Retirement Risks: How To Plan Around Uncertainty For A Successful Retirement

by Jamie P. Hopkins

Visualizing your retirement by closing your eyes and thinking of palm trees and sunshine is easy. Planning the correct steps to get there is an altogether different task. Author Jamie Hopkins writes, “Retirement planning is like shooting a moving target in the wind. Your retirement goals will continue to evolve throughout your life, while the tools, laws, risks and techniques available to you will also continue to change over time.”

Because of these factors, being proactive in understanding the risks associated with planning for retirement is crucial. People with solid financial plans accumulate nearly 250% more retirement savings than those without a financial plan in place. This book focuses on helping those people who are just starting to get serious about saving for retirement, as well as those who are nearing retirement. Learn how to develop your own personal retirement framework and increase your understanding of the potential pitfalls along the way.

65 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 18, 2015

About the author

JAMIE P. HOPKINS, ESQ., MBA, LLM, CLU®, RICP® is an associate professor of taxation at The American College in the Retirement Income program, and he is the associate director of the New York Life Center for Retirement Income. He also holds the Larry R. Pike Chair in Insurance and Investments at The American College. As a professor at the College, he teaches courses in retirement, estate planning and life insurance. Through his role at The American College, he has educated thousands of financial service professionals and continues to move the needle for retirement income planning.

Professor Hopkins is considered one of the leading retirement planning experts in the United States and has been selected by InvestmentNews as one of the top 40 financial service professionals under the age of 40 in 2015. Professor Hopkins has also been published in numerous periodicals, including Villanova Law Review, Nebraska Law Review and Hastings Journal of Science and Technology Law, and has authored articles published by the American Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Professor Hopkins received his B.A. in political science at Davidson College, where he was captain of the Division I Men’s Varsity Swim Team. He then attended Villanova School of Law, where he obtained his J.D. and graduated with honors. Later he received his MBA from Villanova University Business School. Professor Hopkins also holds his LLM from Temple University and two financial planning designations, the CLU® and RICP®.