How to Make Your Money Last
by Jane Bryant Quinn
Retirement income done properly: safe withdrawal rates, Social Security timing, annuities evaluated honestly, pensions, home equity, health costs, and how to build a paycheck from a portfolio. Thorough, unbiased and the standard reference.
Read it if…
you are within ten years of retirement and want the full picture.
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Skip it if…
you are thirty; see an accumulation book.
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Three things you will actually use
- Delay Social Security if you can.
- Withdraw by rule, not by mood.
- Health costs are the wildcard; plan for them.
Do this first
Read the Social Security chapter and run your claiming options.
Our verdict
Retirement income, properly.
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