Tag Archives: Current Newsletter

A Commentary on the PBS Show The Retirement Gamble

Posted on May 8, 2013

PBS recently aired a Frontline show entitled The Retirement Gamble, profiling the 401(k) industry. If you missed it, it can be viewed here. Polemic in tone, the show is highly critical of the country’s evolution from defined benefit pension plans … Read more…

How Do You Spell Relief? ATRA! (American Taxpayer Relief Act)

Posted on May 6, 2013

Congratulations, the 2012 tax season is behind us. Time to start planning for 2013. The dramatic New Year’s Eve peek over – and retreat from – the fiscal cliff did not solve all of the country’s budgetary problems. But it … Read more…

1st Quarter 2013 Market Review

Posted on April 25, 2013

Following up on my 1st Quarter Client Note, I am providing a more robust and detailed review of the world capital market performance, graciously provided by our friends at Dimensional Fund Advisors. Attached is their Quarterly Market Review. The report includes: a … Read more…

1st Quarter Client Note

Posted on April 11, 2013

Reflecting relief from the New Year’s Eve (at least temporary) avoidance of the “fiscal cliff,” equity markets continued their strong recovery from the financial crisis of 2008. Economic activity in the US also continued to pick up, albeit at a … Read more…