The Only Guide You'll Ever Need for the Right Financial Plan

243 Pages·2010·1.67 MB·English

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Additional Praise for The Only Guide
You’ll Ever Need for the Right Financial Plan
“Larry Swedroe has given us an experienced and research-based
treatment with examples of what should enter into the design and
implementation of an investment strategy. The book includes a
wide range of alternative investments and savings related plans that
should prove to be benefi cial to individuals and to their fi nancial
advisors.”
—John A. Haslem, Professor Emeritus of Finance,
Robert H. Smith School of Business,
University of Maryland
Mutual funds researcher and
author of Mutual Funds
“The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need for the Right Financial Plan may be the
best collection of advice on key issues such as when to begin Social
Security benefi ts and how to tax effi ciently manage your money
during your accumulation and withdrawal phases of life.
—Dr. William Reichenstein, CFA,
Pat and Thomas R. Powers Chair in Investment Management,
Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University
“As Larry makes abundantly clear, wise investing is wise only in the
context of one’s own unique personal fi nancial situation. If you are
an investor who has not considered how your investments fi t into
your life, you need this book.”
—Edward R. Wolfe, Ph.D.,
Professor of Finance, Western Kentucky University
“Larry Swedroe has hit yet another home run with his ninth and
newest book.”
—W. Scott Simon, J.D., CFP®,
AIFA®, Author, The Prudent Investor Act:
A Guide to Understanding,
Columnist, Morningstar’s Fiduciary Focus
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The Only Guide You’ll
Ever Need for the
Right Financial Plan
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The Only Guide You’ll
Ever Need for the
Right Financial Plan
MANAGING YOUR WEALTH,
RISK, AND INVESTMENTS
Larry E. Swedroe
Kevin Grogan and Tiya Lim
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Copyright © 2010 by Larry Swedroe, Kevin Grogan, and Tiya Lim. All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Swedroe, Larry E.
The only guide you’ll ever need for the right fi nancial plan : managing your wealth, risk,
and investments / Larry Swedroe, Kevin Grogan, Tiya Lim.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-57660-366-6 (cloth); 978-0-470-87885-9 (ebk)
1. Portfolio management. 2. Investment analysis. 3. Risk management.
4. Investments. 5. Finance, Personal. I. Grogan, Kevin. II. Lim, Tiya. III. Title.
HG4529.5.S9364 2010
332.6--dc22
2010014479
Printed in the United States of America.
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This book is dedicated to the employees of the
Buckingham Family of Financial Services and
the advisers at the more than one hundred
independent, fee-only registered investment
adviser (RIA) firms with which we at Buckingham
have strategic alliances. Each and every one of
them works diligently to educate investors on
how markets really work, building long-term
relationships by doing the right thing.
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