{"product_id":"retirement-watch-the-essential-guide-to-retiring-in-the-2020s-9781684513338","title":"Retirement Watch: The Essential Guide to Retiring in the 2020s","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmerica's #1 retirement adviser offers tried and true investment strategies for before and after retirement. Sound guidance from the creator of RetirementWatch.com and the author of \u003ci\u003eWhere's My Money?: Secrets to Getting the Most Out of Your Social Security\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 2020s are likely to be among the worst times to be nearing retirement or in the early years of retirement. The book first explains the forces that are coming together to make it more difficult to create and maintain financial security and independence in retirement.\u003cbr\u003e The middle of the Baby Boomer generation will increase the pressure on every aspect of retirement. The early boomers began reaching 65 in 2011. Since then about 10,000 Boomers per day have been hitting 65. But the middle section of the Boomers is larger than the early Boomers. Beginning in 2024, an estimated 12,000 Baby Boomers will turn 65 each day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlready the foundations of retirement, Social Security and Medicare, are under stress. The rapid increase in the number of Boomers enrolling in these systems will increase the strain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition, the high returns in stocks and other investments since 2009 (and especially since 2017) make it likely that investment returns will be below their long-term averages during most of the 2020s. Further, interest rates on traditional retirement income investments, such as certificates of deposit, short-term government bonds, and money market funds, are the lowest they've been in U.S. history and are likely to remain below their historic averages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition, taxes imposed by all levels of government are likely to increase during the 2020s. A longstanding myth is that a person's tax burden will decline in retirement. That hasn't been true for some time, and in the 2020s retirees are likely to face a range of tax increases. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a long time, many retirees left a lot of money on the table by making less-than-optimum decisions about Social Security, Medicare, IRAs, 401(k) rollovers, long-term care, and other key retirement issues. For example, a recent study done for United Income concluded that only four percent of Social Security beneficiaries made the optimum decision about when to claim retirement benefits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the most part, the Boomers mistakes were bailed out by high stock market returns and low inflation. Retirees in the 2020s aren't likely to be so fortunate. \u003cbr\u003e Peak Boomers have to make the right decisions about all aspects of their retirement finances. This book will cover each of the key retirement planning issues faced in the five years before retirement and the first five years of retirement and guide readers to making the right decisions for them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-54258\"\u003eBob Carlson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regnery Capital\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684513338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684513332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BUS\"\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BUS050040\"\u003ePersonal Finance | Retirement Planning\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BUS\"\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BUS022000\"\u003eEconomic Conditions\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e is editor of the monthly newsletter and web site, \u003ci\u003eRetirement Watch\u003c\/i\u003e. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Fairfax County Employees' Retirement System since 1992 and been chairman since 1995. His latest book is \u003ci\u003eWhere's My Money: Secrets to Getting the Most out of Your Social Security\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Regnery Capital","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44477913989357,"sku":"9781684513338","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1a9ae881-f11b-4e1c-b738-5b634e749c18.jpg?v=1700706907","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/retirement-watch-the-essential-guide-to-retiring-in-the-2020s-9781684513338","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}