'The definitive retirement handbook of our age.' –Barry Ritholtz

To save enough to retire comfortably and then make your money last is challenging. The good news is that it can be done and this book shows you how.

It won’t be enough to put a small chunk of each paycheck into your retirement plan and trust in the market. A diversified portfolio is not sufficient. What about the 4% rule? No, it won’t save you. Yes, you had better maximize your Social Security payout.

Retirement sets out the facts about what it takes to save for a comfortable retirement and the key mistakes to avoid. Authors Edward F. McQuarrie, a renowned financial historian, and William J. Bernstein, a legendary voice in the investment world, pull back the curtain on 200 years of market history to reveal the hard, unvarnished truth about how much you really need to save for retirement and the best ways to do it.

You’ll discover:

• How to spend well and invest successfully throughout your working life, to build wealth.
• State-of-the-art approaches for making your money go further so that you never run out.
• Proven strategies to cushion the ups and downs of the stock market.
• The most robust and successful methods for managing withdrawals after you’ve retired.

Retirement delivers a message of tough love. If you are saving for retirement, you need to hear it.