Giveaway: Stacy Johnson’s retirement course.

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Do you know whether or not you’ll be able to retire comfortably, or at all? According to the Federal Reserve Bank, 25 percent of U.S. workers have neither pension nor retirement savings.

Now that’s scary. And just in time for Halloween!

Instead of the defined benefit retirement plans that many of our parents received, most U.S. residents rely on things like 401(k)s and individual retirement accounts (IRAs), which can be fee-heavy and which require you to invest your own money. Some employers offer a match, but mostly it’s on you.

Social Security is available for most of us, but it likely won’t be enough to live on. (And in fact it may not be fully funded by the time you retire; see Liz Weston’s recent article on this topic.)

Oh, and there’s always personal savings. Right? Or wrong. Some people don’t have a dime in liquid savings. Worse, some of them don’t have any kind of retirement plan other than Social Security.

Stacy Johnson, founder of Money Talks News, is concerned about two big issues surrounding retirement in this country: skyrocketing expenses and a shrinking safety net. That’s why he created a “retirement boot camp” for people aged 40 and older: a 14-week video course designed to teach you how to judge what you’ve already got and accomplish what you’ll need to have a secure, comfortable retirement.

Stacy is a certified public accountant and has also earned licenses in mutual funds, life insurance, stocks, commodities, options principal, securities supervisor and real estate. He has generously donated a copy of “The Only Retirement Guide You’ll Ever Need” for me to give away on my site. Who’s in it to win it?

 

A few course highlights:

  • How to be your own financial planner
  • A plan to destroy debt, faster than you ever thought possible
  • Determining the life you want in retirement
  • Investing in such a way that you won’t outlive your money
  • A way to earn up to $12,000 more in Social Security each year
  • Creating a spending plan to minimize expenses and maximize savings
  • Managing medical costs

In addition to the course, the giveaway winner (and anyone who purchases “The Only Retirement Guide You’ll Ever Need”) will also get a pair of e-books: “208 Ways to Save Money Every Day” and “108 Easy Ways to Earn Extra Cash.”

 

Free for all

 

Stacy is giving away one copy of the course through my site – but he’s also giving one chapter of the course for free to anyone who asks. The “Social Security Secrets” chapter is a good one to get you started, I think, since the Social Security system is so complicated that even people who work there don’t always understand it. (Which is also scary.)

So please do enter the giveaway of the entire course (see below). But in the meantime I suggest you download the free chapter. My guess is that you’ll learn something you didn’t know, including what Stacy calls “a technique that increase your benefits by thousands of dollars every year.”

To enter the giveaway:

Be sure to leave separate comments for each action you take, e.g., “Follow you on Facebook” or “subscribed via e-mail.”

The deadline to enter is 7 p.m. PDT Thursday, Nov. 14. If I don’t hear back from the winner by 8 p.m. PDT Friday, Nov. 15, I’ll have the random number generator pull another name.

Note: This is not an affiliate situation. If you buy this course I won’t end up any richer. But you probably will.

 

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61 thoughts on “Giveaway: Stacy Johnson’s retirement course.”

  4. Retirement is in the not so distant future for me & this resource sounds extremely valuable. I may also download the chapter on Social Security. Who couldn’t benefit from info on that highly complex program?? P.S. I follow you via email.

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  15. The chapter was interesting and it inspired me to do a quick check on my SSA. What really worries me is wading through the Medicare mess when the time comes. The amount of paperwork is astounding.

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  16. I knew I didn’t pay into SS when I taught in Alaska. I didn’t realize until I read this chapter that so many states didn’t withdraw SS for teachers. Fortunately, I have still have beyond 35 years of working and paying into SS. Very interesting read. I’ve been thinking about doing this course.

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  36. I’m on your e-mail list and follow your blog, which I appreciate!…As Jersey girl in exile at an earlier moment, but the e-mail is up to date. Thank you and Cheers! ldc

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  51. A number of my friends have retired already – so I’m REALLY looking forward to it – even though I have another 20 years or so to go 🙂

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