Wall Street and Your Retirement: What the Bulls and Bears Don't Want You to Know, (Paperback)

Do you ever read the headlines about financial happenings and wonder if Wall Street is run by a bunch of animals? In Wall Street and Your Retirement, you'll learn about stock pickin' chickens, cat- and chimp-based stock indexes, and more financial animals, as well as how to keep this monkey business from affecting your lifestyle in retirement.

With amusing anecdotes and sensible strategies, industry insider Ron Anno writes about the topics most relevant to retirees (and those who aspire to be), including:
- Ways to make the most of Social Security
- Strategies for reducing taxes in retirement
- Resources for reliable income
- and more!

About the Author
Ron Anno has more than three decades of experience in financial services, and has worked from nearly every angle. His work helping people retire every day informs the stories and strategies he outlines in this, his first book. Ron lives in Sarasota, Florida, with his wife, Debra. They have three adult children and two beautiful granddaughters.

What industry professionals are saying about Wall Street and Your Retirement:

"I have been a practicing CPA since 1993 and have seen just about every kind of financial strategy or plan ever thought up. Ron Anno's book weeds through all the nonsense, hype and/or worse. His book is easy to read and extremely informative for any level of reader. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is looking to plan for their future. I would also recommend this to anyone in the business to sharpen up their game. Nice job, Ron."
- Mark Knauf, CPA

"In 'Wall Street and Your Retirement, ' Ron Anno has brought together decades of real-world experience and complicated financial concepts to deliver a quantitative and understandable approach toward financial security. He cuts to the chase so individuals can make sense of the complicated and perilous world of investing. This book is fun, easy to digest, and the information is critical to a successful retirement."
- Paul Tarantino SVP Wealth Advisor, Canandaigua National Trust Co. of Florida

"Ron Anno's 'Wall Street and Your Retirement' takes the complex and multi-faceted process of retirement planning and breaks it down into its components in a way that is comprehensible to those without specialized financial knowledge. His descriptions of the various elements that compose a retirement plan are concise and free of unnecessary industry jargon or niche phrases. His examples of how these individual parts work together to form a greater whole is direct and unambiguous in underscoring the importance of having a financial professional with diversified knowledge planning for your retirement goals."
- Paul J. Bupivi, Esq., Lawrence & Associates-Counselors at Law

"Retirement planning is crucial for almost everyone. Yet, most of us do not understand how to set up a diversified plan that will meet our retirement goals or, in some cases, what our goals even are. Ron's book provides valuable insight into forming an effective retirement plan. It discusses all aspects of a truly diverse retirement plan, from identifying retirement goals to explaining the various tools and products available and showing how each can be used in a solid retirement plan. Ron explains the roles that health care, the stock market, annuities, life insurance, Social Security, and estate planning each play in retirement. My favorite aspect of this book is that it provides an understanding of how differe