Inflation was a hot topic the last two days. The last three months are running at an annual rate at more than 4% inflation. This post shows six graphs I use to follow the inflation trends. We get the last report for inflation for March

This was an interesting article at Morningstar: Should You Keep Foreign Stocks Out of Your IRA? Tax considerations suggest yes…. There is an added tax wrinkle with international stocks or funds, but I conclude the opposite: the tax considerations CLEARLY say it’s preferable to

I view the bonds we retirees hold as a form of insurance – downside protection. We need to sell from our portfolio each year for our spending. We don’t want to sell stocks when they’ve taken a deep dive. Selling stocks then for our spending

I’ve been encouraged about returns to date for this year and the outlook for our economy, but 2022 was a really bad year. Stocks and bonds combined for the roughly the fifth worst portfolio return in history. We rebounded in 2023 and are doing well

We’re within 3% of the inflation-adjusted peak for stocks in November 2021. This is a sharp change from my post at the two-year mark, when I concluded we had to see a real increase of 25% to get back to that peak. Wow. I’m