Monthly Archives: July, 2011
It’s the Spending, Stupid
Just in case you needed more evidence of the seriousness of the federal deficit, these two charts provide some historical perspective. The first chart...
Baby Boomers Place Their Bets
You may be surprised at how ill prepared baby boomers are for retirement. In his Wall Street Journal article “Retiring Boomers Find 401(k) Plans...
Consumer Sentiment Sinks
The Reuters/University of Michigan Survey of Consumer Sentiment plummeted to a post-recovery low of 63.8 in July. According to Bloomberg, economists were projecting a level of 72. The...
Are You Financially Prepared for Retirement?
I just finished wading through the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) 2011 Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS). My findings are problematic. The EBRI is a...
What we’re Reading 7-14-11
How Much of the Decline in Unemployment is Due to the Exhaustion of Unemployment Benefits? Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
A Home Is a Lousy...