How Robo-Trading Could Destroy Your Retirement Savings
When looking at their investment portfolios, most investors just look at headline numbers. They’re more interested in how the stocks in their portfolios are performing rather than why they’re performing that way, or how those stocks are traded. But the way that stocks are traded today behind the scenes is very important, and it has changed significantly over the...
Retirement Investing 101: How to Invest for Retirement
The idea of retirement is one that most Americans dream of. But the reality of actually planning for retirement can be a daunting one. From setting up retirement accounts to dealing with tax issues, planning for your post-work life can take up huge amounts of time and energy. Maybe that’s a reason so many Americans put off planning and...
Is the US Government Set to Issue Century-Long Bonds?
Record-low interest rates over the past decade have spurred a huge amount of new debt issuance. From the federal government to major corporations to American households, American indebtedness continues to climb. And now it’s beginning to reach another level of absurdity as the Treasury Department has announced that it is looking into the possibility of issuing 50-year and 100-year...
The Real Cost of Government Debt: How Will It Affect Your Retirement?
It’s no secret that the United States government is in terrible financial shape. The national debt stands right now at $22.5 trillion, and most forecasts for future debt growth expect federal deficits to continue adding about $1 trillion per year to that total. But there’s a pretty ominous tipping point that’s coming up really soon that could cause that...
Yield Curve Inversion Signals Recession on the Horizon
One of the signs that many market analysts look for to evaluate the chances of recession is an inverted yield curve. The yield curve is created by graphing the interest rates of Treasury securities. Normally the slope curves upwards, as yields increase for the longer maturity Treasuries. But during times of market turmoil and recession fear, the yields on...
Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech Should Be a Warning to Investors
Fed Chairman Jay Powell’s speech at this year’s Jackson Hole monetary policy summit should serve as a major warning to investors. Powell pledged that the Fed would “do what monetary policy can do to sustain the expansion,” an indicator that the Fed intends to double down on its previous policy mistakes and is set to unleash even more monetary...