one can no better judge when interest rates will rise significantly than they can tell you if equities will be up or down in 2014.  My advice is take the yields, keep some of your power dry and be ready to shorten maturities on bond funds sometime (perhaps later) in 2014.  Why the discussion about treasuries?  I don't ...more

Jubak and many others started predicting a bond bubble long ago.  Since the Fed has stated that they will hold interest rates low for another 2 - 3 years, I hope someone will enlighten me how a bubble in bonds is going to happen before 2015..  Surely interest rates have nowhere to go but up.  (DUH?)  But if they aren't...more

i'm not one of the people the article refers to as not being able to retire.  From my perspective these numbers are way off.  I don't really give a s--- that others can't retire - it's their problem.  I retired at 60 with no pension, no mail money.  i don't plan on taking S.S. until 66 cause I don't need it and I'll ge...more

MOST OF YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE.  YOU'RE SCARED WHEN YOU NEED TO BE DIVERSIFIED.  THINK BONDS ARE DONE BECAUSE INTEREST RATES HAVE NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP?  YOU ARE WRONG.  DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD AVOID STOCK PROFITS AT DOW 12600?  VALUATIONS ARE HIGH?  NOT.  DO YOU BELEIVE THAT OIL AND ENERGY WILL GO DOWN LONG TERM REGARDL...more