Want to Lose Your Money? Listen to Millionaires.
Along with anybody else who attempts to forecast the investment future.
Rekenthaler Report
What Dave Ramsey and Suze Orman Can (and Cannot) Accomplish
Their advice suits workers better than retirees.
Why Stocks Have Astounded
The wondrous math of U.S. equities.
What Has Been Manhattan’s Return?
Assessing Peter Minuit’s fabled $24 investment.
Chinese Stocks: What Went Wrong
A bad start, then a missed opportunity.
3 Lessons from Stocks’ Round Trip
Equities are back where they started this time last year — sort of.
The Target-Date Fund Problem That Indexing Can’t Solve
There will always be asset allocation losers (and winners).
The Advantage for Stocks When Inflation Rises
How stock and bond prices work when inflation is an ongoing possibility.
Earnings Yields vs. Bond Yields: Where Are They Today?
And what that relationship indicates about future returns.
Why Is Vanguard Pitching Margin Loans?
A head-scratching decision from the fund-industry leader.
Mutual Fund Strategies Don’t Belong on Trial
The marketplace can serve as judge, jury, and (if necessary) executioner.
What’s Really Driving Inflation and Bond Yields?
Long-standing questions about macroeconomic behavior are relevant again.
A Retiree’s Guide to Guaranteed Income
We compare Social Security, TIPS, annuities, and more.
Can You Safely Spend More Early in Retirement?
There’s little room for error.
An 8% Retirement Withdrawal Rate?
A radio host advocates no small plans.
Why Market-Timing Fails
The culprits are 1) opportunity cost and 2) unreliable signals.
Has IBM Built the Next Generation’s 401(k) Plan?
The company takes a hybrid approach to retirement benefits.
401(k)s for Higher-Income Employees
As their needs are greater, so must be their contribution rates.
What Is the Right 401(k) Contribution Rate?
Advice for middle-income workers.
Do Equities Improve With Age?
Revisiting a 60-year-old argument.
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