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Mugged by Reality
By Alexei BayerEditor's Note: This column has been adapted from Alexei Bayer's remarks at the Yale Club in New York City on May 5, 2009, upon acceptance...
June 24, 2009
Why a Strong Dollar HurtsRecently, there's been a strong inverse correlation between the greenback and U.S. stocks: stocks rally as the U.S. dollar falls and vice versa.
June 19, 2009
Web Exclusive: Disability COULD Happen To ThemRosemarie Rossetti returns with an article about how to sell disability income insurance with conviction.
June 18, 2009
Let the boomer party beginThe old canard; if the economy's good people drink to celebrate, if the economy's bad people drink to mourn. Either way, it makes alcohol stocks...
June 11, 2009
Boomers to blameWhen bad things happen, we look for someone -- anyone -- to blame. As Newsweek rightly notes (we don't say that very often), there is...
June 11, 2009
Why Insure Income?Why should you insure income? Because, for most people the ability to earn an income is without a doubt, their most important asset.
June 09, 2009
Wealthier Americans continue to economizeUpper-income Americans, or those who earn $90,000 or more per year, brought May to the lowest average daily spending rate of the year.