How to Make Your Money Last: The Indispensable Retirement Guide

. Quinn has written for Newsweek, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, Woman’s Day, and Good Housekeeping. Her personal finance column currently appears in the AARP Bulletin. Jane Bryant Quinn is a leading commentator on personal finance. She is author of the bestselling Making the Most of Your Money NOW, Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People, and
If you need a kind, but tough drill sergeant to kick you out of your retirement doldrums, set you on a safe financial path, and keep you smiling through your next stage of life, this book is the answer.” (Forbes)“Veteran financial writer Quinn delivers another winner with this guide. She enlightens readers about the difficulties of determining how to get the most out of Social Security. “Jane Bryant Quinn is America's dean of personal finance. If anyone knows how to get us through retirement, it's Jane. Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street)"No one is smarter about money—or easier to read or clearer or more conscientious—than Jane Bryant Quinn. It provides the basics in just about any area you can think of—from

"Helpful Guidance, such as "Money Buckets"" according to Bassocantor. As I think about retirement, these types of books begin to look more appealing. I actually found it comforting to have an expert identify and discuss the most confusing (and fearful!) parts of retirement--especially knowing for sure one will have enough money.Of course, some of the sections don't apply to everyone, so I just skipped to the parts that were relevant to me. The author has some helpful advice on thinking about how you are going to survive (financially) your golden years. She has a way of writing things clearly and succinctly--bringing out the most important points.Of course, Ms Quinn spends quite a bit. Excellent, simple financial advice. Must read if you are starting retirement planning. Well thought out, clearly written, uncomplicated advice on how to manage your money in retirement. She constantly steers you away from complex financial schemes and warns you repeatedly that many people in the financial industry make money selling you stuff and may not have your very best interests in mind. The types of approaches she suggests are mostly simple enough that you can manage it yourself. It is fair to say her approach is somewhat conservative but she firmly believes, and repeats it over and over, that clever investing schemes rarely outperform simple index funds in the long run.Lots of good information. The best retirement book bar none! Right to the point on retirement plans and with a lay person way of writing this. She gets right to the point and am learning a lot before I retire. A must buy and read before you retire!! A very important part of her book, find a FEE only advisor and don't get scammed with high commission advisors!

At a time when people are living longer, yet retiring with a smaller pot of savings than they’d hoped for, this book will become the essential guide.. The right moves will not only raise the amount you have to spend, they’ll stretch out your money over many more years.You will also learn to look at your savings and investments in a new way. You need safe money to help pay the bills in your early retirement years. That won’t happen if you use a few tricks for squeezing higher payments from your assets—from your Social Security account (find the hidden values there), pension (monthly income or lump sum?), home equity (sell and invest the proceeds or take a reverse mortgage?), savings (should you buy a lifetime annuity?), and retirement accounts (how to invest and—critically—how much to withdraw from your savings each year?). Quinn shows you how. If you stick with super-safe choices the money might not last. But to ensure that you’ll still have spending money 10 and 20 years f