In the last two weeks I’ve received an assortment of questions about how, exactly, Social Security inflation adjustments work. In brief, there are two types of inflation-indexing that occur with Social Security: indexing of your earnings history and indexing of retirement/disability benefits (and other benefits based on …
How would you like to add “Venture Capitalist” to your social media profiles? Indiegogo and Microventures have teamed up to offer equity stakes in startups to virtually anyone for as little as $100. Here is an Indiegogo blog post and a NY Times article covering the announcement. Previously, only…
Economic TimesDo you know about cut-off timings in mutual funds?Economic TimesIf you are investing more than Rs 2 lakh, you need to ensure that the funds and the application form are submitted with the mutual fund house before the cut-off time. Even if you apply before the cut-…
The equilibrium real rate of interest, or R* in the jargon of macro economists, has moved into the centre of the debate about monetary policy in the US. Macro investors have become very familiar with the concept over the past couple of years, because it is clear that it is …