Retirement Planning

Rise in Delinquent Mortgage and Rental Payments Will Weigh Heavily on the Economy

With millions of Americans having recently entered unemployment, it was no surprise that many families were going to have difficulty paying rent and mortgages. But just how much difficulty they would have has surprised even pessimistic observers. Over 30% of US apartment renters failed to pay their April rent in...

Events of the Last Two Weeks Should Have You Looking Over Your Investments

Last week saw stock markets having perhaps their worst week since the financial crisis. All major stock markets entered correction territory in record time, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all losing over 10% of their value in a little over a week. The Dow Jones suffered...

Americans Aren’t Saving Enough for Retirement

It’s no secret that the retirement outlook for most Americans is dire. While figures for the average amount of retirement savings get bandied about here and there in the media, the median amount of retirement savings in the US is zero. That’s right, more than half of Americans have...

How Geopolitical Conflict Will Affect Your Retirement Savings

When judging how their investment portfolios will perform, most investors look at economic factors to estimate future performance. They’ll look at price to earnings ratios, balance sheets, Federal Reserve monetary policy, and a whole host of other measures to assess the likelihood that their investments will gain or lose...