Become a Retirement Wizard

Book excerpt: Retirement. For many it's the scariest stage of life, filled with uncertainty. Financial alarmists perpetuate these fears with doomsday predictions and impractical projections on what people need to save. Investment companies, on the other hand, make retirement planning look too easy by peppering us with 30-second fairy tales of what retirement life should look like.If only there existed some magical potion, formula, or easy-to-follow yellow road to navigate people to this hamlet called retirement. There isn't, but financial professional Lance Riddle has developed the next best thing. In his third book, Become a Retirement Wizard, Riddle lays out the steps you can take to: -Vanquish your retirement demons-Formulate your retirement strategy-Safeguard you retirement assetsRiddle, whose previous books include Tax-Free Millionaire and Your Best Bet for a Secure Retirement, has dedicated his career to helping people avoid the broken retirement system by offering reliable alternatives. Become a Retirement Wizard is an easy-to-read, jargon-free book that lays out: -The commons myths of retirement-How to catch up even if you're behind on retirement saving-How to minimize the impact of taxes, inflation and bear markets-The less common but more effective retirement savings strategies-The types of insurance you need to protect your retirement assets-The basics of estate planningWhat you'll discover in Become a Retirement Wizard is that the wizardry of living well in retirement isn't magic at all. It involves what you don't do to prepare as much as what you do. It also reinforces the need to work hard, make wise decisions and have patience in order to achieve your retirement goals.