Monthly Archives: August, 2011
Counting on QE3
Is this becoming a tradition? I am of course talking about Wall Street’s calls for the Federal Reserve to fire up the free money...
Inflation Threatens Long Bond Yield
Should savers and retired investors take the Fed’s bait and invest in long bonds? Not when you have a Fed chairman with a money-printing habit and prominent economists such as Ken Rogoff, the former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, calling for a “sustained burst of moderate inflation, say, 4–6% for several years.”
The Biggest Annuity Mistake
I don’t like annuities. I know there are ways they can make sense in some portfolios, but for the majority of investors they’re a...
A Historic Week
Even with the relatively calm day in the markets on Friday, this past week has been one of the most volatile on record. Only...
What we’re Reading 8-12-11
Mexico Sells $1 Billion of 100-Year Bonds to Tap Into Drop in U.S. Yields Bloomberg
Mistakes in Scientific Studies Surge The Wall Street Journal
Business and...