Retirement Planning and Investing

Read about key developments in the United States and elsewhere that are most relevant to investors interested in retirement planning and investing.

How to Protect Yourself from a Stock Market Crash

"Look out! A 1987-Style Crash is Coming." -- Marc Faber Last month, Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom,...

The Opportunity in the Soon-to-be Electronic Medical Records Pain Point

Joining me this week on PowerTalk is Lauren Fifield, senior health policy advisor at Practice Fusion. Practice Fusion...

Deficits Fall: Is Gridlock Good?

A mild recovery in the economy, combined with tax hikes and a spending slowdown, resulted in a sharply...

Summer Reading List with Niall Ferguson and Conrad Black

This week on PowerTalk, I’m serving up our late summer reading list. That’s right, the last few weeks...

Whom Would You Trust with Your Savings: Your Grandfather or Big Brother?

Today's Skousen CAFÉ features a guest column from investment writer Dennis Miller, while I am attending and speaking...

Small Business is the Lifeblood of New Jobs, TD Bank Executive Says

Joining me on PowerTalk this week to talk about the economy, the outlook for small business and job...

Why Are Stock Prices so Volatile?

At the invitation of Jan Fijor, a publisher of free-market books in Warsaw, Poland, I just completed writing...

PowerTalk: Rolling in the Dough, CEO of Panera Bread Finds Profitable Recipe

Joining me this week on PowerTalk is Ron Shaich, the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Panera Bread (PNRA)....

PowerTrend Brief: Get Ready, the 2013 Investor’s Half-Time Show is Over

I hope you, your family, friends and loved ones had an enjoyable Fourth of July. I also hope...

Fed Ending Easy Money? Good!

The markets -- stocks, bonds, gold, and commodities -- tumbled after Ben Bernanke gave his most explicit signal...