Finances

Organizations/Web Sites

American Savings Education Council Web: http://www.choosetosave.org/asec/

ASEC provides financial and retirement planning calculators and resources that are easy to use.

Financial Planning Association Web: http://www.fpanet.org/

FPA is a resource for a wide range of financial planning information including how to locate certified financial planners across the country.

Quicken.com Web: http://www.quicken.com/support/retirement/planner/help/helpindex.shtml

Quicken calculates your retirement income based primarily on pension and social security income projections.

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Smart Money Magazine Web: http://www.smartmoney.com/retirement/planning

Smartmoney's planner helps you calculage how much you should save for retirement and whether you might be able to retire early.

Print and Other Resources

Hebeler, Henry K. Your Winning Retirement Plan. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. Part of the J.K. Lasser series, this book has a 43-page chapter on "Spending in Retirement" which offers a detailed plan for projecting all expenses, including taxes, through the end of one's life. Hinden, Stan. How to Retire Happy: everything you need to know about the 12 most important decisions you must make before you retire. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001. A career financial columnist for The Washington Post, Stan Hinden retired and wrote this book on how much more he learned after he actually experienced it. Kiplinger's Retirement Report is a monthly newsletter filled with updates on IRAs, retirement investments, estate-related legal and financial advice, long term care information and other resources including monthly updates on best yields for fixed income investors. 1-800-544-0155.

 

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