Protecting Your Wealth in Good Times and Bad

Richard A. Ferri0071408177, 9780071408172, 9780071429023

Markets go up. Markets go down. And somehow in that never-ending cycle, you have to invest and save wisely enough to keep your family safe from financial worry. Protecting Your Wealth in Good Times and Bad outlines an easy-to-understand, practical, and market-proven financial plan calculated to grow and protect your family’s savings as it substantially eases your money concerns and crises – today, tomorrow, and throughout a long, happy, and healthy retirement.

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Table of contents :
TeamLiB……Page 1
Cover……Page 2
Contents……Page 7
Preface……Page 9
Part One. Saving, Investing, and the Mistakes We Make……Page 17
1. A National Savings Dilemma……Page 19
2. Investment Return Shortfalls……Page 32
3. Bear Markets and Bad Investor Behavior……Page 45
4. Getting Trampled by the Herd……Page 65
5. The High Cost of Low Returns……Page 87
6. Advice About Investment Advice……Page 98
Part Two. Building Blocks to Success……Page 117
7. Types of Retirement Accounts……Page 119
8. Investment Choices: Stocks……Page 136
9. Investment Choices: Bonds……Page 152
10. Other Sources of Retirement Income……Page 168
11. Realistic Market Expectations……Page 185
12. Asset Allocation Explained……Page 201
Part Three. A Lifelong Saving and Investing Guide……Page 213
13. Early Savers……Page 215
14. Midlife Accumulators……Page 238
15. Pre-Retirees and Retirees……Page 257
16. Experienced Retirees……Page 284
Appendix A. Saving for Higher Education……Page 297
Appendix B.Web Sites for Saving and Investing……Page 304
Appendix C. Books About Saving and Investing……Page 306
Appendix D. Glossary of Terms……Page 308
Index……Page 325