Dale Maley: 60 books

Millions of American families used slides to capture their family memories in the 1960s. These slides are now 50 years old. They are gradually decaying and their precious images will soon be lost forever. This short story chronicles my journey of digitizing 50 year old family slides. Reading this short story will help you decide on how to best preserve your family memories.

As the 67 million Baby Boomers enter retirement, they face a key question. What is the optimum method of converting their retirement portfolio into cash during retirement? This short story explores several alternative methods for converting a retirement portfolio into cash. Reading this short story...

Contributing the maximum amount to your 401K has become the “holy grail” of the financial services industry. Several recent studies suggest that not everyone should max out their 401K. This short story explores whether or not you should max out your 401K.

Many of the 67 million Baby Boomers who turn age 65 in 2011 want to retire. If they have chosen a high-priced financial advisor, their retirement date may be delayed indefinitely. This short story utilizes a real life example of a couple who can never retire due to excessive investment and financial...

The major advances in financial planning have taken place over the last twenty years. This short story explains the development of the latest rules for financial planning.This short story will help to assure that your are using the latest rules for your retirement planning.

Millions of Americans are stuck with poor 401K plans. These 401K plans have low employer matching ratios and very high annual expenses. At some point, it becomes better to simply invest in low cost index funds in a taxable account versus using the poor 401K. This story explores this problem and the trade-offs between a poor 401K and a taxable account.

This book is designed to teach you the basics of index fund investing in less than one hour of reading time. It covers the basics of index fund investing. Although it was published in 1999, it was designed to be timeless and still applies to the 21st Century.

Many Americans are struggling with how to save more for retirement. This short story explores several methods for saving more for retirement.

Before the advent of 529 plans, UGMA accounts were the principal method of saving for college. When state administered 529 plans were created by Congress in 1996, conventional wisdom said they were the new preferred method for college savings. Now many states are perilously close to bankruptcy and...

Millions of American Baby Boomers are reaching retirement age. Many of them have set up estate plans using either wills or trusts. One additional document that can save their heirs a great deal of time is a Letter of Instruction. This short story explores how writing a Letter of Instruction can greatly ease the burden on your heirs of settling your estate.

American medical doctors face some unique financial planning challenges. They often have to incur student loans in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Unlike regular college graduates who start working at age 22, they often can not start working until about age 30. Their relatively high income can...

Sixty-Seven million Baby Boomers have now started to enter their retirement years. One of their biggest challenges is making a retirement portfolio last during retirement. This is a challenge because of the fluctuating nature of future stock market returns. Hoover Dam designers faced a similar issue....

Many high school or college graduates start work and run into a 401K for the first time. This short story explains the very basics of 401Ks. This story will help new workers to understand the basic concepts of 401K investing.

Most people hate dealing with insurance because it is boring, wastes your precious time, and involves dealing with insurance salesmen.This short story outlines how to lower your insurance cost while minimizing the amount of your personal time spent. It also avoids pushy insurance salesmen....