Bob Carlson

Bob Carlson

Bob Carlson is editor of the monthly newsletter and web site, Retirement Watch His latest book is the revised edition of The New Rules of Retirement. He co-authored Personal Finance after 50 for Dummies with Eric Tysonand wrote Invest Like a Fox…Not Like a Hedgehog. He has written numerous other books and reports, including The New Rules of Estate Planning, Securing Your Lifetime Stream of Income, Tax Wise Money Strategies, Retirement Tax Guide, How to Slash Your Mutual Fund Taxes, Bob Carlson’s Estate Planning Files, and 199 Loopholes That Survived tax Reform. He has appeared on national television and radio programs. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fairfax County Employees' Retirement System and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System. Carlson is an attorney and passed the CPA Exam. He received his J.D. and an M.S. (Accounting) from the University of Virginia and received his B.S. (Financial Management) from Clemson University.