Has artificial intelligence (AI) and other industries disruptors permanently changed the investment strategy for everyday investors? “This time is different” could be the four most dangerous words in investing. Everyday investors with a long-term perspective can insulate themselves from market volatility by focusing on their ultimate, long-term objectives. Pay attention to what you can control, and leave the rest to the market. WHAT’S INSIDE? Finding a Dependable Road to Retirement Plannin...

Jack Sutherland, the narrator and protagonist of this memoir has, you might say, led a charmed life in the face of seeming damnation. A confirmed alcoholic in his early teens, by his twenties he was PA and bodyguard to the Hollywood stars most notably Michael Stipe, Ru Paul and Mickey Rourke. His work took him to exotic destinations around the world and bizarre encounters and requests. It also led him back to a smorgasbord of lethal addictions: alcohol, marijuana, ecstasy and perhaps most ...

Everyone retires eventually, but not everyone is financially prepared for retirement.In fact, research shows that more than two-thirds of Americans of working age do not participate in an employer-sponsored retirement plan.You may think that you can rely on Social Security, but it was never intended to replace preretirement income. It is only supposed to provide for basic living expenses.Jack Sutherland, who spent more than forty years as a commercial banker before ...

PATHWAY TO A PENSION: Follow My Rules of Engagement to A Lifetime Retirement Paycheck If you don’t have a traditional pension and you don’t want to outlive your money, PATHWAY TO A PENSION offers some practical guidance on how to create a lifetime paycheck. This is good news for those who think they will have to work until age 75 or longer to retire. Follow my Seven Rules of Engagement to create a more secure retirement plan: #1 Create a 50-20-30 budget plan. #2 Build a contingency fund. #...

Investing 1.0.1 with Purpose is the little book that can make a big difference in your financial future. Funding a 401(k) and IRAs is the single most important thing you can do to prepare for retirement. However, it will not be enough. Around 1993, Crosby, Stills & Nash—the vocal folk, rock group—produced a hit song called “Teach Your Children,” which was about life, the power of influence, and moral behavior. They highlighted the need for having acceptable standards of conduct known as a ...

Everyone knows that to retire comfortably, you need a big pile of money.So many people are intimidated by that fact that they fail to start saving and investing. The numbers seem so large and unattainable that they figure, why bother?As hard as it might seem, its possible to save the money you need to retire comfortably through a combination of planning, hard work, and investing. In this road map to combining those three elements, youll learn how tomake conscious de...

Everyone retires eventually, but not everyone is financially prepared for retirement.In fact, research shows that more than two-thirds of Americans of working age do not participate in an employer-sponsored retirement plan.You may think that you can rely on Social Security, but it was never intended to replace preretirement income. It is only supposed to provide for basic living expenses.Jack Sutherland, who spent more than forty years as a commercial banker before ...

The scandalous Australian woman who enchanted British societyHeadstrong and beautiful, in 1905 Rosetta escaped her safe Melbourne life, deserting her respectable husband and five-year-old daughter to run away with Zeno the Magnificent, a half-Chinese fortune teller and seducer of souls.The pair reinvented themselves in London, where they beguiled European society and risked everything for a life of glamour and desire. Rosetta said she was American; Zeno cla...

Born in London to an Australian mother and West Indian father, Aminah Hart was brought up in Melbourne by her gutsy single mum, Helen, and devoted grandparents. Despite their loving embrace, she grew into a rebellious teenager only too aware of racial and social prejudice.By her early thirties Aminah seemed to have it all a successful career in advertising, an adoring husband, and a baby on the way. But then she experienced such terrible tragedy it would have broken many people. So...

WINNER OF THE 2017 AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS, GENERAL NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE 2016 MELBOURNE PRESS CLUB LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD‘There will be no wrecking, no undermining, and no sniping.’–Tony Abbott, 15 September 2015Abbott’s performances in the party-room debates on education and climate change had ranged between woeful and pathetic. He sounded desperate, he was inconsistent, and — his colleag...

'I defy anyone not to snort, howl and recoil' The Sunday Times**'Full of wicked asides, tart observations and sharp remarks that could only have originated in Graham Norton's witty brain.' Terry WoganLooking around the room I saw what life really was. It was made up of my passions. I saw my life reflected back at me. People I liked, people I loved, people I had shared half a century with. All the stories of my life were togeth...

Includes the story “Premium Harmony”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, MaineThe masterful #1 New York Times bestselling story collection from O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King that includes twenty-one iconic stories with accompanying autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each one.For more than thirty-five years, Stephen King has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of short fi...