Investing Insight
Debt Explosion, Few Downgrades
If you’re looking for something to worry about, consider corporate debt: $1 trillion of it. Research by the Bloomberg News organization found that corporations have
May 19, 2022
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Investing Insight
Fire in a Crowded Theater
Yesterday’s market declines—the Dow down 3.15%, the S&P 500 down 3.29% and tech stocks, as represented by the Nasdaq index, off 4.08%–were entirely within the
May 19, 2022
Investing Insight
The Uneven Recovery of Americans After the Great Recession
The Uneven Recovery of Americans After the Great Recession One of the consistent themes we’ve been hearing in the political arena is that the economy
May 19, 2022
Investing Insight
Beware the Bears
Beware the Bears If you’ve been paying attention to the financial news lately, you’re probably seeing a lot of ominous predictions—and they’re usually backed up
May 19, 2022
College Planning
Generational Financial Divide
GENERATIONAL FINANCIAL DIVIDE If some random person off the street handed you $10,000 in cash, no strings attached, and would pay the taxes on this
May 19, 2022
Investing Insight
We’re Saving More Than We Realized
WE’RE SAVING MORE THAN WE REALIZED Quick: What’s America’s national savings rate? A generation ago, you might have guessed 10% and been pretty close to
May 19, 2022
Investing Insight
Crisis Continued
CRISIS CONTINUED We should probably all be celebrating the news that, after eight years of headlines predicting the worst sort of gloom and doom, the
May 19, 2022
Business Planning
What to Make of the “Trade War”
WHAT TO MAKE OF THE “TRADE WAR” Last week, there was finally some evidence that the markets were starting to get jittery about the escalating
May 19, 2022
Investing Insight
Stealthy Bears
Stealthy Bears You’ve no doubt read that we are experiencing the second-longest bull market since World War II, which started in March of 2009 and
May 18, 2022
Defaults Down the Road
When it comes to municipal finances, we may have entered the calm before the storm. You can go to the MuniNet Guide, which describes itself
May 19, 2022
