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    Don’T Eat Dog Food When You’Re Old!: How to Solve Your Retirement Cash Flow Puzzle
    Don’T Eat Dog Food When You’Re Old!: How to Solve Your Retirement Cash Flow Puzzle
    Don’T Eat Dog Food When You’Re Old!: How to Solve Your Retirement Cash Flow Puzzle
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    Don’T Eat Dog Food When You’Re Old!: How to Solve Your Retirement Cash Flow Puzzle

    By Roger Roemmich

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    An estimated seventy-eight million baby boomers will hit retirement age in the coming decades. Its an exciting time, but many retirees miscalculate their retirement readiness before leaving their jobs and seeking a more carefree life. In Dont Eat Dog Food When Youre Old! author Roger Roemmichwho has more than forty years experience in the field of financepresents a big-picture look at what you need to know to plan for your retirement or to better manage the various components of your financial life if you already are retired.

    In this guide Roemmich first looks at whether you can afford to retire and then discusses retirement planning and financial management. He introduces his unique CAMP score methodologyconsidering cash flow, aging, medical needs, and purchasing powerthat both provides a basis for quick evaluation of retirement readiness and serves to identify remedies for inadequacies. He also identifies the most important aspects of six key areas and helps show how they factor into having excellent cash flow throughout retirement.

    You can calculate your retirement readiness accurately if you know the right questions to ask. Roemmichs guidewhich assumes little or no prior knowledge but a keen interest in doing the right thinghelps you move forward carefully and confidently so that you can enjoy financial peace of mind during your golden years.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateJun 7, 2013
    ISBN9781475987171
    Don’T Eat Dog Food When You’Re Old!: How to Solve Your Retirement Cash Flow Puzzle
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    Roger Roemmich

    Roger Roemmich earned a PhD from Michigan State University. He is a certified public accountant, financial planner, and long-term care professional who has nearly four decades of experience in the financial arena. He currently works as chief investment officer for ROKA Wealth Strategists and resides in Roswell, Georgia.

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