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BusinessWeek
December 19, 2005
Kathleen Madigan |
Inflation: How Not To Forecast Price Hikes Economists and investors look for a statistical connection between current data and future trends. But, what has worked in the past for predicting inflation no longer holds up.   |
BusinessWeek
December 25, 2006
James Mehring |
Inflation: Two Price Gauges That Hardly Look Tame The Federal Reserve continues to keep a hawkish eye on inflation. |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Rotten to the Core You know that statistics lie, but investors continue to rely on some statistics that don't make any sense. You can't ignore food and energy, so why should the CPI? |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2010
Nick Kapur |
Inflation Is Already Here Despite official CPI numbers saying inflation doesn't exist, many metrics show otherwise. |
Job Journal
June 18, 2006
Julia Hollister |
Nursing Assistants Job prospects in the U.S. for nursing assistants are expected to be excellent due to increasing demand for long-term care from a retired population -- which is expected to double in the next 20 years. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2005
David Braze |
Other Long-Term Care Sources If you need help as you age, where will you get it and how much will it cost? Long-term care insurance may help meet this need, but we each must decide for ourselves what option is most appropriate. |
BusinessWeek
December 3, 2007
James C. Cooper |
Looking Hard at Inflation--All of It The Fed has long made policy while averting its eyes from food and energy. But it may be impossible to turn away any longer. |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
James J. Green |
Boomers Still Prefer Aging in Place The tendency for buyers in 55+ communities to continue to work in greater numbers and for longer periods of time show us that this group is redefining the traditional notion of retirement. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Brace for an Interest Rate Hike Inflation's on the rise, and rate hikes can help keep its effects in check. Unfortunately, they could also knock your portfolio for a loop. Position your portfolio properly. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2004 |
Consider Long-Term Care Insurance Do you need long-term care insurance? You very possibly do. Here are some scary statistics to help you take this issue seriously. |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
The Inflation Rate May Not Be 15,000% ... Pay attention to the inflation rate. Even a 2% increase affects your investments. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Consumer Price Index, Part 2 The CPI has a direct effect on nearly every person in the country, and although economists disagree about aspects of its accuracy, it is widely used as a measure of how well government leaders are managing the economy. |
BusinessWeek
January 8, 2007
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Why The Market Isn't Listening To The Fed It's ignoring inflation warnings, but bets on lower rates may be too optimistic. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2010
Nick Kapur |
The CPI Is Broken. Here's Why. Santa Claus is more real than the Consumer Price Index. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2009
Amanda B. Kish |
Is the Government Manipulating Inflation Data? Inflation may actually be worse than the government would lead us to believe. Even investors who are currently in retirement need a hefty dose of stocks to keep up with inflation. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2011
Michelle Lodge |
Five Questions With Sandra Timmermann MetLife Mature Market Institute director Sandra Timmermann speaks about its latest study on grandparents and how advisors can best serve these early baby boomers as they plan their retirement. |
AskMen.com
Michael Estrin |
Inflation 101 Here's your primer on inflation -- what it is, how it affects you and how to guard against it. |
Finance & Development
March 2010
Ceyda Oner |
Back to Basics: What Is Inflation? It may be one of the most familiar words in economics. What, then, is inflation, and why is it so important? |
BusinessWeek
November 26, 2007
James C. Cooper |
Stagflation Lite? Growth is set to slow as oil and food prices continue their climb - an unwelcome, familiar combination. But there are reasons to expect a gentler version this time around. |
Investment Advisor
May 2007
Kara P. Stapleton |
Compassion, Knowledge, and Personalized Service The primary risk factor for Alzheimer's disease is age, and with the majority of financial planners' clientele growing older, it's smart for financial advisors to become familiar with a different side of the financial planning business -- gerontology. |
BusinessWeek
February 25, 2010
Rich Miller |
Deflation: Why the 'D' Word Is Back on the Table Prices for core goods and services in the U.S. have slipped to last fall's levels. While that caused some cheer on the Street, it could signal a bigger worry. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Tearing Apart the Consumer Price Index The torture chamber of adjustments the Consumer Price Index goes through in order to calculate inflation is probably one most supreme courts would deem unconstitutional. Here are a few important CPI contortions to keep in mind. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2008
Adam J. Wiederman |
Why You Must Own These Stocks It is inflation -- inflation much higher than you expect -- that will, quite likely, ruin your work-free days. Which is why you should prepare yourself by owning these stocks. |
BusinessWeek
October 8, 2007
James C. Cooper |
Why The Fed's Cut Won't Spark Inflation Housing woes, tighter credit, and a softer labor market should douse inflation. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Cool the Conspiracies: Inflation Numbers Aren't Lying to You CPI might be more accurate than you think. It's a paradox many have grappled with lately: Commodity prices are blowing up, yet the Consumer Price Index, or CPI, says inflation is tame. |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Why the U.S. Can't Inflate Its Way Out of Debt This country is in piles of debt. Projections for how much more we could load on in the coming decades are downright nightmarish. You think it's bad now? Just wait. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
This Inflation Fighter Isn't Bulletproof TIPS protect against inflation, but they're still vulnerable to higher rates. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
Coming Home Over one million older people now live in assisted-living communities. Here's how financial planners can help them weigh the options and make the transition. |
U.S. Banker
August 2001 |
Metlife Bank Gets Serious To an outsider, at least, MetLife seems to be a flighty company, shifting its executives willy-nilly between insurance and banking. |
Investment Advisor
July 2007
Rosanne Grande |
"A Piece of Paper or a Place to Live?" Here are some key issues that must be addressed before advising financial planning clients to purchase a long-term-care insurance policy. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2006
Joseph Khattab |
Profit off the Baby Boomers Investing in assisted living could have you living well. |
Insurance & Technology
April 5, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Figuring It Out To make the process of buying life insurance easier for consumers and help address the shortfall, MetLife developed an online Guaranteed Survivor Income Benefit calculator and life insurance rider for its individual universal life product. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 24, 2006
Nancy Feig |
CIO 2006: MetLife Bank's Mark La Penta Makes His Mark As the New Kid on the Block Mark La Penta, CTO and COO for Insurance giant MetLife's new bank, talks about his role in MetLife Bank's quick success. He also speaks of the role "strategic incrementalism" will play in the future of financial services IT. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2005 |
Long-Term Care Insurance Tips If you're in the market for long-term care insurance, good for you! It's not something to ignore, and many of us would be smart to get it. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2009
Mike Pienciak |
Inflation Numbers Back Consumers Into a Corner There seem to be three categories in which the Consumer Price Index weighting grossly understates actual costs. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Gene G. Marcial |
Thumbs Up For MetLife The global provider of individual insurance, annuities, and investment products is a large-cap value play that will jump in the near term. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Carol Marie Cropper |
A Combo Policy For Long-Term Care Life insurance with an accelerated benefits rider can be used to cover the cost of nursing homes if the policyholder needs it for long term care. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Alzheimer's Disease 101 It's only in the last decade or so that we have truly come to understand the various disorders of the brain that are associated with age and, in most cases, Alzheimer's disease is the prime suspect. Read on for some basic information. |
