Engineering Your Retirement (PDF)

A practical retirement planning resource for engineers, scientists,
and mathematicians

In 1995, Dr. Mike Golio, an electrical engineer, became seriously
interested in planning for early retirement. In 2003, at the age of
49, he and his wife achieved their goal of financial independence
and retired. Engineering Your Retirement is an outgrowth of his
research. Whether retirement is imminent or many years off, this
valuable guide's straightforward, analytical approach to financial
independence answers the critical questions to achieving
successful, comfortable, and meaningful retirement.

Written specifically for professionals in the engineering, science,
and math fields, Engineering Your Retirement examines such
important questions as:

* How much money will I need to retire?

* How long will it take for me to accumulate it?

* What types of post-retirement activities are available to
technical professionals?

Engineering Your Retirement discusses financial independence from
the unique cultural view of the technical professional and features
many charts, graphs, analytical tools, and equations to help
present the financial nuts-and-bolts of retiring in a logical and
analytical manner. It offers practical, firsthand advice from an
industry expert on:

* Effectively budgeting for investments

* Planning for health insurance

* Choosing a retirement community

* Building up a cash/bond ladder

* Considering inflation

* Portfolio requirements

* Investment allocations

* Paying off a mortgage

* And much more!