Economy
Living Longer and Living Poorer The Perfect Longevity Storm
A recent publication, “We’ll Live to 100 – How Can We Afford It” by the World Economic Forum takes a sobering look at the financial ……Read More
Business
Economy
Solving the Federal Reserve’s Inflation Puzzle
Let’s open this posting with a graphicfrom a September 2017 Federal Reserve presentation that shows the history of the year-over-year percentage changes in Personal Consumption Expenditures inflation ……Read More
Markets
How Fairly Valued is the Stock Market?
One measure of equity valuation, informally known as the Buffett Ratio, is reputedly Warren Buffett’s preferred measure of stock market valuation. With the volatility in ……Read More
Economy
How Corporate America is Spending Its Tax Savings
With Corporate America finally getting their wish for a lower headline corporate tax rate fulfilled, a recent poll by Willis Towers Watson shows how the decision makers ……Read More
Markets
Oil Prices Ravaged By Financial Turmoil
Oil prices fell back suddenly over the last few trading sessions, dragged down by some forces beyond the oil market. The steady decline of the ……Read More
Economy
Washington and its Chronic Overspending Problem
With Congress perpetually dealing with an extension to the debt ceiling, I realized that I had not updated my posting on the debt accrued by ……Read More