Retirement Watch Weekly
Perhaps the Most Important Investment Issue
Growth and productivity boomed since 1982 and really going back longer. This contributed to the boom in earnings and stock prices. Is that going to continue? This post for Philosophical Economics presents the history of the profit margin boom, attributing it primarily to technology and finance. He then presents both a bullish case (that the […]
Nursing Homes Control Patients Who Don't Pay
A nursing home has options if you are admitted to residence and can’t pay your bills or dispute some of them. The nursing home has the option of going to court and seeking guardianship over the resident. In New York especially the law is written to make it easy for nursing homes to be appointed […]
Stability in the Investment World
Ben Hunt manages money for institutional investor and writes a blog and other things intended primarily for institutional investors and hedge funds. Hunt’s latest essay explains how the novel Catch-22 relates to today’s investment world. It’s a bit wide-ranging but interesting and worth reading. Basically, Hunt believes investment markets are stable for now and for […]
The Latest in Healthy Diets
The latest research doesn’t have anything to do with the types of food you eat. Instead, it focuses on when you eat. One study found you should only eat in a 12-hour period during the day and fast the other 12 hours. The other study recommended fasting for 16 hours one day a week and […]
Are Stock Values High or Low?
It is a rare time when analysts aren’t debating whether stock valuations are high, low, or somewhere in between. The debate matters, because stock indexes peak when valuations are high and bottom when valuations are low. But valuation isn’t like an on/off switch. Stocks can be highly valued or low valued for a long time […]
Details on the "Backdoor Roth IRA"
From time to time I write in Retirement Watch about the Backdoor Roth IRA conversion and how it can allow a person who normally isn’t eligible to open a Roth IRA to obtain one at low or no tax cost. Here’s an article laying out all the details. Before we delve into the workaround, let’s […]
Senior Living in Manhattan
I haven’t seen New York City on any lists of the best places to retire, but this article from Politico.com says that the Big Apple is a leader in accommodating seniors’ living needs. The article says NYC has over 250 places that could be described as senior centers and other benefits for those who are […]
Another Estate Planning Failure
A major Washington, D.C.-area business made the headlines in an unflattering way on Saturday. A lawsuit was filed over the estate plan of the owner of major auto dealerships and related businesses. According to the allegations, the daughter from the owner’s first marriage was promised a one-third interest in the business. Instead, two sons from […]
