Private Equity Booming Thanks to Pension Funds
Four of the largest publicly-traded private equity funds recently reported their largest quarterly increase in total assets under management in four years. Much of that increase is due to insurance funds, pension funds, and others pouring money into private equity funds in a bid for better returns on investment. That doesn’t bode well for retirees hoping to benefit from...
How to North Korea-Proof Your Investment Portfolio
The ongoing war of words between North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump has been escalating in recent days, with North Korea threatening to attack Guam with nuclear weapons...
Currency Risk and Retirement: Whither the Dollar?
If you’re nearing retirement, or even just starting to plan for retirement, you’ve probably started putting together a list of all the things you need to do and all the things you need to avoid. Make the right investment choices, diversify your portfolio, save more money, come up with a budget. You think you’ve taken care of every possibility,...
Skyrocketing Volatility Numbers A Warning Sign For Markets
The usual calm that pervades financial markets during August has been shattered in recent days. Investors have become increasingly nervous, stock markets have...
Saving Money Is Important All the Time
Too many people fail to save enough money. While savings rates in the United States increased during and immediately after the financial crisis, they have since fallen back towards historically low levels....
How Much Longer Will the Bull Market Run?
If you’ve been watching stock markets recently, you’ll know that the Dow Jones Industrial Average just recently topped 22,000 points for the first time. It’s a pretty amazing run that...
Latest Jobs Report Isn’t That Great
Financial markets greeted last week’s jobs report enthusiastically. The final numbers came in at 209,000 jobs created, beating the expectations of 183,000. But ....
Saving Is About More Than Just Retirement
While much of the focus on savings and investment revolves around retirement, that isn’t the only reason to save money and invest. Money is what allows our society to flourish.
Savings Rates Stagnant – Credit Card Rates Rising
The Federal Reserve began raising its target federal funds rate at the end of 2015. Since then the target rate has been raised by 1%, or 100 basis points.
United States Falling Behind on Retirement Security
A recently-published study has shown that the United States is falling behind a number of other developed countries when it comes to retirement security....