Financial planning is one of those tremendously off-putting topics, at least for some. If you don’t already find budgeting and investing interesting, it sounds like drudge work. Yet you should … Read more →

A lot of ink has been spilled over the past few weeks about risky ETFs. It’s turning into a branding problem, since most people associate exchange-traded funds with lower, not higher, risk. … Read more →

An extraordinary number of retirement investors find themselves asking “What is an ETF?” Extraordinary because many of them are investors in these funds, whether they realize it or not. An … Read more →

Investment management is a complex business, sometimes unnecessarily so. Like any sector of the economy, it has entrenched interests who gain from keeping the mystique level high and barriers to … Read more →

It is working Americans’ greatest fear: Being dependent on meager Social Security benefits in old age. A surprisingly large number of people will be in that position — a median … Read more →

If you’re like most folks, you want two things from your money: For it to increase, and bring you no surprises in the process. In effect, most people really want … Read more →

The financial press has picked up on the idea of managed IRA accounts, and with good reason: Retirement savers have paid far too much for too long and often buy the wrong … Read more →

Bernard Madoff lulled thousands of investors into complacency while he ran a massive Ponzi scheme with their money. Now he’s in jail. Recently, he spoke on why and how people … Read more →

If you were aiming to save enough money to retire, really retire, and feel secure in your old age, are traditional pension plans better? Sure, but not for the reason … Read more →

How long will you live? It’s an increasingly important question to consider, especially for retirement investors worried about inflation risk. Researchers made waves in the news last week by arguing … Read more →