The stock market is getting a bad reputation these days. It waxes and wanes hour by hour depending on everything from who is elected president to the future of twinkies and cupcakes. Never mind that in the grand scheme of things, individual stock returns are really based on corporate earnings, and never mind that historically [...]
I could spend this blog post crowing about the Fed’s recent decision to print more money (er…uh…quantitative easing round three or QE3, as it is termed), but since I have found comprar viagra online that I am not alone in my doubts about its cialis in uk effect on the economy, I will instead share [...]
It’s less than four days away from the fiscal cliff. But unlike the recent Mayan prophecy, the cliff will really happen. Tax cuts will expire and discretionary spending will be cut automatically. And of course, we will reach the debt c cheap generic priligy eiling sooner rather than later. There are many obvious things wrong [...]
Using a new measure of poverty which adjusts for area costs of living, in-kind benefits, health care costs and other factors, the Census Bureau released a new report today (reported
A recent article at the Wall Street Journal’s smartmoney.com explains why mutual funds buy viagra without prescription still charge fees, despite the fact that the transaction costs for stocks, bonds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are getting cheaper. According to an industry spokesperson, customers are paying for a service they are not receiving from other investments, [...]
The Employee Benefit Research Institute released a sobering report on the state of personal retirement. According to EBRI, the lowest 25 percent of income earners among baby boomer households would need to work into their mid 80s before 90 percent of them would have an even 50 percent chance of having retirement income to meet [...]
In honor of 2010, the Wall Street Journal provides a year-long guide to fixing your finances. (See article). While I would normally enjoy pontificating over these common sense steps, I have very little to add here…but..oh wait, I do feel the need to put in a word here about retirement savings. The past couple of years have [...]