Laurence Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics and Boston University. Professor Kotlikoff is one of the nation’s leading experts on fiscal policy, national saving and personal finance.
Professor Kotlikoff is the author or co-author of 15 books and he publishes extensively in newspapers, magazines and blogs on issues of personal finance, financial reform, taxes,...
Don MaNay is a financial columnist, a Huffington Post contributor and an expert in the field of structured settlements.
Don’s financial guidance is refreshingly straightforward, filled with good common sense, and geared towards a Main Street audience. His most recent book is titled Wealth Without Wall Street: A Main Street Guide to Making Money.
We had an opportunity to speak to Don about his financial practice and his most recent book.
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According to a 2009 article in Sports Illustrated, 78 percent of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress within two years of their retirement, and 60 percent of former NBA players are broke within five years of their retirement.
Is there a financial equivalent to the maxim “first do no harm?”
What if one of the guiding principles of medicine was applied to the world of financial advice?
What would the financial services landscape look like if product manufacturers and advisors were required to play by rules similar to those that exist for physicians?
First, my guess is that the financial corollary to the application of primum non nocere (first do no harm) would be:
I have had countless conversations over the past year or so with people who cannot believe they are actually paying to hear someone tell them that they are in relatively good shape because their portfolio has outperformed some index by fifty basis points. ...
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There is a factoid that stuck in my head after reading the recent paper on retirement income sponsored by the
