Why a Slow-Burn Pension Crisis Is Getting Harder to Fix

As humans live longer, national pension systems need more money to pay for extended retirements; however, across the developed world, the number of people working and paying into these systems is stagnating or even shrinking. We’ll all likely need to work for longer,...

Is the Bear Market Over? It Depends.

The S&P 500 ended the day nearly 20 percent above its low last year, within a hair of a milestone for some market watchers. But assessing a bona fide bull market is not so simple.