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Posts by: Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine

Narrowing the Class Chasm

On May 13, 2013 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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For something that impacts virtually every aspect of every American life, it’s surprising how little many of us know and think about capitalism.

Do not, however, count Jerry Z. Muller among the uninformed. Muller is a professor of history at The Catholic University of America and has written extensively about the system of production [...]

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Choosing an ‘Optimal’ Retirement Age

On January 14, 2013 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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The Italians have a phrase for it that sounds as lyrical as what it depicts: “La dolce far niente,” or the sweetness of doing nothing.

Ah, retirement. Regardless of what surveys say about how most Americans are satisfied in their jobs, it’s a good bet that many would ditch the work-a-day world in a [...]

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An Education in QE 3

On October 22, 2012 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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About a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (then a Fed governor) described what the government might do to prevent Japanese-style deflation if falling prices became a threat in the United States. Referencing earlier comments from economist Milton Friedman, Bernanke said the Fed could [...]

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Niceness Pays

On September 17, 2012 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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Every week, or so it seems, another company is implicated in some manner of illegal or unethical activity. Though the global credit crunch put bankers squarely in the legal crosshairs, questionable business practices are hardly the sole domain of the moneychangers. Think Enron, WorldCom and Arthur Andersen — and consider the devastating impact of [...]

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Keynes’ Legacy as an Investor

On August 13, 2012 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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According to a research paper by David Chambers of Cambridge University and Elroy Dimson of the London Business School, the economist John Maynard Keynes, whose economic theories still provide the theoretical underpinning for countercyclical fiscal policies, was an extraordinary money manager. Though Keynes had written extensively on the subject, uncovering his actual performance record [...]

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Recession CEOs: Cautious Revenue-Generators

On May 14, 2012 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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New research suggests that nurture may be more important than nature when it comes to how CEOs manage businesses. According to a working paper by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors Antoinette Schoar and Luo Zuo, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, economic conditions at the time a CEO enters the [...]

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Fuzzy Math

On January 26, 2012 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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It seems that politicians on both sides of the Atlantic aren’t the only ones in denial about their countries’ finances. Some U.S. consumers either don’t know important financial concepts or choose to believe only what they want to believe.

A new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York compared [...]

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