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Andrew B. Abel

Why Tinkering Too Much with Your Portfolio Won’t Pay Off

Aug 02, 2013
Finance
Europe, North America

When it comes to your investment portfolio, how much attention is too much -- and what constitutes too little? In a recent paper, Wharton finance professor Andrew B. Abel and[…]

So You Want to Live to 100? More of Us Will, and Here Is What Life Might Look Like

If your children happened to be born since the year 2000 in developed countries, they will most likely live to be 100, and they will be healthier than elderly people[…]

New Fed Head Bernanke: Inflation Is Key

Nov 21, 2005
Finance
North America

Ben S. Bernanke is a superb choice to replace Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve, but he will have to demonstrate to financial markets that he is as[…]

Is Social Security in Trouble? Depends on Whom You Ask

President Bush has launched his promised campaign to revamp Social Security, arguing that future funding shortfalls could be made up by allowing workers to put part of their contributions into[…]

Who Cares About the Deficit, and Why?

Feb 25, 2004
Finance
North America

The numbers seem staggering: The U.S. federal budget deficit is projected to reach a record $521 billion this year, equaling about one-fourteenth of the federal debt accumulated over the nation’s[…]

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