The Retirement Answer Book

Marcia Sweet, formerly head of the Douglas Library’s
Information/Reference Unit at Queen’s University, is currently an
Ottawa-based information consultant and freelance editor.

This clearly written book examines the financial side of retirement.
Included are charts for calculating the amount of capital you need to
accumulate in order to finance a comfortable retirement; self-evaluation
tests that reveal the extent of your investment savvy and tolerance for
financial risk; clear explanations of investment choices, insurance,
wills, RRSPs and RRIFs, reverse mortgages, income splitting, pensions,
tax planning, strip bonds, and mutual funds; and exercises that gauge
your readiness for retirement. The book will be of particular assistance
to those who have not attended retirement planning seminars.