Retirement Income You Control — Before the Window Closes

A rules-based process for adults 50-plus who can't afford another market crash.


Watch: 4 minutes with Jack Canfield, student testimonials, and the process that changed their retirement.


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You did everything right. You saved, you planned, you followed the advice. And the math still isn't landing where you need it.

This book is the honest case for why the standard retirement plan is failing the people who followed it most faithfully, and what a different approach looks like after 15 years of a public, verifiable record.

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Dr. Fred Rouse is a retired Certified Financial Planner with a PhD in Taxation and 40 years in financial services. He is a nine-time bestselling author and co-author with Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy, Dick Vitale, and Lisa Nichols. His book with Jack Canfield reached international bestseller status. He is also a Vietnam-era U.S. Coast Guard veteran with three years in Search and Rescue.

He is the nation's leading authority on Short Window Retirement Planning, a rules-based retirement income system developed and tested over ten years for adults 50-plus who need cash flow they control — not Wall Street's timeline.

Over 1,012 students have used the process since 2010. His public trade record is posted weekly since 2022 and independently AI-verified.



My Students

I am 3 years in now and making enough income to retire.

Jim Blancet

I owe Dr. Fred Rouse a huge THANK YOU! The Short Window Retirement Planning  program delivered everything I expected. I am 3 years in now and making enough income to retire. I followed the program as closely as I could without trying to speed through it. I made my first trade 7 months into studying the chapters and doing back and forward testing. What I have found is that when I follow the program exactly, I come out on top.

I am now earning on average about $30K per month

bill simons

I was reflecting on my path to become a trader for short term retirement since it’s been well over a year since I began down this path. I can say with the utmost certainty that I would not be earning the profit I am now earning without your course and probably would have given up at some point like most do. I am now earning on average about $30K per month.



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