Americans are not saving enough. We invest poorly. Most retirees depend upon Social Security for over half of their monthly income. Over one third of retirement income comes from working wages. The retirees of tomorrow must be able to support themselves. Everyone knows this. Wealth accumulation is high on everybody's to-do list. Why can't people save and invest effectively? Perhaps you are someone who can't save enough, despite your intentions. Perhaps you save, but don't know how to invest wisely. This book introduces effective strategies that can help anyone increase their retirement saving and wealth accumulation. Jay's companies have serviced more than a thousand retirement plans. Jay has helped thousands of individuals plan for financial security and spoken at seminars across the country. He has trained dozens of other advisors, who now enjoy successful financial planning careers. Jay Lumbert learned ways to teach complex topics, in ways that everyone can understand. This book shares some of Jay's unique and effective strategies. Retirement Planning Simplified By Jay combines basic graphics with simple explanations of everything someone needs to achieve financial security. It lays out the facts. It builds concrete examples of what must be learned, and illustrates them in ways that anyone can understand. Then the book provides a simple action plan that everyone can use.

Everyone needs to save for retirement. Without adequate savings, retirees must rely upon the government, their families and charities for support. Americans are not saving enough. We invest poorly. Most retirees depend upon Social Security for over half of their monthly income. Over one third of retirement income comes from working wages.The government is deeply in debt. Social Security is highly flawed. The traditional nuclear family is vanishing like smoke. Supportive charities are struggling for donations. The retirees of tomorrow must be able to support themselves. Everyone knows this. Wealth accumulation is high on everybody's to-do list. So, why can't people save and invest effectively? There are many hidden reasons. Most of them can be fixed.This book introduces effective strategies that can help anyone increase their retirement saving and wealth accumulation. If you follow this book's advice, it can change your life forever. As a financial advisor, Jay Lumbert learned ways to teach complex topics, in ways that everyone can understand. Retirement Planning Simplified By Jay combines basic graphics with simple explanations of everything someone needs to achieve financial security. It lays out the facts. It builds concrete examples of what must be learned, and illustrates them in ways that anyone can understand. Then the book provides a simple action plan.The mind is like a garden. To have a bountiful harvest, you must first prepare the soil. When the soil is properly treated, small seeds can become vibrant plants and flowers. We don't prepare our minds properly, so we don't achieve financial security. Most of us don't know how to achieve it. This book can prepare anyone's mind, so that the seeds of financial security will take root and thrive. Poor investing is a predictable pattern. It is a fate we can avoid with effective education. Investors must have perspective, and develop long-term strategies that win. When readers complete this book they will know how to achieve their financial goals. Investors will understand how much they must save, where to put those savings and how to invest their money.

It is no secret that everyone needs to save for retirement. Without adequate savings, retirees must rely upon the government, their families and charities for support. Americans are not saving enough. They invest poorly. Most retirees depend on Social Security for over half of their retirement income. Over one third of "retirement" income comes from working wages. The government is deeply in debt. Social Security is highly flawed. The traditional nuclear family is history. Supportive charities are struggling for donations. The retirees of tomorrow must be able to support themselves. Everyone knows this. Wealth accumulation is high on everybody's "to do" list. So, why can't people save and invest effectively? There are many reasons. Most of them can be fixed - especially by employers. Jay Lumbert is one of the nation's foremost authorities on retirement. His companies have helped more than a thousand employers design, build and manage retirement plans. As the founding CEO of two full-service investment firms, Jay has personally helped more than ten thousand individuals plan for retirement success. In the 1990s, Jay helped conceive and create the first open-architecture 401(k) program. Open architecture helped companies slash plan expenses. It gave employers access to nearly all legal investments. It allowed companies to design custom solutions, with world-class investment choices. It also made things far more complicated. Offering good investments is not enough to help employees maximize their retirement savings. Too many choices intimidates and confuses many employees. Without proper design and education, retirement plans usually fall well short of accomplishing their potential. This led Jay to write this book. Retirement Plans Simplified By Jay shares the latest techniques that employers can use to maximize employee participation in their 401(k) plans. It shows employers how to help employees significantly improve their investment results. This book also helps plan fiduciaries protect themselves against the breach of financial regulations, and find efficient ways to help executives save more money. It also shows business owners how to set aside more in tax-favored assets. Jay's companion book, Retirement Planning Simplified By Jay, helps employers impart the critical investment knowledge that all employees must know and understand. When used together, many employers will achieve radical changes for the good of all. Jay has a BA in psychology and economics, plus a graduate degree in writing. Jay knows how to present complex topics in easy-to-understand ways. As the author of Working HR: A Functional Reference Guide, Jay has studied the personnel challenges facing today's companies. He understands the delicate financial balance that gets weighed against all benefits. This book explains each retirement planning strategy that employers can implement - for themselves and for their employees. Whichever plan, or combination of plans, utilized will depend upon the reader's personal and corporate goals.

