Monthly Archives: May 2010

The headlines today shout about May being the worst month in a year for stocks. True enough but the implication is that means something. Since the start of 2008 the number of up and down months are roughly equal but … Continue reading →

We all know unemployment across the country is at high levels. The segment of those unemployed for more than half a year is huge and trending higher still. This article from NY Post depicts some of the human faces behind … Continue reading →

This is an excellent (is somewhat long) article in the Washington Post today on our emerging new culture war- free enterprise vs. government control. There are many good points in this piece but since we are concerned about markets and … Continue reading →

When we do Sustainable Withdrawal Analysis (SWA) for clients we generally like to see 75% or better success rates based on reasonable assumptions. Just saw a report on state public employee pensions in the U.S. that are underfunded by an … Continue reading →