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.

[Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building]

How Investors Should Connect the Fed’s ‘Dots’

I hate the Fed and all it stands for. Of course, I don’t expect the Fed to go...

Obama Administration Misfires with Foreign and Fiscal Policies, Former Senator Says

The Obama administration is fumbling diplomatically in its response to the growing threat to Ukraine, as well as...

How Rising Beef Prices will Impact the Economy and You

In early January, I shared with you my concern about rising beef prices. Well, during the last several...

[Janet Yellen]

What the Federal Reserve’s Policy Change Means for the Economy

As most of us expected, the Fed announced today that it was tapering its bond-buying program by $10...

Global Guru

Governments Binge on Debt with Easy-Money Policies and Low Interest Rates

Confirmation that governments are squandering money on ill-advised programs fueled by the easy-money policies of central banks worldwide...

How Gross Output Enhances Measurement of the Economy

I recently attended a special workshop presented by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This three-hour meeting was all...

Debt Exceeds $100 Trillion as Governments Binge

The amount of debt globally has soared more than 40 percent to $100 trillion since the first signs...

U.S. Payrolls Rise 175,000; Unemployment Rate Climbs to 6.7 Percent

Employers added more workers than projected in February, indicating the U.S. economy is starting to recover from a...

Fourth-Quarter U.S. GDP Growth Cut to 2.4 Percent

The U.S. government slashed its estimate for fourth-quarter growth as consumer spending and exports fell below initially estimates,...

[stocks]

How Rising Prices Will Affect Retail and Restaurant Recovery

As part of my normal, everyday data-point gathering, I read, peruse and examine a slew of articles, websites...