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A popular prescription in the personal finance domain is to increase or maximize annual contributions to 401(k)s or similar retirement plans. However, one of the best financial decisions I’ve m

Over the last year it's become abundantly clear that the stock market can devastate even seemingly healthy retirement accounts. Even so, with the guaranteed income of traditional pensions disappearin

The present contains all possible futures. But not all futures are good ones. Some can be quite cruel. The one we actually get is dictated by the choices we make. For the last few months I’ve b

1. The Worst is Behind UsIn the 1974 film Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, the title characters spend an hour and a half eluding a small-town country sheriff in a helicopter with a 1968 Dodge Charger before

I’ve been in South America this week, speaking nine times in five days, interspersed with lots of meetings. The conversation kept coming back to the prospects for the dollar, but I was just as

Many baby boomers spent too much time listening to rock lyrics that said “live for today and don’t worry about tomorrow,” which has plunged them into financial trouble and is delayi

If your reaction to your last 401(k) statement was, “I’m never going to be able to save enough to retire, so why bother,” you’re not the only one having trouble coping with th

John Mauldin coined the incredibly popular phrase “Muddle Through Economy.” If the next few years continue to drag along as we rebuild from the greatest credit bubble in history, then Joh

Editor's Note: This is Part 2 in a multiple-part series. Part 1 can be found here. Government LargesseA key risk remains in the ability of governments to finance their burgeoning government deficits.