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The prudent professor : planning and saving for a worry-free retirement from academe / Edwin M. Bridges, Brian D. Bridges.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bridges, Edwin M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College Retirement Equities Fund.
- College teachers--Retirement--United States.
- College teachers.
- College teachers--Finance, Personal--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (370 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a guide for anyone in the academy - faculty member, administrator or professional staff - at whatever point she or he may be along the career path. Ed Bridges offers you a straightforward, easyto- grasp, and structured way to think about money, learn how it works, understand the priorities for your stage in life, determine your objectives, and develop a personal plan most likely to achieve them. He shares his self-education about the confusing business of investing and retirement planning, writing "In schooling myself, I adopted the mindset that I had used as a social scientist. I dist
- Contents:
- Introduction: a preview of retirement
- Getting there: a look in the rear-view mirror
- How much do I need to save?
- Do investment costs matter?
- Should I invest in index or actively managed funds?
- What should my mix of assets be?
- Why should I diversify?
- What investing principles would serve me well?
- How do I build an investment portfolio?
- What role should TIAA-CREF retirement annuities play in my investment portfolio?
- What role should TIAA-CREF retirement class mutual funds play in my investment portfolio?
- Can I afford to retire?
- Should I purchase an annuity?
- When should I start taking social security?
- Do I need long-term care insurance?
- How much should I set aside for health insurance?
- How do I put my financial house in order?
- Should we sell our home and relocate?
- Is a reverse mortgage right for me?
- How should I use a financial planner?
- Can I count on TIAA-CREF's financial services?
- How do I maximize my retirement income and financial security?
- What are my income options with TIAA-CREF?
- Should I incorporate a TIAA traditional payout annuity into my pension plan?
- Should I incorporate a TIAA-CREF variable income annuity into my pension plan?
- Should I use systematic withdrawal as a major source of my pension income in retirement?
- Mirror, mirror on the wall, what is the greatest threat of all?
- How can I protect my nest egg against huge losses?
- How can I protect my nest egg against fraud?
- What if I finish in the black?.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-00-344805-4
- 1-000-97564-9
- 1-003-44805-4
- 1-57922-549-7
- 9781003448051
- OCLC:
- 779850761
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