Consumption Smoothing Income & Wealth Taxes The Great Equalizers: Social Security and Pensions Answer this question, please. You meet two people. They are the same age and sex. By Scott Burns / February 22, 2016
Income & Wealth Retirement Longevity of the Nerds If you were a nerd in high school, I’ve got some good news. Remember all By Scott Burns / January 24, 2016
At Large Income & Wealth Fearless Forecasts, 2016 Did you see 2015 go by? I blinked and it was Christmas. No matter, the By Scott Burns / December 27, 2015
Income & Wealth Retirement Social Security How To Make Everyone Happy Let’s make a scary assumption: You ran for office and won. You are a new By Scott Burns / September 13, 2015
Better Spending Couch Potato Investing Income & Wealth Lacy Hunt: Why Interest Rates Won’t Rise Economist Lacy Hunt thinks long-term Treasury bonds are a buy. That’s definitely not the conventional By Scott Burns / August 30, 2015
Income & Wealth Retirement Social Security Your Social Security ‘Money’s Worth’ How can you get your money’s worth out of all that you pay into Social By Scott Burns / July 19, 2015
Couch Potato Investing Income & Wealth Inflation Retirement Taxes The High Cost of Low Returns and Yields Retirement isn’t what it used to be. No one knew it at the time, but By Scott Burns / July 19, 2015
Income & Wealth Retirement Chasing the Big Dogs It’s that time again. Time to see just exactly where you stand on the heap By Scott Burns / May 28, 2015
Income & Wealth Retirement The Thinness of Wealth Are we heading toward a retirement crisis, or not? It’s a simple question. But when By Scott Burns / May 24, 2015
Income & Wealth Retirement Social Security The Other Enemy of 401(k) Plans (And Your Retirement) What government gives with one hand, it takes back with the other. I’m serious. We By Scott Burns / April 26, 2015
Income & Wealth Retirement Social Security Taxes It’s Time to Repeal the Senior Citizen Surtax Tax reform is in the air-- again. This means we will be subject to the By Scott Burns / April 12, 2015