MCF Insights: Women and Higher Money Risk
Women are more vulnerable to financial insecurity because they typically live longer, have more breaks in their employment and earn less.
MCF Insights: Special Needs Require Special Planning
The most effective way to provide a great life for your loved one with special needs is to access both public and private resources. Unlocking this money from public resources often starts with asking the right questions.
PRESS RELEASE: Kentucky Retirement Systems Board of Trustees Re-Elects Chair and Vice Chair
April 2019 Capital Markets Update
April 2019 Capital Market Commentary by Dave Harris, CEO
MCF Insights: Will Dividends Make a Comeback in 2019?
The current bull market celebrated its 10th birthday in March of 2019 and equity investors celebrated as the S&P 500 delivered returns north of 400% over the past 10 years. And it seems everyone wants to talk about growth stocks, IPOs and capital gains, but no one wants to talk about the other source of stock returns: dividends.
MCF Insights: Bankruptcies, Pensions, & the Dodo Bird
When a company announces bankruptcy, employees usually lose their jobs and benefits. But what happens to former employees who were promised pensions or other benefits? Well, a federal judge just ruled that the Westmoreland Coal Company – one of the largest coal companies in the country – could end the health benefits for its former miners and families.1 And the decision has many retirees worried about their own health care and pensions. And rightly so.