How long will you live? It’s an increasingly important question to consider, especially for retirement investors worried about inflation risk. Researchers made waves in the news last week by arguing … Read more →

One of our favorite  commentators on retirement investing, Barry Ritholtz, recently wrote in The Washington Post about investors who believe that they are infallible in all markets: His refreshingly impolite word for these folks is “liars.” … Read more →

What do retirement saving and the weather have in common? People talk about them all the time but nobody does anything about it! An old joke, I know, but like … Read more →

Like a lot of folks, I love to feel well informed. And the Internet has made it possible to be at least moderately well-informed about nearly anything. Put another way, … Read more →

One of the amusing aspects of traveling in other countries and cultures is getting some perspective on your own. Did you know that Americans are always in a hurry? Always rushing … Read more →

I know, I know…never is a strong word. But I want to take a moment to make the case that there are, in fact, at least five ways that people … Read more →

Ask 10 people what it means to be rich, and you’ll get 10 very different answers. Some will say that rich means no worry, although of course rich people worry … Read more →

We all know this person: the shopping addict. Always snapping up the weekend paper for the department store circulars. Heads out to the mall before it even opens. The thrill … Read more →

It can be hard to appreciate the arc of investing history, until you take a sufficiently long view. Once upon a time, stocks were considered exotic. Most institutional investors placed … Read more →

If you follow the chatter around the markets these days, it’s pretty hard to avoid the theme of the “great rotation.” In a nutshell, market pundits believe that retail investors … Read more →