BUILDING YOUR NEST EGG 1. The big change in retirement planning: you might want to avoid traditional IRAs 2. Preventing Social InSecurity 3. Honey, they shrunk the pension! 4. Building a nest egg from scratch, starting with the power of a piggy bank 5. Don't say no to free money 6. A penny saved is not a penny earned 7. The secret way to save for retirement 8. Avoiding a dozen common errors 9. How to select a financial advisor 10. When to start building your nest egg 11. The benefit of a good foundation 12. Learning new retirement math: how to calculate the right-size nest egg 13. Eight ways to make sure your retirement investments are right for you 14. 401(k) plan do's and don'ts 15. The federally insured surprise: retirement assets in banks may not be fully federally insured 16. The new IRA game 17. Eight ways to reduce your income taxes 18. Saving taxes on distributions from retirement plans 19. Living long and in comfort: look to annuities 20. How to take years off your mortgage payments 21. Houses and the 1997 tax act in a nutshell 22. Big brother taking care of his own: 403(b) and 457 plans 23. See the USA with an MSA IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE 24. Adding value to your life 25. Simplifying your life 26. Larger houses and improving the quality of life for the sandwich generation 27. Becoming a stay-at-home parent can pay off big 28. A working retirement 29. Life insurance that pays while you're alive and well 30. Who do you trust--with your money and your life? 31. Protecting your privacy MAKING THE KIDS AND STEP-KIDS WEALTHY AND WISE 32. The right and wrong ways to save for your children's college education 33. Calculating a college-size nest egg 34. Keeping Uncle Sam out of your estate TYING OR RETYING THE KNOT 35. What you must know before you marry or remarry 36. Will Uncle Sam tear up part of your marital agreement? 37. Filling out college aid applications before and after the wedding 38. For better or for worse--what can that really mean? 39. Protecting the inheritance for your kids MORE WAYS TO PROTECT THE NEST EGG 40. Refinancing for the better 41. Protecting retirement plan assets 42. Life insurance do's and don'ts 43. How to plan for rainy days: umbrella insurance 44. Avoiding probate with a living trust MOVING TO GREENER PASTURES 45. Finding the right place for your parents to retire 46. Six questions you need to ask before moving to a new state or staying right where you are 47. Paying all cash for your home for retirement may not be wise NURSING HOME NEWS 48. What your parents should be doing now to avoid going broke paying future nursing home costs 49. New nursing home insurance program may give special protection to your parents' assets LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR PARENTS 50. Telling your parents the financial facts of life before they remarry 51. Making sure your parents' health coverage doesn't expire at the border 52. The joint tenancy surprise: the down side of holding title as joint tenants 53. The income tax surprise all siblings need to know 54. The death tax surprise all siblings need to know 55. Mentioning the unmentionable INSURING YOUR RETIREMENT 56. The three questions you should ask about life insurance--before you buy 57. Buying the right amount and kind of life insurance 58. Ways to avoid death tax on life insurance 59. The right and wrong way to name beneficiaries 60. What to look for in a disability insurance policy TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS 61. Three steps every business owner has to consider 62. What you need to know if you have a partner in real estate or business MAKING MONEY FROM YOUR PAPERWORK 63. How financial records can save you taxes on your house 64. How financial records can save you taxes on stock and mutual funds 65. Finding lost treasures APPENDIX Examples of Social Security retirement, disability and survivors benefits Great Way to Search the Internet Software and Internet Sites of Interest Books Worth Considering INDEX Use the Page Up key or the cursor to return to the top of the page.