As you reach your seventh decade (that would be turning age 60 for those who forgot your first decade includes only your single digit years), you find yourself fast approaching that universal goal line known as “retirement.” Don’t let the nearness to the final goal may fool you into inaction.
Posts From Christopher Carosa, CTFA
Compliance craziness, Fiduciary Rule rising, and tossing MPT (and Indexing, too?).
So-called “socially responsible” investing is not automatically incompatible with abiding by one’s fiduciary duty, however, the cases where it is acceptable are narrowly defined.
The current environment abounds with many temptations that try to lure the unsuspecting fiduciary. Here are five very relevant examples.
It goes without saying there are risks when one plays politics with other peoples’ money. The depths of the ensuing fiduciary liability will only be tested when the tort bar brings the matter to court. Until then, fiduciaries may wish to proceed with caution.
State-run suspicions, the funny thing about fees, and investing’s good old days.
“As for as the pre-release discussion of the Trump tax plan, I would just ignore it. It’s short on details, which raises too many questions.”
States don’t run, fee scruples, and Bogle’s Bombshell.
Thanks in part to media reporting, retirement savers objectives are often misplaced. Striving for a high return or outpacing a particular index does not make for a successful retirement savings strategy.
FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 6/2/17
Retirement policy conflicts, shifting sands of fiduciary, and turning the screw on MPT.