The No-Regrets Guide to Retirement

Learn to take control of your finances and your retirement with this one-stop Australian financial planning bible

Have you ever wondered if you have enough money to make it through retirement? The No-Regrets Retirement Guide: How to Live Well, Invest Wisely and Make Your Money Last provides readers with a definitive answer to that question, as well as many others you may have always wanted to ask. Qualified financial planner and author Patricia Howard offers no-nonsense guidance on what it takes to get you to, and through, retirement. You'll learn how to:

• Develop a positive and productive mindset as you enter retirement
• Take control of your finances, regardless of how much money you make or have
• Learn how to live on invested income rather than earned income
• Understand and learn to avoid the biggest pitfalls people commonly encounter as they approach retirement
  Perfect for people entering or already in retirement, The No-Regrets Retirement Guide also belongs on the bookshelves of anyone interested in ensuring they are in a financial position to enjoy their golden years.

PATRICIA HOWARD is an author, finance journalist and financial planner. She has written for The Australian, The Australian Financial Review and The Age. Patricia started her own financial planning practice fifteen years ago, which specialises in providing retirement advice, and she holds her own Australian Financial Services Licence.

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PATRICIA HOWARD is an author, finance journalist and financial planner. She has written for The Australian, The Australian Financial Review and The Age. Patricia started her own financial planning practice fifteen years ago, which specialises in providing retirement advice, and she holds her own Australian Financial Services Licence.

Texte du rabat
Don't let retirement just happen to you. Make it the retirement you want and deserve. Will you have enough money to enjoy your retirement? The No-Regrets Guide to Retirement is your definitive guide to making your later years, your best years. Qualified financial planner Patricia Howard explains why retirement is a good news story in Australia and offers no-nonsense, upbeat advice to help get you to, and comfortably through, your retirement. Learn how to:

• develop an optimistic view of retirement
• take control of your finances, regardless of how much money you have
• learn how to live on invested income rather than earned income
• understand and avoid the most common pitfalls. If you are planning, entering or already in retirement, you must read this book. The No-Regrets Guide to Retirement will help you make sound investment decisions, freeing you to enjoy your retirement to the full.

Contenu
Preface vii

Introduction ix

1 Retirement: a good news story 1

2 Plan for a truly great retirement 21

3 Make good investment choices 43

4 Give up the (financial) smokes! 63

5 Live like a millionaire 83

6 Thrive in retirement 101

7 Families: love 'em and leave 'em 117

8 Sexually transmitted poverty 135

9 Build your escape hatch 153

A final word 169

Index 171