| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JULY 19, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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Retirement Planning Resources RETIREMENT PLANNING RESOURCES BOOKS Ernst & Young's Retirement Planning Guide, John Wiley & Sons, $16.95 Get a Financial Life, by Beth Kobliner, Simon & Schuster, $12 How to Retire Rich, by James O'Shaughnessy, Broadway Books, $13 The Complete Idiot's Guide to 401(k) Plans, by Wayne G. Bogosian and Dee Lee, Alpha Books, $17.95 GENERAL WEB SITES American Savings Education Council (www.asec.org) -- Retirement Readiness quiz, Ballpark E$timator Diversified Investment Advisors (www.divinvest.com)--Tools and advice from a 401(k) consultant FinanCenter (www.financenter.com)--Dozens of loan, lease, investment, and retirement calculators 401Kafe (www.401kafe.com)--Basic advice from 401k Forum InvestorGuide (www.investorguide.com/retirement.htm)--Links to IRA, 401(k), and pension resources Longevity Game (www.northwesternmutual.com/games/longevity)--Estimate your life expectancy Roth IRA Web Site (www.rothira.com)-Tax, retirement, and estate-planning strategies using Roth IRAs MUTUAL-FUND SITES Fidelity 401(k) (www.401k.com) T. Rowe Price Retirement Planning Services (rps.troweprice.com/) Vanguard Retirement Resource Center (majestic.vanguard.com/RRC/DA) ONLINE PLANNING SOFTWARE Financial Engines (www.financialengines.com) -- Free use of calculator. Subscribers ($14.95 per quarter) get specific advice on investing 401(k) funds FinancialPlanAuditors.com (www.fplanauditors.com) -- Lets you work interactively with your financial planner to assess risks and return Quicken.com Retirement Planner (www.quicken.com/retirement) -- Good, quick estimator can be linked with portfolio tracker Vanguard NavigatorPlus (majestic4.vanguard.com/GUIDE/DA) -- Work online or download the software SOFTWARE PACKAGES Kiplinger's Net Wealth (www.Net-Wealth.com) ($29.95) -- Portfolio manager with planning tool Microsoft Money99 Financial Suite ($64.95 list) -- Complete personal-finance package; 2000 version due in September Quicken Suite 99 ($89.95 list) -- Complete personal-finance package, to be rolled into the cheaper Quicken Deluxe 2000 in September T. Rowe Price Retirement Planning Analyzer -- Simple planner with asset allocations; $19.95 if ordered by phone (800 541-5760), or $9.95 if downloaded from www.troweprice.com _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP |
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 RELATED ITEMS Building The Best Retirement Plan COVER IMAGE: How to Retire TABLE: Retirement Planning Resources (extended) CHART: Age 30: Should You Save for College or Retirement First? CHART: Age 45: Lowering Risk Via Asset Allocation CHART: Age 55: How Long Will Your Nest Egg Last? INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||
