The Wall Street Journal. Complete Retirement Guidebook: How to Plan It, Live It and Enjoy It (Wall Street Journal Guides)

by Kelly Greene and Glenn Ruffenach

Book Overview

As you think about retirement, you've got facts to face, planning to do, decisions to make and numbers to crunch. With the experts at The Wall Street Journal to guide you, you'll learn how to tailor a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307350991
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Crown Currency
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 0.7" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

This is a great 5-star book

I have just finished reading this book and found it full of great advice and great examples. There are many real world examples from real people who are happy or unhappy with choices they made. I bought this book for the non-financial advice it contains and I am very happy. Every few pages it got my attention with something to think about. The financial advice is fine too; nothing objectionable there. This is an execllent first book about retirement. I would have paid twice the cover price for it.

Didn't read it, but saw that all neg reviews done on same two days!

I have not read this book, but I am giving it five stars because I realized that all but one of the "one star" reviews were one on 27 and 28 November 2007, mostly by "licensed professionals." This is odd, as if a newsletter went to this community telling them to pan this publication (or maybe the same guy did them all under different names?). It just struck me as odd that these all happened on two consecutive days while the positive reviews were spread out over time.

A top pick for any public library collection.

There are plenty of books on retirement on the market, but what makes The Wall Street Journal Complete Retirement Book stand out from the competition is its focus on how to plan financially and how to translate dreams into after-retirement reality. It comes from a Wall Street Journal editor whose bi-monthly guide to retirement planning pairs well with a Journal staff reporter expert on the same topic: together they show how to maximize profit and dreams alike, making this a top pick for any public library collection. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch

It's not just about investments anymore.

When I first encountered this book about retirement from the Wall Street Journal, I suspected that it would provide some very helpful financial advice, and I was right. But it offers more than that. Actually, this book is quite balanced in its approach to what can be called the changing definition of retirement; an active lifestyle, with meaningful pursuits, which could possibly include continuing to work. The focus is about the life you want, and then figuring out how your finances will support it. I particularly liked the structure that was offered regarding issues to think about in the years before retiring and the practical advice about such issues as when to start taking social security. If you read the WSJ on a regualr basis, you probably know much of this already, but it is helpful to have it all together in one place. This book is a welcome addition to the retirement bookshelf. John Trauth, Author, "Your Retirement, Your Way."

Smart and well-researched

Ruffenach and Greene have been writing about retirement issues for the WSJ for nearly a decade -- and this book reflects their deep knowledge of the subject. They realize how much retirement has changed in the last generation (this ain't your father's retirement) and their book is a great combination of the nuts and bolts stuff you need to know and the stories that make this a highly readable piece of journalism. So many retirement books focus on nothing but the financial aspects -- put away X dollars, buy this annuity, how to do a reverse mortgage, blah blah -- but Ruffenach and Greene have added the important elements of "Live It and Enjoy It." The result is worth adding to any bookshelf for people 40 - 80.