Rekenthaler Report

Comparing the Thrift Savings Plan’s offering to Treasury bills and I Bonds.

The signs are promising.

By history’s standards, stocks have not performed too badly, but bonds certainly have.

The answer depends on the direction of inflation.

What potential buyers should know in the aftermath.

Taking the global perspective.

One step backwards, two steps forward?

They are, but with an asterisk.

This year’s surprise loser.

Challenges from customized investments could overtake funds in the longer term.

Research shows they could work better for retirement savers.

Ideas that have withstood the test of time—and that have failed it.

Funds claiming high yields amid market volatility? There’s always a catch.

What the current indicators suggest.

Why did so many people miss the mark?

Asking once again: Have U.S. equities become cheap?

No, bitcoin does not make the cut.

Well, it depends.

If so, the industry’s leaders must perform better.

Although their future I Bond yield has slipped, they remain an excellent bargain.

They flee opportunities rather than seize them.

The benefits of keeping investment executives on a tight leash.

We found several winners — and a lot more losers.

In theory, their odds should be improving.

These days, the statistic’s interpretation is taken more figuratively than literally.

The order of investment returns matters for workers, too.

What every retiree should understand.

The answer is less straightforward than it first appears.

The company’s actively managed funds are shedding assets.

Crossing the line from investing to gambling.

Which is the better deal?

The long-range outlook for this year’s investment fashion.

Now is the perfect time to buy today’s investment darlings.

Probably not, as its customers have become very set in their ways.

Financial institutions might sometimes be wicked, but they deliver a genuine public good.

At long last, the opportunity for tactical funds has knocked.

The Federal Reserve’s critics see what they wish to see.

Re-evaluating the prospects for 30-Year Treasuries.

They have been used differently than their inventors envisioned.

Trusting societies tend to be both happier and wealthier.

It occupied the right competitive position at the right time.

More current cash usually means less future capital.

Testing a widely held belief.

Will today’s investment trends survive the bear market?

The advantages of playing it safe.

For the first time in decades, bonds haven’t protected balanced portfolios. What to do?

The story behind this year’s results.

Understanding this year’s stock market woes.

The latest missive from Bank of America is no exception.

What if Vanguard shareholders had invested actively, rather than with the company’s Growth and Value Index funds?