Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
The Wall Street Journal. Complete Retirement Guidebook
Glenn Ruffenach · 2007
61/100
👎 Skip It
Two veteran Wall Street Journal retirement reporters wrote this, and the idea at its core is smart — size your savings around the retirement you actually want, not a generic number. The trouble is it's from 2007, and Social Security rules, Medicare details, and contribution limits have all moved since then, which matters a lot for a book meant to guide real decisions. Good bones, but you'd need to verify every figure before acting on it.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness74
Craft & writing70
Originality58
Evidence & accuracy42
Hype vs delivers62
Age-fit72
Human-eye read68
Penny’s verdict61
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