Dec 12 What’s Wrong with a Municipal Bond Fund? By Paul Solman Photo by Peter Dazeley via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: Peter Stratton: I'm interested in current income only. Why… Continue reading
Dec 10 How Would the Fiscal Cliff Affect Your Tax Bill? By Paul Solman Ettore Sottsass, Summa 19 Electronic Printing Calculator, 1970. Manufactured by Ing. C. Olivetti & C. S.p.A., Italy. Photo courtesy of the Denver Art Museum. As we all watch the folks in Washington wrangle over how to avert the fiscal cliff,… Continue reading
Dec 10 The Hysterical Economy By Paul Solman Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images. Paul Solman: "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff is best known on this page as the Social Security guru who answers your questions every Monday, as he did this morning. In the real world, though, he's… Continue reading
Dec 10 The Hysterical Economy By Paul Solman Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images. Paul Solman: "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff is best known on this page as the Social Security guru who answers your questions every Monday, as he did this morning. In the real world, though, he's a sometimes… Continue reading
Dec 10 How Would the Fiscal Cliff Affect Your Tax Bill? By Paul Solman Ettore Sottsass, Summa 19 Electronic Printing Calculator, 1970. Manufactured by Ing. C. Olivetti & C. S.p.A., Italy. Photo courtesy of the Denver Art Museum. As we all watch the folks in Washington wrangle over how to avert the fiscal cliff,… Continue reading
Dec 10 Ask Larry: Real Danger of Old Age Is Outliving Your Savings Photo by Mark Bowden via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social Security gotchas have prompted so many of you to write in… Continue reading
Dec 10 Ask Larry: Real Danger of Old Age Is Outliving Your Savings By Paul Solman Photo by Mark Bowden via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social Security gotchas have prompted so many of you to write in that… Continue reading
Dec 07 Great Jobs Numbers? U-7 Says It Ain’t Necessarily So Applicants meet potential employers at the Diversity Job Fair on December 6, 2012 in Manhattan, New York City. Hundreds of minorities turned out to seek jobs, a day ahead of the release of monthly national unemployment figures in Washington… Continue reading
Dec 07 Great Jobs Numbers? U-7 Says It Ain’t Necessarily So By Paul Solman Applicants meet potential employers at the Diversity Job Fair on December 6, 2012 in Manhattan, New York City. Hundreds of minorities turned out to seek jobs, a day ahead of the release of monthly national unemployment figures in Washington DC. Continue reading
Dec 06 My Words Are Your Bonds: But Should You Keep Buying Them? By Paul Solman There are some sobering realities to consider when betting on bonds. Photo by Cultura/Liam Norris via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is… Continue reading