http://retirementsecurityinstitute.com/blog Economic, financial, and political trends commentary Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:09:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I read an analysis of the risk taking environment of the first part of the 21st century by the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank. One of the observations about the 2007 credit crunch is that investors underestimated key aspects of risk: default risk, interest rate risk, and risk appetite (that sometimes ... http://retirementsecurityinstitute.com/blog/2008/01/14/market-sobriety/ Retirement security is synonomous with risk management. In the October 20th Wall Street Journal article "SIVs Pose Risks for Money Market Funds", another shoe dropped in the subprime mortgage/credit crunch saga. SIV securities or structured investment vehicles, which big banks were bailing out recently, were also found to be held ... http://retirementsecurityinstitute.com/blog/2007/10/29/risk-management/ Greenspan makes the circuit, being interviewed by all the top news outlets and venues. Today I listened to him speak about his book of memoirs on KERA 90.1 FM. He reiterated that Medicare is really one of the biggest problems we have in terms of public policy. His view is ... http://retirementsecurityinstitute.com/blog/2007/09/18/greenspans-words-continue-to-ring-true/ Context, analysis, choice data, big picture -- this is really the crux of the white paper. Uses of it: education for professionals, share in seminars or workshops, customize portions for client education, etc. I will use this blog to post occasional commentary when the makings of a trend emerge, events or news ... http://retirementsecurityinstitute.com/blog/2007/09/10/retirement-security-white-paper-launched/ "Retirement Security in the 21st Century: Considerations and Risks in Building the Infrastructure" will be available hopefully by the end of next week. It should shave considerable research time from busy professionals' lives. http://retirementsecurityinstitute.com/blog/2007/09/06/hello-world/