Retirees have every reason to be an extremely risk averse bunch. After all, most of them have an immediate or near-term need to draw income from their assets. This need for income should result in zero tolerance for investment risk or reduction in value of the assets that are intended to produce the retirement income...
The extreme gyrations in the stock market over the past week create great headlines and quite a bit of trading activity. Equally if not more important for retirees, however, is the related action in bond markets.
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It is challenging to think of another sector of the U.S. economy that has the same puzzling mix of characteristics as the...
It is the afternoon (markets are closed) of August 9 2011, and millions of retail investors around the world must be asking themselves whether they can continue to stomach the gut-wrenching capital market...
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Two recent articles continue the often contentious debate on...
Anyone thinking about retirement income should pick-up a copy of Retirement Portfolios by Michael Zwecher. This recommendation applies to both financial...
Japan’s experience over the past 20 years provides solid support for those who believe that there is a causal link between demographics and...
At the request of Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) just released a study that provides an assessment of the current state of the retirement income market in the United States.
For those interested in retirement income, the study is full of interesting data and conclusions. Some...
What options are available to a soon-to-be retired household that is financially constrained? What levers can be pulled if desired retirement spending is not realistic in light of retirement savings?
