Posts Tagged ‘Pension Plans’
The Next Economic Storm?
As I noted last week, I expected there was a possibility of more stock upside last week given how oversold stocks were when the current rally started. I view the current rally as a countertrend with more downside ahead. As many savvy readers of “Portfolio Watch” have undoubtedly noted, there is…
Read MorePension Plan Problems?
In this weekly post, I comment frequently on Federal Reserve policies largely because Fed policy is the primary driver of economic and investing conditions. Over the past dozen years or so, the Fed has created currency literally from thin air, a process known as quantitative easing, and has kept interest rates at artificially…
Read MoreArtificially Low Interest Rates and More Unintended Consequences
As I have been predicting for several years, underfunded pensions are beginning to get attention. This is a topic that will continue to make more headlines as pension funding problems continue to get worse. An often-ignored fact relating to pension funding is that the funding problems facing pension plans have largely been brought about by…
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