Barry Glassman, CFP®, Author at Glassman Wealth Services

4 Ways Retirees Can Beat The Yield Drought

Barry Glassman spoke with Sharon Epperson on CNBC’s Power Lunch about strategies to overcome the Yield Drought, a phrase he coined for today’s low-yield environment. In the interview, Barry points…

Europe’s $39 Trillion and Growing Pension Problem

With France and Austria being the latest countries downgraded by Standard and Poor’s, from AAA to AA+, it doesn’t help that Europe has a $39 trillion and growing pension problem.…

How 3 Numbers Moved the Market

Overall, last week turned out to be yet another volatile one for the global markets. I have used terms like “dichotomy of markets”, “financial schizophrenia”, and plain old insanity to…

Our View of LPL’s Acquisition of Fortigent

Fortigent, the independent investment, research and financial reporting firm we have partnered with since our inception announced this morning that they are being acquired by LPL Financial. LPL is purchasing…

Historical Returns – What’s In and What’s Out

When investing, we certainly take into consideration economic conditions and the political landscape, however, our Historical Returns Chart reminds us why we maintain a long-term investment perspective. Over the past 15…

What Are Investors Up To?

Individual investors continue to move out of stock and stock funds and are now heavily underweight equities in favor of bonds according to the American Association of Individual Investors. Allocations…

7 Ways to Tweak Your Retirement Plan for 2012

Jessica Ness, Client Advisor and Director of Financial Planning for Glassman Wealth Services recently shared her retirement planning tips with Mark Miller, retirement columnist for Reuters. “Rebalancing puts an automatic…

Retirement Rules of Thumb Don’t Always Apply

I had a conversation recently with John Waggoner, the personal finance columnist for USA Today where we talked about the assumptions that many people still make about retirement, such as…

Is an Energy Crisis Next on the Horizon

Last week, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its 2011 world energy outlook. The IEA painted a dire picture for the global energy outlook, showing an increasingly stressed oil market…

Italy – The Eurozone’s Latest Headache

Yesterday, the global markets experienced a dynamic sell-off and you should know why. This time it’s Italy. To explain what’s going on, let’s relate this whole situation to your home…