Boomer or Bust繁荣或萧条

出版时间：2006-8  出版社：Pearson P T R  作者：Steve Weisman  页数：272  

内容概要

Are you in the “sandwich generation”...planning for retirement, helping your kids, and worrying about aging parents, all at once? Now, finally, here’s the reliable, up-to-date financial guidance you desperately need–all in one place!    As one of America’s leading elder law attorneys–and host of the nationwide radio show A Touch of Grey–Steve Weisman covers these issues with unique expertise, clarity, empathy, and humor. Weisman demystifies IRAs, 401(k)s, annuities, reverse mortgages, long-term care insurance, home care, assisted living, nursing homes, living wills, and advance health care directives. He reveals valuable tax breaks you never knew existed...new Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid changes you must understand...disastrous investment mistakes you can’t afford to make.    Coverage includes    » Reliable, practical, plain-English advice on everything from annuities to living wills    » Up-to-the-minute explanations of Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security changes just passed by Congress    » Retirement savings tips and traps–from new “Roth 401(k)s” to variable annuities and reverse mortgages     » Indispensable, start-to-finish coverage of planning for long-term care    » How to make the federal tax code work for you: new deductions for you and your parents    In the coming years, you will face tough, complex, emotional decisions. Don’t face them all by yourself: read Boomer or Bust, and be prepared.    作者简介:STEVE WEISMAN hosts the nationally syndicatedradio show A Touch of Grey, heard on more than50 stations, including New York City's legendaryW~R and KRLA Los Angeles. A member of theNational Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, he hastaught at the University of Massachusetts, CurryCollege, and Boston University, and is an adjunct faculty member at Bentley College. His booksinclude 50 Ways to Protect Your Identily and YourCredit and A Guide to Elder Planning, both fromPrentice Hall.

书籍目录

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSABOUT THE AUTHORINTRODUCTIONPART I  PLANNING FOR YOUR MONEY    1 IRAs AND 401(k)s    For Want of a Nail (IRA Style)    Stretch IRA    Roth 401 (k)    Know When to Leave    When Should You Take the Money Out and Pay the Taxes?    Upside of Anger and Downside of 401 (k) Accounts    What You Don't Know Can Hurt You  2 RETIREMENT INVESTING    How Much Is This Going to Cost Me?    Doctor, Doctor, Give Me the News    How Long Will You Live?    The 4 Percent Solution    Baby Steps for Baby Boomers    Only You    Just a Thought    Keep on Keeping On    Now What?    Moving on Up    Paying Off Your Mortgage    Hunt for Green October    Bet on the Boomers    Target Funds    Fees, If You Please    Risk    Go Long    Climb the Ladder of Success    529 Ways to Make Your Retirement Easier and More Fun  28    Bringing Down the Market  3 ANNUITIES    Fixed Immediate Annuity    Variable Immediate Annuity    Deferred Annuities    Theory vs. Reality    Estate Planning    No, No, No!    Fewer Fees, Please    Surrender Fees    Bank of America    Bad Citizens……PARTII PLANNING FOR LONG-TERM CAREPARTIII GOVERNMENT PROGRAMSPARTIV HEALTH CARE DECISION MAKING