Will You Run Out of Money in Retirement?
The Employee Benefit Research Institute has run the numbers, and they don't look good. An estimated 40.6% of American households are projected to run...
How Many “Retirees” Will Keep Working?: Some Just Won’t Stop
Today, Bloomberg's Stephanomics podcast analyzes a theme I've been writing about for a while, the question of How Many “Retirees” Will Keep Working?
The podcast...
How Many “Retirees” Will Keep Working?: Paying Their Kids’ Bills
Across America, parents are spending their retirement savings to pay their children's bills. Student loans, insurance, credit cards, and healthcare costs are just some...
Do You Feel Good?
Around four years ago I was practicing French with Debbie before a trip to Paris. I wrote then:
Je Me Sens Bien
As you read...
Dead or Alive? The Future of Long-Term Investing: Part IV
The answer to the question of whether long-term investing is dead or alive comes down to my favorite three letters in the alphabet: Y.O.U.
When...
Dead or Alive? The Future of Long-Term Investing: Part II
Ask anyone if they’re a long-term investor and nine out of ten will tell you they are most definitely long-term investors. That is, unless...
Dead or Alive? The Future of Long-Term Investing
Is long-term investing dead? You would think so reading even my favored Wall Street Journal as it beats the drum for the future robo-advisors—a...
How Many “Retirees” Will Keep Working?: Half Haven’t Saved a Thing
An incredible 48% of Americans aged 55 and older haven't saved a thing for retirement. I've asked the question "How Many “Retirees” Will Keep...
Can Private Equity Really Save Sinking Pension Funds?
In The Wall Street Journal, Jason Zweig tells the story of Calpers, the nation's largest pension fund, and the nation's growing investments in private...
Illinois: New Governor, Same Old Pension Pyramid Scheme
Writing at Forbes, Elizabeth Bauer asks if Illinois' public retirement system is a pension fund or a pyramid scheme. The evidence doesn't look good....