Tag: equities

Smashed piggy bank

Apparently, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is working with Senator Angus King (I-ME), who caucuses with the Democrats, to craft a bipartisan solution to fix Social Security.  Their plan involves creating a fund outside of Social Security that could be invested in equities and using the earnings on that fund to help pay promised benefits.  T…

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Researchers have tried and failed to fully understand why so many people are unwilling to plunge into the stock market and ride the ups and downs of an investment that pays off over the long haul. A new study finally lands on something that has the power to affect how people invest: personality. In fact,…