Retirement Planning and Investing

Read about key developments in the United States and elsewhere that are most relevant to investors interested in retirement planning and investing.

The USA is Back on the Global Competitiveness Podium

Each September, the Davos-based World Economic Forum holds the equivalent of the Olympic Games for global economies.

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Fed’s Move to End Stimulus Aids Market Stability

The Federal Reserve Bank’s recent announcement that it is on the verge of ending its unprecedented and controversial...

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Top Economist Warns of the Welfare State, the Biggest Threat to Prosperity

The opening Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) address by Allan Meltzer, of Carnegie-Mellon University, warned attendees that the welfare...

Take this Simple Test on Investing: Only 34% Got it Right!

In 2008, two economists came up with three simple questions to test the financial knowledge of citizens 55...

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What has Contributed to the Falling Deficit

Deficits have been shrinking since 2009, when we hit the bottom of the Great Recession.

Reversal in 1Q and 2Q Gross Domestic Product Hints at Flawed Federal Data

The merit of the federal government adopting use of Gross Output (GO) as a broadened quarterly measure of...

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Do Janet Yellen and the Fed Get The Economy?

Time and time again, I am amazed at how the “smart money” and those supposedly in the know...

Private Sector Investment of $100 Million Trumps Taxpayer-Funded Bailouts

J.P. Morgan Chase’s (NYSE: JPM) announcement that it will invest $100 million in Detroit during the next five...

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What Recent Retail Results Say about the Health of the Overall Economy

What raised my eyebrows recently was the weaker-than-expected April retail sales figure.

How the Continuing Water Crisis will Affect You with Debra Coy

The fundamentals that water industry veteran Debra Coy and I discussed in last July’s PowerTalk are still intact,...