Too much news
By Richard HoeAs usual, I've just read Monday's Barron's, which contained an unusual number of prognostications, including those from John Mauldin and two other respected financial advisors.
January 13, 2010
Retirement unreadinessTime for some more scary retirement readiness statistics - or at least scary for most Americans who are no doubt nowhere near on track to be able to afford to retire before age 75.
January 13, 2010
Chummy DealsIt's become more and more clear that one of the big initial mistakes President Obama made was selecting Timothy Geithner to be Secretary of the Treasury.
January 13, 2010
Hold the Mayo"Look at what the Mayo Clinic can do," said the president in September. "It's got the best quality and the lowest cost of just about any system in the country. We want to help the whole country learn from what Mayo is doing."
January 13, 2010
FA Retention Bonuses SurgeAs the epic battle for advisors continues, wirehouse firms have been offering generous retention bonuses to keep their existing FAs happy.
January 13, 2010
Retirement unreadinessTime for some more scary retirement readiness statistics - or at least scary for most Americans who are no doubt nowhere near on track to be able to afford to retire before age 75.
January 13, 2010
Congress Plays Ping-Pong, but is it the Right Move?With the decision to skip a conference committee and use another, faster Congressional procedure, health care reform is moving along quickly.
January 13, 2010
Vive La Diff?renceNever in the 54 years that I have been affiliated with the insurance business have I witnessed such a bashing of our industry as that which occurred in 2009.
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