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Paul Merriman is President of Merriman Capital Management, which manages more than $700 million in investments for more than 1,500 clients. Merriman hosts Sound Investing, a weekly radio show broadcast in several northwestern cities, and is a regular columnist at Marketwatch.com. He is the Publisher and Editor of FundAdvice.com, an online newsletter and investment advisory service rated "Best of the Web" by Forbes in 2000, 2001, and 2002. Over the last decade, more than 25,000 people have attended Merriman's workshops on how to prepare for retirement. He regularly speaks before such groups as the American Association of Individual Investors and certified public accountant state societies. He is regularly interviewed in local and national media.

INTRODUCTION.

Part I: Why Some Succeed and Many Fail.

Chapter One: Why Investors Fail.

Chapter Two: Stress versus Success: A Tale of Two Investors.

Chapter Three: Lessons from Smart People.

Chapter Four: The Psychology of Successful Investing.

Part II: You Can Win the Retirement Game.

Chapter Five: Who Are You and What Are Your Goals?

Chapter Six: Your Perfect Portfolio.

Chapter Seven: Why Size Really Does Matter.

Chapter Eight: Value: Owning What Others Don’t Want.

Chapter Nine: Putting the World to Work for You.

Chapter Ten: Controlling Risks.

Chapter Eleven: Meet Your Enemies: Expenses and Taxes.

Chapter Twelve: Putting Your Perfect Portfolio to Work.

Part III: The Golden Years.

Chapter Thirteen: Withdrawals: When Your Portfolio Starts Paying You.

Chapter Fourteen: Hiring an Investment Adviser.

Chapter Fifteen: Your Action Plan.

Chapter Sixteen: My 500-Year Plan.

Appendix: Further Resources.

INDEX.