U.S. Census Bureau

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  Public Pension Earnings ‘Largest on Record’ in Q1

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  June 29, 2012

  According to the Census Bureau, the first quarter of 2012 brought U.S. public pensions their largest investment earnings on record, dating to 1974.

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  Women Are Not a Niche

  By Mark Tibergien  |  June 26, 2012

  At a recent Barron’s Top Independent Advisors conference, an audience member posed a question to me and my counterparts that seemed like a flashback to the 1970s and ‘80s.

• Americans Lack Understanding, Concern for Disabilities’ Effects

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 15, 2012

  Despite the risks posed by disability in retirement, many Americans don’t understand their chances of becoming disabled, a report released May 8 by the American College found.

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  5 Cool Places for Advisors to Find Clients

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  April 11, 2012

  Not every advisor wants to live and work in a big city, so AdvisorOne found some areas that have a “cool factor” in addition to a high median income.

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  Tame Risk for a More Rewarding Retirement

  By David Stone  |  March 26, 2012

  A tidal wave of baby boomers is rolling into retirement and about 76 million people—roughly 10,000 a day—will turn 65 over the next two decades.

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  Rollovers Drive Increase in IRA Market Share

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  January 30, 2012

  Cerulli Associates announced Monday that total assets in the U.S. retirement market, including public and private defined-contribution, defined-benefit and individual retirement account markets, increased 9.6% in 2010 to $15.8 trillion.

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  State Retirement Assets Up 10% in 2010: Census Bureau

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  January 30, 2012

  Retirement assets in public employee systems increased more than 10% in 2010 to $2.2 trillion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported on Jan. 26.

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  Why Women’s Retirement Participation Rate Only Looks Lower Than Men’s

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  November 30, 2011

  While men have higher participation rates in retirement plans overall, when controlled for work status, women consistently have higher participation rates, the Employee Benefit Research Institute announced on Tuesday.

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  Answering the Public Pension Question

  By Tim Rouse  |  November 1, 2011

  Funding gaps. Benefit cuts. Fiscal reform. Budget repair. No matter where you live today, it’s hard to ignore the challenges that many state and municipal pension systems are facing.

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  Stagnation Nation: Census Analysis

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  September 14, 2011

  The gap in what people earn today compared to what they once earned goes far to explain the current pervasive sense of economic malaise, U.S. Census data show.