We're only asking for more concrete steps in Europe, a stable tax regime here at home, productive corporate cash deployment, more jobs, and mild inflation.
Overspending and impatient selling are two moves that can prematurely drain retirees' portfolio income, warns financial columnist Gail MarksJarvis, who offers strategies to avoid these pitfalls.
FPA's Tom Atteberry says interest rates are at unsustainable levels and offers his strategies and opportunities for managing a portfolio in an uncertain bond market.
Harold Evensky of Evensky & Katz Wealth Management says his firm uses a 3% longer-term inflation rate but remains concerned that inflation could run higher in the short term. Evensky also comments on health-care inflation assumptions and long-term care insurance.