• Investing During a Downturn: A History Lesson
• BY: Girard Miller   |   September 22, 2011
• What the research reveals on stocks, bonds and inflation.
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• Socialized Pension Losses for Everybody?
• BY: Girard Miller   |   September 22, 2011
• A new "Secure Choice" proposal is half-baked but could be salvaged.
• 2 Comments

• Why and How to Restore the United States' AAA Rating
• BY: Girard Miller   |   September 8, 2011
• Inaction could wipe out all domestic programs in just 10 years.
• 24 Comments

• Making Money in a Zero-Yield Market
• BY: Girard Miller   |   September 8, 2011
• Find the silver lining in 2011's low-rate world.

• Bonds Trump Pensions in Rhode Island
• BY: Girard Miller   |   August 11, 2011
• A new law puts investors first -- to save the system.
• 34 Comments

• Bring Back Volcker
• BY: Girard Miller   |   August 11, 2011
• President Obama needs a strong CFO, now.
• 1 Comments

• Navigating the New Normal Economy
• BY: Girard Miller   |   August 11, 2011
• Even without a double-dip recession, it's a lost decade for state and local governments and their employees.
• 1 Comments

• Deep Freeze for Salaries
• BY: Girard Miller   |   August 8, 2011
• Thanks to the pension crisis, the public-sector should prepare for a 'lost decade' of compensation correction.
• 26 Comments

• Get Ready for GASB
• BY: Girard Miller   |   August 8, 2011
• Pension accounting changes should prod advance planning.
• 4 Comments

• Sharing More Pension Data with Investors
• BY: Girard Miller   |   August 2011
• Public employers will think twice about future benefit increases if laws require more disclosure.
• 1 Comments

• Do Unions Really Spur More Pension Benefits?
• BY: Girard Miller   |   July 21, 2011
• A new study challenges common beliefs about public pensions and collective bargaining.
• 6 Comments

• GASB Files for Divorce
• BY: Girard Miller   |   July 14, 2011
• Accounting standards are splitting away from pension funding policies.
• 9 Comments

• Pension Reform: Hits and Misses
• BY: Girard Miller   |   July 7, 2011
• Big changes are under way in some locales, but some unions are holding out.
• 19 Comments

• Use It or Lose It
• BY: Girard Miller   |   June 23, 2011
• How to clean up "accrued leave" without hosing taxpayers
• 15 Comments

• Bond Lawyers Discuss Stronger Pension Disclosures
• BY: Girard Miller   |   June 23, 2011
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