Retirement planning was simple and predictable forty years ago. All you needed was your company pension, personal savings, and Social Security.
Those days are long gone. Most public pensions are underfunded, and private companies can’t get rid of them fast enough. Social Security’s own trustees predict it will run out of money in less than twenty years. And most people haven’t saved even a fraction of what they should.
Retiring comfortably today is not about saving more, it’s about saving smart. In Don’t Retire Broke, you will learn the following:
Traps to avoid before you retireHow to maximize Social Security benefitsWhat to do now if you still have a pensionHow to keep the IRS out of your IRAIsn’t it time to make sure you don’t retire broke?
Rick Rodgers, CFP®, is cofounder and president of Rodgers & Associates, a wealth management firm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is one of America’s leading retirement specialists and has been featured in the New York Times, Smart Money, Investment News, Kiplinger’s Retirement Report, and Medical Economics. He has appeared on dozens of television programs, from FOX Business to The 700 Club, and offered millions of people tips on how to plan for a successful retirement.
Timothy Andres Pabon is an actor and Spanish and English voice-over artist/audiobook narrator from Washington DC. He has over 140 books on Audible.com, one of which was nominated for a 2015 Society of Voice Arts and Sciences Award and another which was awarded an AudioFile Earphones award as part of an ensemble audiobook cast in 2014. His voice-over clients include Gabrielle Giffords, Hillary Clinton, The Sierra Club, NBC, and the 10-episode series Chasing Che on National Geographic. He has been seen on House of Cards seasons 3 and 4 as Mark, a White house press correspondent. He has also been a costar on HBO's acclaimed series The Wire opposite country music legend Steve Earl. As a stage actor he has worked Off-Broadway at the June Havoc Theatre, and his regional credits include Center Stage, the Shakespeare Theatre, Arena Stage, The Hippodrome, Olney Theatre, Rep Stage, and GALA Hispanic Theatre. Tim is a proud father of two children, and a member of AFTRA/SAG and Actor's Equity.