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I like a lot of Malcolm Gladwell’s writing, especially his first book, Tipping Point. But he’s drawn critics in recent years. They level charges such as oversimplifying research conclusions, missing the nuances conclusions of academic papers, and the like. Here’s a good review in USA Today that explains why Gladwell’s work generates a lot of […]
I write regularly about the research on aging and financial decisions. It doesn’t matter how smart you are. Analytical decisionmaking declines, and it begins to decline earlier than most people think. There are ways to deal with this, other than turning your decisionmaking over to other people. But the coping mechanism isn’t what most people […]
Three economists who separately worked on how assets, especially stocks, are priced won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. It’s an interesting collection of co-winners. One can argue that their research builds on each other, or one can argue that they are contradictory. I’ve reviewed several articles explaining the different research of the winners […]
Most investors believe they are diversified. They are told to diversify by the financial services industry. I’ve argued for many years that the traditional diversification peddled by the financial services industry isn’t real diversification, putting investors at more risk than they believe they are taking. From time to time Wall Street admits that people really […]
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Here’s an issue that once never occurred to me but that now should be considered in most estate plans. Because of technology it’s now possible for children to be conceived and born after your death. That also could happen somewhere in your family. One of the questions that arises from this is whether the posthumous […]
Recent market events challenge some traditional economic theory. When the Fed keeps interest rates low, that isn’t supposed to cause real long-term rates to rise. But it often does. The reason appears to be that investors need to seek higher yields to compensate for the low rates engineered by the Fed. Here’s a speech to […]
I was one of the first to take a hard look at the best time to begin Social Security retirement benefits. Since then, a number of others climbed on board with their own studies and analyses. Economists are very interested in the topic. It’s good to see so many joining the discussion, and satisfying that […]
Social Security benefits are a key source of retirement income. While many people approaching retirement say they don’t plan to rely on Social Security, a majority of those already retired say it is an important percentage of their income. Too many people leave money on the table by not maximizing their Social Security retirement benefits. […]
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