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Acknowledgments. <p>Introduction.</p> <p>Hopping onto the 401(k) Bandwagon.</p> <p><b>PART 1: UNDERSTANDING YOUR 401(k) PLAN: WHAT IT IS, HOW IT WORKS, AND WHY YOU NEED ONE.</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: Basics of Your 401(k) Plan.</p> <p>Chapter 2: Time and Money: Your Plan’s Wealth-Building Weapons.</p> <p>Chapter 3: Understanding More of the Advantages.</p> <p>Chapter 4: Borrowing from Your 401(k) Account.</p> <p>Chapter 5: Hardship Withdrawal.</p> <p>Chapter 6: ABCs of Participation.</p> <p>Chapter 7: Making Participation Easier:Automatic Enrollment.</p> <p>Chapter 8: Learning Your Way around Your Plan.</p> <p>Chapter 9: How to Withdraw Your Money.</p> <p>Chapter 10: Roth 401(k) Accounts.</p> <p>Chapter 11: Single-Participant 401(k) Plans.</p> <p><b>PART 2: SETTING YOUR FINANCIAL GOALS: HOW MUCH MONEY WILL YOU NEED? WHERE WILL YOUR RETIREMENT INCOME COME FROM?</b></p> <p>Chapter 12: How Taxes Can Take a Bite from Your Payouts.</p> <p>Chapter 13: Living on Less.</p> <p>Chapter 14: Measuring How Much Income You Will Need: Making Your Retirement Budget.</p> <p>Chapter 15: How Much Money Do You Need to Save? Use the Retirement Savings Work Sheet in This Chapter to Find Out.</p> <p><b>PART 3: MAKING A GAME PLAN—AND WINNING—UNDERSTANDING THE BIGGEST THREAT AGAINST YOUR RETIREMENT FINANCES, AND KNOWING HOW TO SELECT YOUR INVESTMENTS.</b></p> <p>Chapter 16: Inflation:What It Is,How It Erodes Your Money, and Ways to Cope with It.</p> <p>Chapter 17: Invest for the Long Haul.</p> <p>Chapter 18: Invest for Steady Growth.</p> <p>Chapter 19: Plan Ahead: Investment Strategy,Goals, and Time Horizon.</p> <p>Chapter 20: What Is a Growth Stock Fund,Anyway?</p> <p>Chapter 21: How to Pick a Growth Stock Fund.</p> <p>Chapter 22: Premixed Funds.</p> <p>Chapter 23: How to Do Your Investment Research.</p> <p>Chapter 24: Taking Care of Your Account.</p> <p>Chapter 25: Navigating Through Tough Times.</p> <p>Chapter 26: Sources of Information.</p> <p>Index.</p>

<b>Paul Katzeff</b> is a seasoned personal finance writer with Investor's Business Daily. He was previously the Boston correspondent for <i>Money</i> magazine for more than a dozen years. Katzeff is the author of <i>Getting Started in 401(k) Investing</i> (Wiley) and the <i>10 Minute Guide to 401(k) Plans</i>.

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