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Leveraging Reverse Mortgages, Delaying Social Security, and Exploring Continuous Work Chia-Li Chien

Enhancing Retirement Success Rates in the United States

Chia-Li Chien

Enhancing Retirement Success Rates in the United States Leveraging Reverse Mortgages, Delaying Social Security, and Exploring Continuous Work

Chia-Li Chien Financial Planning Program California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA, USA

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Preface

Good financial behavior of saving early, saving regularly, and conservative spending depends heavily on how much individuals are emotionally challenged by life situations. For many, financial planning is a luxury service, but, in truth, all families and individuals can benefit from the valuable advice of financial planning practitioners. Objective-based planning demands tactical solutions to help clients achieve their goals. The investment strategies during the accumulation stage (or period of saving for retirement) are different from the strategies applied during the distribution stage or actual retirement. Retirement planning is one of many planning areas in the comprehensive financial plan and is interconnected with investment planning, risk management, estate planning, and tax planning. It takes a professional to sort through the specialty areas. Emotionally, individuals may want to spend as much as possible to enj