Dale Maley: 60 books

78 million Baby Boomers start to turn age 65 in 2011. Many of these Boomers will be seeking investments that have low risk and high returns. Equity indexed annuities are promoted as low risk investments with high returns. This short story explores the complexities and hidden costs of equity indexed annuities.

This story story explores the option of annuitizing part of your retirement portfolio to reduce the risk of outliving your money. This story helps explains the pros and cons of using immediate annuities.

Bogleheads are people who are very interested in investing. They meet and share their ideas about investing and personal finance on their online forum. Jack Bogle, founder of Vanguard, is one of their heroes. The typical Boglehead lives below their means so they can save and invest. They typically...

In 2008, we experienced one of the worst Bear markets in our lifetime. Many investors lost half of their portfolios and wonder if they can ever retire. This short story explores several techniques that investors can use to revise how they save and invest for retirement.

There are at least five alternative methodologies people can use to plan for retirement. This short story explores and compares these five alternative methods of retirement planning. This story should be very helpful to people who are beginning to undertake serious planning for their own retirement.

Millions of Americans are saving and investing in an effort to fulfill their long term goals including college education for their children and retirement. One proven method of increasing the probability of achieving your goals is to put them in writing. This short story explores how writing an Investment Policy Statement can help you meet your financial goals.

With the first of the 67 million Baby Boomers starting to hit age 65 in 2011, there is and will be a tremendous need for financial advisers. I want to share my Lessons Learned achieving legal status as a Registered Investment Adviser to make it easier for other people to also become financial planners.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb popularized the term Black Swan through his books and interviews. Taleb’s Black Swan Theory refers only to unexpected events of large magnitude and consequence and their dominant role in history. This short story explores whether or not Black Swan events are really important to ordinary Main Street investors versus Wall Street traders.

Financial bubbles have been occurring for hundreds of years. Most of us have lived through the Tech Wreck of 2000 and the Sub-Prime Crash of 2008. This short story examines and identifies the common characteristics of financial bubbles. Reading this short story might help you identify the next time we find ourselves in a financial bubble.

78 million Baby Boomers start to turn age 65 in the year 2011. A key factor in planning for retirement is the required spending level during retirement. Retirement spending drives the size of nest egg required to retire. This short story focuses on alternative methods of estimating retirement living...

Most retirement books assume you have time to save and accumulate money or you already have a significant net worth. Most of the 67 million Baby Boomers who are approaching retirement age have run out of time to save and accumulate more wealth. This short story explores the options available to people...

Up until about 30 years ago, economists assumed that humans were perfectly rational in their decision making. Subsequent research has proven that we are anything but rational with respect to financial decisions. This short story explains how you can use psychology to help achieve your personal financial goals.

Financial planners use a rule of thumb that says you will need 70% to 80% of your pre-retirement income. This short story examines this rule of thumb and apply it to four fictitious families. Hopefully the results of this analysis will help people better understand the pros and cons of using the 80%...

The wave of 78 million Baby Boomers start to turn age 65 in 2011. Many of them will have to decide whether or not to purchase long-term care insurance. This short story explores the subject of long-term care insurance. After reading this story, you should be able to make your own well informed decision regarding long-term care planning and funding.