Quicken Community: Expense-based Retirement Planning for Baby Boomers: New Book

Quicken Community: Expense-based Retirement Planning for Baby Boomers: New Book http://www.quickencommunity.com/webx/.f001991 Catherine Kitcho's new book, "Happy About Being a Baby Boomer: Facing Our Newfound Longevity" is now in print and available from <A href="http://www.amazon.com/Happy-About-Being-Baby-Boomer/dp/1600050638/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202163879&sr=1-1">Amazon.com</A> and also the <A href="http://www.happyabout.info/babyboomer/newfound-longevity.php?PHPSESSID=b1d08bb342fe5ec3a6ef8a93e23c5a1d">publisher</A>.  This book will kick-start Baby Boomers into facing longevity NOW and will help them create a plan to pay for those extra decades.  Ms. Kitcho uses an expense-based approach to retirement planning to calculate "Longevity Cost", using Quicken as a tool:   "The first and primary goal is to make sure we can pay for basic living costs. Then, and only then, can we begin to think about other things we'd like to do during retirement, such as travel, recreation, or leaving a legacy."   This is a very practical workbook to use for retirement planning and decision-making, with up-to-date information and examples. Key topics in the book include: <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>     <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Life expectancy of Boomers     <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Health trends, health insurance and Medicare     <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Calculating Longevity Cost     <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Lifestyle changes     <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Sources of income for retirement     <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Adjustments to Longevity Cost     <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Personal stories and a quantitative example </LI> </UL> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:02:15 GMT Web Crossing(r) Unix-v6.0 built Aug 7 2008 14:23:09 (source:1141 2008-08-07 14:01:13 -0700)/Unix-6.0 (http://webcrossing.com/) http://backend.userland.com/rss