Monthly Archives: June 2013
Ritholtz: “A hedge fund for you and me? The best move is to take a pass”
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-24/business/39489985_1_hedge-funds-private-investment-partnerships-investors “A hedge fund for you and me? The best move is to take a pass” Barry Ritholtz on Hedge Funds The math is compelling. Hedge fund managers get rich – “2&20” as they say. The investors? Rarely. And the hedging? A lot less than you might think, since the name “hedge fund” has […]
The Father of the Modern 401(k) Says It Fails Many Americans
<http://www.marketplace.org/topics/sustainability/consumed/father-modern-401k-says-it-fails-many-americans> “Thus began the era of make-your-own-retirement.” The 401k wasn’t exactly an accident – it was intentionally put into the tax code. But the blockbuster growth of it, and the way it’s supplanting the traditional pension more and more – that was not the original intention. Scott Tang at American Public Media (NPR) discusses the […]
“The 411 on 529 and other college savings plans”
“The 411 on 529 and other college savings plans” <http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2013/04/18/the-411-on-529-and-other-college-savings-plans/> A nice summary of some of the issues, both good and bad, about 529 plans and some other alternatives for saving for college. Particularly nice to see the two main variations of 529s discussed – “college savings” versus “prepaid tuition”. We don’t see discussion of […]
Meyers Wealth Management 