Ted Jenkin

Real Life, Real Money Ted Jenkin

Hey Gen Xers: While it may be hard to believe, the oldest of your generation will turn 50 in 2015! No more Love Boat, Fantasy Island, or Three's Company for you. You must learn the Facts Of Life about your money so you can have Happy Days in the future. While the demands of life and the lack of time can get in the way of managing your finances, you must continually take the right steps to secure your financial future. Whether you are a Boomer who has fallen behind on your saving and investment goals, a Gen Xer who needs to kick it into high gear, or a Gen Yer who wants to make hay while the sun shines, this book can put you on the road to financial success. Real Life, Real Money will help you: - Manage debt. Jenkin provides practical tips for getting rid of debt, and staying out of debt. - Start investing. Jenkin discusses investing via employee-sponsored retirement plans as well as investing directly in the stock market. - Learn tax saving strategies. Jenkin helps emerging investors understand taxes - both what they are and how to plan for them. After all, they are one half of life's inevitabilities. - Understand marriage and divorce. Jenkin discusses everything from deciding whether and how to combine finances as a newly-married couple to managing a financial split during divorce. - Be your own boss. Jenkin helps readers think through what being a small business owner really means from structuring the business to be as financially advantageous as possible to buying equipment and hiring employees. - Tackle insurance and estate planning. Jenkin helps you realistically think about life and long-term care insurance policies with a focus on your real needs versus what might feel like enough. - Prepare for retirement. Jenkin discusses ways to juggle retirement planning with life's other financial needs as well as how and when to withdraw money from one's retirement "faucets."