to do, decisions to make and numbers to crunch. With the experts at The Wall Street Journal to guide you, you’ll learn how to tailor a financial plan for the lifestyle you want.
• Answers your biggest question—How big does my nest egg need to be?—by linking it to your particular hopes for how you want to spend your days in retirement
• Shows how to translate your dreams and interests into daily activities, whether traveling, opening a business, volunteering or going back to school
• Provides a timeline for decisions to make and steps to take ten years, five years and one year before you retire
• Offers tips on investing wisely and working with the right financial adviser
• Tells you how to maximize your benefits from Social Security and Medicare
• Guides you through the intricacies of 401(k)s, IRAs, annuities and other financial tools and resources
Today, the average person can expect to spend two decades in retirement—why leave it to chance? For all of its changes and challenges, a well-planned retirement could very well be the best part of your life.
Customer Review: Brain Surgeon
Once of these individuals is employed as a reporter with the Wall Street Journal. Unless there is information to the contrary, Ms Greene has no expertise in the field therefore the attempt to compile such a book is a shot in the dark and the opinion very likely should not be considered serious or relied on. Next time perhaps she will write about brain surgery. Would take advice from a person who had no training in the field of medicine if your life depended upon it? For a retiree whose life does depend on their ability to earn greater than inflation but who would need assurance if the market when completely south should be weary of taking advice from a novice. As a Certified Estate Planner it takes many years to achieve the knowledge needed to give such advice. I think I will write a book on how to build a guided missile but hope that no one takes me seriously.
Louis, Florida
Customer Review: Ecologically speaking, a WASTE of good trees!
Ecologically speaking, this book was a waste of good trees. I’m only sorry Amazon doesn’t have a zero stars category. I begrudgingly had to give this book a 1 star rating! I would retitle it “Too Big To Flush”! Do not buy it and do not waste your valuable time reading it. These reporters for The Wall Street Journal don’t have a clue about what they write. It is clear they are pushing an agenda but it isn’t in YOUR best interest. The only ones enjoying the advice given here are the authors, Kelly Greene and Glen Ruffenach, who are laughing at us all the way to the bank while the vulnerable public gets long term screwed by their misleading advice. I have read all the reviews and I feel sorry for the poor duped people that gave this book a positive review. My advice is stick with advice from proven experts: Gregory Baer & Gary Gensler, Suze Orman, Arthur Levitt, Charles Gasparino, to name just a few! Most of what I found here was bad advice.
Lloyd E. Taylor- Hendersonville, TN (30 years of experience and licensed to give it).
Bismarck: the Man and the Statesman: Being the reflections and reminiscences of Otto, Prince von Bismarck, written and dictated by himself after his retirement … the supervision of A. J. Butler. Volume 1
July 27, 2008
Bismarck: the Man and the Statesman: Being the reflections and reminiscences of Otto, Prince von Bismarck, written and dictated by himself after his retirement … the supervision of A. J. Butler. Volume 1 This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1898 edition by Smith, Elder, & Co., London.
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