Guest Post – Annuities Are Expensive
Annuities are an important and sometimes dominant part of the investment portfolio for millions of savers. While in certain instances there is a requirement for
Annuities are an important and sometimes dominant part of the investment portfolio for millions of savers. While in certain instances there is a requirement for
My friend Pete Kovac got so peeved about Michael Lewis’ Flash Boys that he wrote a response, in the form of a book, called Flash
Pete Kovac, a friend who worked for a quantitative trading firm, got in touch with me soon after Michael Lewis’s Flash Boys came out last
I generally trust markets when it comes to political forecasting, which is why I dabbled in trading contracts on the Iowa Political Markets in both
A thoughtful reader sent me this Time Magazine article, with musings on retirement written by a 24 year old. The first question the article prompted:
Editor’s Note: A version of this post appeared today in the San Antonio Express News: A former student at Trinity sent me a Facebook message

I founded Bankers Anonymous because, as a recovering banker, I believe that the gap between the financial world as I know it and the public discourse about finance is more than just a problem for a family trying to balance their checkbook, or politicians trying to score points over next year’s budget – it is a weakness of our civil society. For reals. It’s also really fun for me.
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