Is there a market correction looming? If that’s the story you want to hear, market correction calls are not hard to find. There are voices all over, from the biggest … Read more →

It’s a recurring theme among financial advisors and the personal finance media: 401(k) savers have too many choices. They are overwhelmed. Admittedly, most normal people are not plugged into the arcana … Read more →

You don’t need to understand your investments. At first blush, that sounds like a terrible thing to say, doesn’t it? It certainly is the opposite of common sense from a … Read more →

The latest data on our retirement readiness is out and it is, of course, very gloomy. I won’t drag you through the entire report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), since … Read more →

Imagine you seek a stock market indicator and you hear three relatively well-known people share their opinions on investing, all within the same week or so. They don’t know each other, … Read more →

Will you be happy in retirement? Will you have enough money? Is there such as a thing as financial happiness? These two questions seem to be related, and they are — … Read more →

If you talk to engineers or scientists, you’ll eventually hear about “signal-to-noise ratio.” It’s an interesting concept, one with implications for 401(k) investors who believe that they can pick stocks amid … Read more →

What is the proper mix of investments? If you ask the market timers, it’s whatever is out of favor. Buy what nobody wants. Sell what others can’t buy fast enough. Sounds … Read more →

Fans of the long-running public radio show A Prairie Home Companion know its central monologue, delivered by the show’s host and main writer, Garrison Keillor. It’s a segment of Keillor simply talking, … Read more →

Slovakia. That’s the country that holds the No. 18 position on the Natixis Global Retirement Index, ahead of No. 19, the United States. I don’t mean to belittle Slovakia. I’m sure it’s a lovely place. According … Read more →