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As Pension Debt Crests $1.5 Trillion, States are Headed Toward Crisis
The Tax Foundation has created a map of each state's pension funding situation. It's not pretty. If you live in South Dakota, Oregon or...
Is Your State Pension Really about to Explode?
Don't look now, but many of the nation's states are in deep financial trouble. Pensions around the country have been underfunded, and Ohio is...
Bond and Pension Struggle in Puerto Rico
You get an idea how the struggle between bondholders and pensions quickly turns into a political nightmare, as reported in the WSJ:
San Juan, Puerto...
Pension Survival Increases Risks
"The public dispute over accounting standards is a signal to taxpayers, retirees and political reformers that fundamental flaws remain in how pensions measure their...
Dangerous Rules Make American Pensions Riskier
The abuse of expected returns assumptions at public pension funds in America is something I have regularly raised a red flag about. Take a...
States and Cities Struggle under Pension Weight
Timothy Martin writes at the Wall Street Journal that public pensions in the United States are about to record their lowest long-term returns ever....
Brexit a Pension Fund Risk?
I've written in the past about the threat that low market yields and returns pose to pension funds, where managers are setting expectations too...
Hedge Funds, Pensions and their Union Handler
Hedge Fund managers are under pressure from Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), for supporting charters schools and pension reform.
Some...
Pensions: Left on the Hook will be the Taxpayer
Ike Brannon, a visiting fellow at the Cato Institute, explains how the Puerto Rico rescue makes state pensioners the big winner.
Right now, states cannot...
Warning! Pension Funds Continue to Swing for the Fences
You really can’t make this stuff up. Pension funds refuse to read the writing on the wall: We are living in a reduced return...
Dick's Must Reads
Concentrate on Dividend Record and Compounding
Originally posted March 11, 2020.
There are few histories as crucial to the course of my life as my awakening to the power of compound...
The Four Most Important Words in Investing
UPDATE 1.20.26: I like a long-term targeted 4% Fed funds rate. The Fed needs to protect savers with a funds rate at 4% or...
Still Stirring Excellence—Esquire Honors Clarke Cooke House
Artwork by Steve Schneider
Originally posted on August 4, 2025.
If you’ve received a birthday card from Your Survival Guy, then you know how neat the...
