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The coming of the new year has traditionally been a time for people to make resolutions about how they’ll improve their way of living in the year ahead It’s become famous in some circles to joke...
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis released its advance estimate of second quarter GDP Thursday morning, and it was as frightful as you could imagine US economic output declined by an annualized...
Everyone dreams differently about retirement, but for most people the general goals are similar You’re finally freed from commuting, workplace drama, and stress about deadlines Your time is your...
Believe it or not, there are financial writers out there who believe that it’s possible for you to save too much money for retirement If you’re the average worker or retiree, you’re probably...
While pension plans have all but disappeared from private sector workplaces, significant numbers of public employees still expect to receive pensions when they retire, and indeed in many cases depend...
There are undoubtedly millions of investors out there who still are heavily invested in stock markets They enjoyed the gains they’ve seen over the past several years, with both the Dow Jones and...
It’s no secret that the retirement outlook for most Americans is dire While figures for the average amount of retirement savings get bandied about here and there in the media, the median amount of...
As far back as I can remember I was the designated keeper of financial secrets for my parents If I happened to be with my father when he bought something he knew my mother would disapprove of, he’d...
Much of the compensation corporate executives receive comes from stock and options That compensation mix is intended to align the interests of the executives with the interests of the company’s...
Wealthy investors are stockpiling cash at levels we haven’t seen since 2001, in the wake of the Dot Com crash The cash slush pile is larger even than in 2008 when investors fled the market during...
Previously we’ve discussed the possibility that the world is moving toward some type of gold-backed exchange for settling trade debts Exactly what form that might take is hard to say It doesn’t...
Will you be ready to retire soon It all comes down to one key issue: Either you’ve got the savings to cover your retirement years, or you don’t, right True – but only to a point After all, if...
