I’ve been encouraged about returns to date for this year and the outlook for our economy, but 2022 was a really bad year. Stocks and bonds combined for the roughly the fifth worst portfolio return in history. We rebounded in 2023 and are doing well

We’re within 3% of the inflation-adjusted peak for stocks in November 2021. This is a sharp change from my post at the two-year mark, when I concluded we had to see a real increase of 25% to get back to that peak. Wow. I’m

Two months ago, it looked like we were clearly headed to 2% inflation. November inflation, using the measure favored by the Federal Reserve was the lowest in four years. The inflation rate for January was issued yesterday and confirmed a reading earlier in the month.

I calculate that you gain at least 20% on the money you invest in retirement accounts relative to the same investment in a taxable investment account. I used a 25-year holding-period for your investment: if you are in the Save and Invest phase of life,

I subscribe to a stock market newsletter. This month it had an article with the same title as this post, Does it make sense to convert your IRA to Roth in Retirement? I found the article confusing and incorrect. The decision on Roth conversion is