Tag: stock market decline

A businessman is looking at a graph on a monitor

More importantly, long-run trends show little gains for median balances. It is always interesting to look at Vanguard’s most recent edition of “How America Saves.”  And it is particularly interesting to get the numbers for 2022 – not a good year for the stock market.  Indeed, the news isn’t good for 2022.  More importantly, t…

Two investors are working together to analyze a graph

And in recent years, they have actually hurt; although they may have dampened volatility. In fiscal year 2022, state and local pension plans have seen the decline in the stock market erase much of the gains from 2021. And, recent media reports by Pensions and Investments, The Wall Street Journal, and others have suggested that…