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Allison SchragerQuartz |
The bad news is that most of us will need to work longer. The good news is that, if we do it right, most of us will want to. Retiring at 65 or even 67...
US markets are doing much better than markets everywhere else, but no one seems to know why. Yes, there are theories: Perhaps it’s the promise of...
Billionaires and Bernie Sanders agree on at least one thing: They see a four-day work week in America’s future. Hedge fund manager Steve Cohen is...
As a retirement economist — not to be confused with a retired economist, which are rare — I often find myself talking to Wall Street types who...
Like many Americans, I love March Madness. I still consider the night of March 22, 1990, when my local college team won one of the greatest victories...
I was attracted to finance because it promised some order amid chaos. Here was this market, with billions of transactions a day — and yet it managed...
Please indulge me in some taxi-driver reporting (or, in this case, ride-share driver reporting): A few months ago, traveling in a city cheaper than...
The pandemic was so bad for working women, especially mothers, that it was known in some quarters as the “she-cession.” But the recovery — and...
When I was looking for an apartment in Manhattan, my broker was my best friend. Not only did I tour scores of places with him (this was during the...
TikTok stands accused of poisoning the minds of Gen Z, making them hate America and giving them a distorted view of history. Without getting into all...
When it comes to financial markets, nothing is certain. For much of the last few decades, however, it was easy to convince yourself otherwise:...
Two big things have happened in the crypto world this month: a public validation and a semi-private snub. Both of them bode poorly for its future. The...
A hip and sophisticated friend, a longtime New Yorker, complained to me recently about a potential date. “He wanted to meet at 6 o’clock for...
The virtue bubble has not only peaked; it is starting to deflate. For the last few years, the ESG movement has affected both how people invest and...
Regardless of your perspective, Harvard looks bad right now — and that’s good for America. The resignation of Claudine Gay as president has...
Economists did not believe it was possible, but they’ve been wrong a lot lately, and in their defense it has only ever happened once (or maybe...
Whatever you’ve been told about your retirement, odds are that it’s wrong. Saving enough for your retirement, and investing the right way, are...
Becoming a financially secure adult is hard. Establishing yourself in your career, securing a home, starting a family … it’s a struggle as old as...
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday over a dispute over a $14,279 tax bill — and the slightly more consequential question of what counts...
The humanities and social sciences are failing. Their popularity in the US has been waning in recent years, as many students enter STEM fields to seek...
The latest inflation report, showing that price increases slowed in October, suggests that the US just might get the “immaculate disinflation”...
I am not a fan of one-size-fits-all financial strategies. Yes, I see the value of making investment as simple as possible, but the right balance of...
I remember the exact moment in 2007 when I knew the financial industry was headed for a reckoning. There was no data point that tipped me off, no...
The US economy is being kept afloat with lawnmowers, cars and vacations. US consumers have kept buying these things despite high inflation and the...
Like many people my age, I look back fondly on my free-range childhood. Now many of my generation have become neurotic helicopter parents — and...
Last month, the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing movement got a hard reality check about one of its favorite financial tools....
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