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Understanding TIAA-CREF: How to Plan for a Secure and Comfortable Retirement | 
| Authors: Irving S. Schloss, Deborah V. Abildsoe
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 922862
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 0195131975
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.024378120973
EAN: 9780195131970
ASIN: 0195131975
Publication Date: March 1, 2001
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Product Description
TIAA-CREF is the largest private pension plan in the world, with more than $260 billion under management, including an estimated 1% of all shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. And yet, while there is a wealth of information on IRAs, 401(k)s and other investment vehicles, until now there has been little guidance for the millions of TIAA-CREF plan participants and their advisors.br The TIAA-CREF Book offers the definitive guide to TIAA-CREF for participants, estate planners, and financial advisors. Simply and clearly--and with a droll sense of humor--the authors explain the often complex legal and financial aspects of how the TIAA-CREF plan works, how the investment choices new participants make can affect the funds available at retirement, what the distribution options are for withdrawing money either before or after retirement, and how to leave the fund as an inheritance. For participants in the accumulation stage of their careers, the authors explain the important differences between fixed income securities (TIAA) and equity securities (CREF), and examine the investment choices for both. They address such important issues as how to allocate contributions, how portable an account really is, and how plans differ from employer to employer. In addition to the valuable primer on estate planning--from how to quantify assets, needs, and income to how the Federal Estate Tax affects TIAA-CREF accounts--the authors explore in detail the distribution options available and help weigh the pros and cons of each choice.br Drawing on their extensive work in the field of estate planning, the authors cover the gamut of what it takes to make the most out of a TIAA-CREF plan.br TIAA-CREF is a registered trademark of the Teachers Insurance and Annunity Association/College Retirement Equities Fund Corporation.
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 Not very helpful. Does anybody out there know... April 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree with the other two reviewers. This book is not very helpful in helping with investment advice. It is mostly reprinted articles from an academic journal.br /br /I listen to Suze Orman and a few others, and I know basically what I should be doing with my retirement accounts. But I don't know how to apply that knowledge when looking at my TIAA-CREF options.br /br /Year ago I used to subscribe to a monthly newsletter, something like "Market Management for TIAA-CREF". It told you exactly what to do with your account for the best results. Has anybody out there ever heard of it, or know where/how to subscribe? If so please leave a comment here...
 Can't Judge a Book by its Publisher December 7, 2002
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I am responding to the previous reviewer's disappointment with the book, given that it was published by Oxford U. The days when we could count of the big name university presses to publish only the finest are, sadly, past. It is frustrating not to have the reliable benchmarks. Word processing, the automated printing and publishing process, and the general decline of academic standards - whatever the reasons, we are being swamped with second and third rate monographs from all quarters.
A Disappointment April 11, 2001
These authors published two informative articles about TIAA-CREF in a professional journal in 1997 and 1998. Although the articles were intended for estate planners, they can be understood by a lay person who reads them carefully. I expected this book to present the substance of the articles in a more accessible way. It does not. Apart from the section on estate planning, it contains little information not obtainable directly from TIAA-CREF. It shows signs of having been written with haste. It is poorly edited (surprising for Oxford University Press) and is in places inconsistent and unclear. The book is a disappointment.
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