Is Your State’s Pension System about to Collapse?
Katherine Loughead discusses state pension data from The Pew Charitable Trusts at The Tax Foundation. I've warned many times that states are under-funding their...
This State is Number One
I have a number of clients who live in Iowa and are glad they do, especially when reports like this one from U.S. News...
Illinois is About to Stick its Head Deeper in the Sand
For years Illinois has underfunded its five pension systems. For years I have been waving a red warning flag about the American pension charade...
You’ve Read the Last Issue of Intelligence Report: Back to Investors Yield: Part II
“Well I remember the mood of euphoria that gripped the stock market back in the holiday season of year-end 1965,” writes Dick Young in...
You’ve Read the Last Issue of Intelligence Report: Back to Investors Yield
“Well I remember the mood of euphoria that gripped the stock market back in the holiday season of year-end 1965,” writes Dick Young in...
Hartford, CT Downgraded to Junk Status
Imagine if your credit score got reduced to junk status and you quickly understand how municipal bonds work. Joseph De Avila reports at the...
SEC Hacked! Is Anything Safe?
Only a week after news of the massive Equifax hack hit, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it too was hacked....
Is Your Software Up to Date?
At the heart of the Equifax breach was a bit of outdated software on the company's systems that its administrators had missed. This obviously...
Equifax Breach: How Did it Happen? What Does it Mean?
When a company's business is solely devoted to collecting your most valuable information, you would hope that its security is up to the challenge...
Is College a Good Investment?
A majority of American men now say college isn’t worth the cost. The WSJ reports on the changing attitudes toward higher education.
Americans are losing...