Smart Questions to Ask Your Financial Advisers

Now, readers can learn how to talk the talk with their financial advisers: tax accountants, lawyers, stockbrokers, insurance agents, and financial planners-and break through the mass of financial facts, fallacies, and opinions to get specific answers. With more than 80 on-target questions, Newsday personal-finance columnist Lynn Brenner draws on real situations described by her readers. She addresses common dilemmas that arise in: --Investing --Insurance --Buying or selling a house --Prenuptial agreements or divorce agreements --Tax and estate planning --Living on your 401(k) and IRAs in retirement --Coping with job loss --Winner of the Independent Publisher's 1998 Small Press Book Award --Updated with information about the new Roth IRA --Covers the 8 key areas of financial planning The award-winning financial planner from the Bloomberg Personal Bookshelf: "A first-rate guide for people who are serious about managing their money and want to work with their advisers as partners." -Publishers Weekly "With this book, you take control." -Executive Book Summaries "A very readable format... Brenner seems to understand the greatest concerns of the majority of working Americans." -Research