"ROAR is for everyone who is thinking about where they are in life-and those who want more out of life. From author Michael Clinton, former president and publishing director of Hearst Magazines, ROAR helps both those considering retirement and those who have no wish to retire get on with fulfilling their dreams-before it's too late. We are living in a time when everyone is constantly reassessing what is next for them. In the mid-career group, people who have spent years working in a business are now seeing their industry changing dramatically and are facing the question: "What does that mean for me in the next twenty years?" At the same time, the post-career group is also going through massive change. Many in this group are still not prepared financially, logistically, or emotionally to make the decisions necessary to face the next phase of their lives. While they may be thinking about retiring, they don't necessarily want to do nothing. ROAR will help both groups think about what is really important to them, and how to plan and take meaningful action so that the second half of their lives can be happy and productive. The book offers a unique and dynamic 4-part process called ROAR: Reimagine yourself, Own who you are, Act on what's next, and Reassess your relationships. This is the method Michael uses himself to pursue a purposeful life-and now he shares his technique and approach so you can expand your own life too. Prescriptive and inspiring, with personal anecdotes from his life as well as from others he interviewed for the book, ROAR is highly accessible, entertaining, and transformative"--

"In the dark, bewildering, trap-infested jungle of misinformation and opaque riddles that is the world of investment, JL Collins is the fatherly wizard on the side of the path, offering a simple map, warm words of encouragement and the tools to forge your way through with confidence. You'll never find a wiser advisor with a bigger heart." -- Malachi Rempen: Filmmaker, cartoonist, author and self-described ruffian This book grew out of a series of letters to my daughter concerning various things-mostly about money and investing-she was not yet quite ready to hear. Since money is the single most powerful tool we have for navigating this complex world we've created, understanding it is critical. "But Dad," she once said, "I know money is important. I just don't want to spend my life thinking about it." This was eye-opening. I love this stuff. But most people have better things to do with their precious time. Bridges to build, diseases to cure, treaties to negotiate, mountains to climb, technologies to create, children to teach, businesses to run. Unfortunately, benign neglect of things financial leaves you open to the charlatans of the financial world. The people who make investing endlessly complex, because if it can be made complex it becomes more profitable for them, more expensive for us, and we are forced into their waiting arms. Here's an important truth: Complex investments exist only to profit those who create and sell them. Not only are they more costly to the investor, they are less effective. The simple approach I created for her and present now to you, is not only easy to understand and implement, it is more powerful than any other. Together we'll explore: Debt: Why you must avoid it and what to do if you have it. The importance of having F-you Money. How to think about money, and the unique way understanding this is key to building your wealth. Where traditional investing advice goes wrong and what actually works. What the stock market really is and how it really works. Why the stock market always goes up and why most people still lose money investing in it. How to invest in a raging bull, or bear, market. Specific investments to implement these strategies. The Wealth Building and Wealth Preservation phases of your investing life and why they are not always tied to your age. How your asset allocation is tied to those phases and how to choose it. How to simplify the sometimes confusing world of 401(k), 403(b), TSP, IRA and Roth accounts. TRFs (Target Retirement Funds), HSAs (Health Savings Accounts) and RMDs (Required Minimum Distributions). What investment firm to use and why the one I recommend is so far superior to the competition. Why you should be very cautious when engaging an investment advisor and whether you need to at all. Why and how you can be conned, and how to avoid becoming prey. Why I don't recommend dollar cost averaging. What financial independence looks like and how to have your money support you. What the 4% rule is and how to use it to safely spend your wealth. The truth behind Social Security. A Case Study on how this all can be implemented in real life. Enjoy the read, and the journey!

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