Investing legend and Vanguard founder John Bogle spoke with Morningstar’s Christine Benz about the current stock market’s valuation, the impact of speculation and Exchange-Traded Funds. You can hear the entire interview here. [...more]
Stock market crashes have become fairly regular events since the economy collapsed in 2008 and 2009. Each time the market plunges, you can count on seeing a flurry of news reports looking at just how badly workplace 401(k) retirement portfolios have been hit. Rarely will you see a story asking why the market risk is [...] [...more]
Can we afford retirement in this country? Not if you believe politicians who claim entitlement spending is out of control and that the economy is being dragged down by our aging population. I don’t buy it. Soaring healthcare spending is a critical problem, but not only because our population is aging. And Social Security is [...] [...more]
Past performance is no guarantee of future results, as the saying goes. But a new Fidelity Investments analysis of what’s happened to retirement investors’ portfolios since the 2008-2009 market crash is worth considering if you’re tempted to pull money off the table during the market’s current volatility. The big message: Investors who held on tight [...] [...more]
The market’s recent volatility has put new focus on a key question older investors have been asking themselves since the 2008 crash: what is the correct retirement portfolio equity exposure for investors close to retirement, or who already are retired? Ask the experts, and you’ll get answers that are all over the map. The Putnam [...] [...more]
