There was a lot of hype this week in the media regarding the “inversion of the yield curve”. A lot of attention is awarded to this technical indicator because typically when the slope of the curve “inverts” history suggests that this event is frequently followed by...
Retirement Contributions – Percentage of Pay vs Flat Dollar Amount Enrolling in a company retirement plan is usually the first step employees take to join the plan and it is important that the enrollment process be straight forward. There should also be a...
Going back 120 years, December has traditionally been a very good month for the stock market. Within the last 120 years the S&P 500 has been positive in December 73% of the time. The Russell 2000, which is the index for small cap stocks, has been up 87% of the...
I had the fortunate / unfortunate experience of attending a seminar on the various repayment programs available to young professionals and the parents of these young professionals with student loan debt. I can summarize it in three words: “What a mess!!” As a...
Given the downward spiral that GE has been in over the past year, we have received the same question over and over again from a number of GE employees and retirees: “If GE goes bankrupt, what happens to my pension?” While it’s anyone’s guess what the future...
Volatility, Market Timing, and Long-Term Investing For many savers, the objective of a retirement account is to accumulate assets while you are working and use those assets to pay for your expenses during retirement. While you are in the accumulation phase, assets...
