Everybody wants to retire comfortably, but there are a number of common scenarios which can do serious damage to a personal retirement fund. Here are the top five pitfalls that retirement investors should keep at the top of their watch list. 1. Pension Plan Restructuring One of the recent trends amongst bigger companies is a […]
One of the scarier trends in Wall Street money-making maneuvers is the emergence of fully automated trading. Fully automated doesn’t mean that a computer allows a human trader to push a button and – voila! – the trade is executed. Rather, it means that the computer itself is making the trading decisions. A programmer comes […]
The New York Times published a story yesterday entitled The BlackBerry as Black Sheep in which it profiled people who are growing increasingly embarrassed to use their Blackberries in public. The Blackberry doesn’t provide the same functionality as the current breed of smart phones, and users come off looking like communications cavemen who are stuck […]
Yesterday the WSJ ran the headline “Stocks Snap Losing Streak”. Of course that’s good news as it means the economy is finally picking up, right? The long financial slog might be coming to an end as consumer confidence builds, NFL refs get back on the job, and the positive rhetoric of the Presidential race renews […]
It wasn’t supposed to happen that way. The Jets were spectacularly bad in their preseason. The first team combined for a total of ZERO touchdowns, and the rumor mill had plenty of grist for the demise of the once mighty. Misery possessed a firm grip on the headlines. (Which, for some reason, is a state […]
The political season is reaching its zenith with partisan spin galore and the continual entrenchment of political bickering as the new morality. Now that the point-counterpoint-spin cycle has shown to be successful, it was only a matter of time before we see seepage into other industries. Enter the retirement business. Point: The DOL recently released […]
The Clinton-Bush-Obama- errr… Paul Ryan Retirement Dilemma Surprise! The pundits have jumped on the opposing party to denounce its fiendish economic plans and the Armageddon inducing consequences that will occur as a result. A similar thing used to happen in my house when it came time to decide on a summer outing. The scenic drive […]
Ready Player One You’re staring at the screen. The words pop up, and your pulse begins to make a move north. “You must avoid the Black Swan at all costs. Failure to anticipate the arrival of the Black Swan can lead to irrevocable losses.” Your fingers begin flying at the keys. The controls are wonky, […]