Megan McArdle

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  Social Security’s Old Forecasting Method Hides New Time Bomb, Researchers Say

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 8, 2013

  Two researchers argue that the Social Security Administration is using outdated methods to project longevity and therefore understates the system’s shortfall by two years.

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  Financial Blogosphere Must-Reads

  By Gerald Burstyn  |  February 1, 2012

  The Internet has spawned a brave new world of market reading as important to investors as The Wall Street Journal.

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  Advising International Clients; Looking Beyond Wirehouses: February Research—Slideshow

  By Editorial Staff  |  January 27, 2012

  Serving internationally mobile clients has become a growth industry for financial advisors, as Contributing Editor Ellen Uzelac discusses in Research magazine's February cover story "Advising Across Borders." Another February article, “Fear of Flying,” tells the stories of brokers who left the wirehouse world in order to become registered investment...

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  U.S., Euro Stocks Crumble on Fears of New Crisis

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  August 4, 2011

  Fears in Europe that contagion won't spare Italy and Spain were unassuaged by Europe's central bank on Thursday, sending stocks and bonds plunging. Meanwhile, investors' flight to safety had a perverse effect in the U.S., where the Bank of New York announced it would charge depositors to hold their money.

• Merrill Lynch Webcast Panelists: Expect Rise in U.S. Taxes

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  August 6, 2010

  Wealthier taxpayers, not corporations, likely to bear the burden, say members of a panel hosted by BofA's Merrill Lynch.

• Merrill Lynch Webcast Panelists Expect U.S. Taxes to Rise

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  August 5, 2010

  Merrill Lynch Wealth Management assembled a panel of experts for a Webcast on Monday, July 19, to discuss why they believe taxes will rise, what form these increases are likely to take and how higher rates may affect taxpayers.

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  Boomer retirement: "When it's over, will America look better, worse, or just different?"

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 28, 2008

  Megan Mcardle's piece on retirement in this month's issue of Atlantic Monthly should be required reading for every boomer advisor. Finally, something new and unique...