Economic Trends
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Kotlikoff: Inflation Is a Stealth Social Security Cut
By Jane Wollman RusoffNot only do COLAs have little muscle but retirees find more of their benefits subject to tax, the economist tells ThinkAdvisor.
October 15, 2021
Retirement-Age Investors Worried About Low Interest Rates, InflationSeven in 10 retirement-age investors believe that rising inflation will hurt their retirement savings, Global Atlantic found.
October 14, 2021
BofA Reports 64% Jump in Merrill, Private Bank Profits: Q3 EarningsMeanwhile, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo's wealth units report strong earnings and revenue growth, too.
October 13, 2021
Don't Expect Big Social Security COLAs to Become a TrendStephen Goss of the Social Security administration gave perspective to Wednesday's 2022 COLA announcement.
October 12, 2021
Only Half of Institutional Investors Expect to Meet Target Returns by 2025: FidelityRespondents widely said they had been forced to take on more risk to achieve the same level of return.
October 08, 2021
Fidelity Finds 50% Jump in Women Investing Outside of Retirement AccountsAnd self-directed female investors outperform their male counterparts, according to an analysis of 5.2 million accounts.
October 08, 2021
Global Corporate-Tax Overhaul Advances as 136 Nations Sign OnRepublicans warned the Biden administration against "circumventing the Senate's constitutional treaty authority."
October 08, 2021
Super Rich Now Hold More Wealth Than All of the Middle ClassThe top 1% represents about 1.3 million households who each roughly make more than $500,000 a year.