Start Late, Finish Rich
Filed under: Books, Education, Finance, Money, Saving, Spending
Tis the season for resolutions.
A lot of people will make the resolution to read more and learn to take control of their finances.
Here is a good book that I recently finished and it fits 2 of my requirements for a good book. It was easy to read and contained some really good information.
Wal-Mart and creative math
According to an article that MSN had The Price Of Wal-Mart Coming To Town, Wal-Mart has an interesting way of doing math. They promise an increase of taxes and jobs but none of the supporters that I’ve read subtract the local jobs that have been lost. It’s like they are using a broken calculator. It was probably made in China.
Update on Cigarettes
Recently I posted that I had found an unbelievable site for cigarettes titled Saving Money On Cigarettes and realized I didn’t give an update on the order.
If you read it, you probably had the same thoughts that I did.
Saving Money On Cigarettes
Yes I admit it, I smoke and with the price of cigarettes going up I started looking for a cheaper place to buy quality smokes. Today I found K2 Smokes.
As of today these are some of the carton prices that impressed me.
Dunhill Full Flavor $8.99
Dunhill Menthol Lights $8.99
Marlboro Lights (US Version) $21.99 or 19.99 With Auto Ship
Capri Light Superslim (US Version) $6.99
The only catch is you have to order 2 or more cartons at a time but the shipping is the same price for 2 or 3 cartons which is $9.90. And it takes a little planning to allow for the delivery which may take about 3 weeks.
I think I can live with planning ahead to smoke Dunhills.
Discount Magazines at Amazon
During the month of March you can get a 2 year subscription to some great magazines and receive a $5 or $10 gift card for a future purchase at Amazon.
There’s 56 magazines that have a $10 bonus and 105 magazines with a $5 bonus.
Magazines with $10 Gift Cards
Some of the listed include
- GQ
- Smart Money
- Maximum PC
- Self
- Forbes
- Golf
- Sports Illustrated
- And a lot more.
NAKED RETIREMENT
Naked Retirement strips down the old traditional models of retirement planning and replaces the it with a more creative and intuitive one that helps people take control of their retirement planning, saving, and investing.
The book details the evolution of retirement and uses it to help baby boomers and retirees understand why they are behind in saving and what they can do about it.
"Retirement planning can no longer be one-dimensional, focused exclusively on merely providing information such as how pensions or a 401(k)’s work. It needs to extend beyond financial planning to include aspects of health and social issues that will impact future retirees," according to author, Robert Laura.
Billed as the ultimate defense against the scary, anxious, and stressful feelings people get on their first day of retirement when they have only a financial plan full of numbers and charts to guide them, Laura simplifies the mental and emotional aspects of retirement planning with thought-provoking questions about your definition and approach to retirement as well as important retirement conversations that foster strong relationships in retirement.
The book culminates into a one-page Naked Retirement plan that will help people as well as planners successfully estimate retirement preparedness and future success.
Book is available at NakedRetirement.com and is emailed in pdf format directly to participants.