Looking for book recommendations on retirement planning

LV_426

There are quite a few books on the subject on Amazon.
Just looking for anything informative about pensions and retirement planning for someone in their 50's.
Thanks.

Marcon

Not a book, but still a good read: https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/pensions-and-retirement/pensions-basics

JoeCrystal

ajfielden said:

There are quite a few books on the subject on Amazon.
Just looking for anything informative about pensions and retirement planning for someone in their 50's.
Thanks.

Reading this pension forum is one of the best things you can do to know about pensions and retirement planning for everyone. There is a goldmine of information with various people with certain expertise to comment more within the pensions and plannings. It is also likely to be more current than a book and throw up some interesting discussions. That's why I still read the forum even though

I am still three decades from my SPA and with the total pension pot value that is plain insignificant compared to the sums in DC pension pots and expected pensions from DB pension schemes that get reported here daily.   I suppose, that I am weird but I like reading these posts on pensions! 

kuratowski

Suggest reading all the articles in the following list to get you started

https://monevator.com/tag/investing-lessons/

MallyGirl

It depends on your level of current knowledge.

For beginners the John Edwards DIY Pension etc are good starters
Then there is the Tim Hale Smarter Investing
Also Living off your money by Michael McClung

bluenose1

I second John Edwards DIY Pension. It really explains pensions in simple terms. 

gm0

Agree with the other recommendations

Also

Rational Expectations (Bernstein) - a pre-QE era perspective but interesting and some valid points nonetheless

A random walk down Wall Street (Burton Malkiel)

[Deleted User]

Can you be more specific? Are you looking for 

a) generic long term investment strategies
b) specific aspects of a), such as risk management, investment types, asset allocation, psychology of investing, tax planning etc
c) deaccumulation strategies, annuities, etc

LV_426

Ok my specific aim at the moment is financial planning with regard to retirement and possible early retirement.
But any other information I can absorb on the subject of retirement planning generally would be useful.
I'm reading the Edwards book, which seems pretty good, but just wondering if there's anything else worth reading.

ouraggie

"Retirement:the psychology of reinvention" . By Kenneth S. Schultz. 
Covers all aspects of retirement planning, not just the financial side. I found it very helpful when I was aged 54 and starting to think about winding down. 

[Deleted User]

Lots of options.  

If you want to go deeper than Edwards then Bernstein has a series of 4 books called “Investing for adults”.   Very good.

I quite like “Safety first retirement planning”.  There are two fundamentally different approaches to retirement planning. Wade Pfau describes the one that makes sense.