Recently, Dave was featured on the local CBS news during a segment for ConsumerWatch regarding Social Security (“ConsumerWatch: When It Comes to Social Security, Expect Less”).. The feature was based on an Associated Press piece pointing out that for the first time ever retiring Americans…
Storied bond investor Bill Gross was recently and widely-quoted saying that “the cult of equities is dying”; the latest salvo in PIMCO’s “New Normal” campaign. We continue to find the arguments for a “New Normal” less than compelling on several counts, not least that there is…
Elissa participated in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s first Innovation Strategy meeting, held on Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington, D.C. This is her report on the proceedings. Thanks to all of you who shared your ideas and comments! Elissa’s Report The purpose of the CFPB…
GETTING PERSONAL Advisers Nudge Fearful Clients Toward Stocks By DAISY MAXEY A DOW JONES NEWSWIRES COLUMN “Fear is a stronger emotion than greed,” says an adviser NEW YORK — Some advisers are nudging fearful clients back into stocks–while continuing to calm investors losing patience with…
Dave was quoted in the New York Times on the comparative dangers of short-term market volatility and long-term inflation: ”What changes, and very redically, is risk perception,” said Dave Yeske, a financial planner in San Franciso. “The scariness of short-term volatility disproportionately blinds us to…
In case you missed our live webinar presentation on September 21 — “Economic Vomitility and Financial Planning Dramamine” — it is now available on our website, so you can now watch the presentation whenever it’s convenient for you. One of the points that we made…
Candice Choi, AP Personal Finance Writer, On Sunday August 7, 2011, 7:41 pm NEW YORK (AP) — Investors should think twice before making any rash moves Monday. Many market analysts expect stocks to fall sharply because of anxiety about the downgrade of the U.S. credit…
I thought it was time to address some of the gloom and doom that has so dominated the news of late. Not, by the way, with the intent of dispelling it (or supporting it, for that matter) but more with the aim of addressing the question…
Rather than boring you with more talk about the uneven course of the economy and the markets, which inevitably stumble forward through a ceaseless series of advances and declines. And rather than sharing the latest comments of Ben Bernanke as he reports on the fundamental underlying strength of the…