Live It Up Without Outliving Your Money!: Getting The Most From Your Investments in Retirement

Acknowledgments

No duty is more urgent than giving thanks.

—St. Ambrose

I could not have written this book—and I could not do the work that I do—without the fabulous support I receive from many people who have generously given their time, talent, wisdom, and encouragement. I have the good fortune to have wonderful close working partnerships with several very talented people.

Tom Cock Jr. helps me reach hundreds of thousands of readers and listeners. He is my co-host on Sound Investing, our weekly radio show, and creator of Soundlnvesting.com, where those broadcasts are available online. Tom, former host of the weekly PBS series Serious Money, also is my partner in designing and leading our educational workshops.

I could write a whole chapter on the many ways my life is enriched by my son, Jeff 1Merriman-Cohen. Jeff is my boss, as chief executive officer of our company, freeing me to concentrate on what I do best. Jeff is a superb financial adviser, an excellent manager, and a pleasure to work with in every way. Perhaps best of all (and very rare), my son is a full partner and a true friend. Every father should be so lucky!

Every part of this book reflects the writing skills of Richard Buck, managing editor of FundAdvice.com. Rich spent 20 years as a Seattle Times business reporter, and all that experience shows. Rich and I have great fun together generating and developing articles. Since 1993 he has been transforming my ideas into interesting, easy reading that has helped thousands of ...