For more than a decade investors have been attracted to an array of enhanced death benefit and withdrawal guarantees in variable annuities. Volatile markets, economic turmoil, historic low interest rates, and demographic trends made income […]
In all the time I’ve been in this business, it’s always been a source of interest to me how nominally good news can create a negative effect on the markets. Here’s an example of what […]
Journalist H.L. Mencken observed that, “Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.” I think we saw that personified by the screeching that came from the DC monkey cage […]
I was fortunate enough to have be able to play football for a number of years. I still enjoy watching and commenting on games – especially how the visual acuity of the referees at any […]
One of 2013’s early investment buzz phrases was “The Great Rotation” – the idea that investors were poised for a major turn away from bonds and toward stocks. Commentators have debated whether it would really […]
