Archive for AIA Newsletter
Getting the Most from Your 401(k)
By Dennis Miller People who invest heavily in their 401(k)s expect to have enough money to retire. Many are surprised when they come up short—a topic Frontline recently covered in “The Retirement Gamble.” What is going wrong? The show cited mutual fund fees, a topic we tackled in depth in…
Picking Winners in a Field of Losers
By Dennis Miller The airline tried to zap us with an overweight luggage fee on our flight home from the Casey Summit in Tucson. I was toting piles of notes and ideas to share with our readers, and I had to open two suitcases for the whole world to see….
The Big Squeeze on Your Wallet
By Dennis Miller As the politicos in Washington continue to move the deck chairs around on the Titanic, ignoring the monster iceberg in plain sight, I’m keeping my eyes wide open. Here are a few tidbits from a recently published Social Security Administration factsheet: An estimated 161 million workers—94% of…
The Postal Worker Assumed the Gun Wasn’t Loaded
By Dennis Miller A man with a wooden leg worked with my dad at the post office. I could even hear his leg creak as he limped along. Remember, this was long before I needed a hearing aid. When I asked if he’d lost his leg in the war, my…
A Million Dollars Isn’t What It Used to Be
By Dennis Miller We all share a common goal: to grow our nest eggs and make sure they last over the long haul. Our generation was taught to live off the interest and never touch the principal, but interest rates for CDs and Treasuries no longer allow for that. Frankly,…
Busting Economic and Natural-Resource Myths
By The Gold Report The Gold Report: Why is the theory of tapering or turning quantitative easing (QE) off a myth, and who really benefits from QE? Rick Rule: My view—as an investor, not an economist—is that QE is misnamed. I think it’s another way of saying counterfeiting. It exists…