Personal finance after 50 for dummies

Tyson, Eric (Eric Kevin), (author.). Carlson, Robert C., 1957- (Added Author).

Summary:

Your golden years will present unique financial opportunities and challenges. This hands-on, practical guide empowers you to chart your financial course with targeted advice for investing, spending, and protecting your wealth for the decades to come.

Record details

ISBN: 9781119118770
ISBN: 1119118778
Physical Description: xix, 447 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

"A Wiley brand".

Previous edition: Personal finance for seniors for dummies / by Eric Tyson and Robert C. Carlson. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Pub., c2010.

Formatted Contents Note:

Working toward retirement. Looking ahead to your future ; Protecting your employment income and your health ; Developing a retirement plan ; Identifying retirement investments and strategies ; Grasping retirement accounts and their rules -- Making money decisions in retirement. Managing budgets and expenses ; Guiding investments and distributions in retirement ; Making important housing decisions ; Considering your long-term care insurance needs and options -- Dealing with government programs. Making your best choices under social security ; Getting the most out of medicare ; The state health care system backup: medicaid -- Estate planning : it's more than just dead people and lawyers. The basics on estate planning ; Eyeing wills and other legal documents ; Tackling the federal estate tax when you have too much money ; Focusing on estate taxes and the many types of trusts -- The part of tens. Ten common retirement and estate planning mistakes ; Ten things to know about working in retirement ; Ten (or so) tips to know about caring for your aging parents.