It is our pleasure to provide you with the latest version of the KCS Fireside Chat series. In this article , we share the highlights from four of our most recent KCS blog posts. The common threads among these posts...

We've all read recent reports on the U.S. real estate market, which appears to show great strength. In fact, yesterday it was reported that The S&P CoreLogic Case - Shiller H ome P rice I ndex for January increased by...

I've just found a great article by Robert M. Ball, titled "Old-Age Retirement: Social and Economic Implications". For regular readers of the KCS blog, you know that we spend a lot of time trying to highlight and understand both the...

As recently reported by the NY Post , a study of government data by the Consumer Federation of America found that the number of Americans in default on their student loans jumped by nearly a fifth last year. According to...

Researchers Ann Case and Angus Deaton have discovered that death rates have been rising dramatically since 1999 among middle-aged white Americans, and the economists believe that they have a better understanding of what's causing these "deaths of despair" by suicide,...

Jacksonville (Fla.) Police and Fire Pension Fund might close to new hires later this year following approval from the city's police and fire unions of a proposal from Mayor Lenny Curry's office. This development should be a wake-up call to...

Regular readers of the KCS blog will know that we have occasionally shared real estate updates provided to us by our friend, Keith Jurow. Here is a brief note that he recently shared with us. "Yesterday, Fannie Mae announced the...

The WSJ is reporting on an annual study conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) that claims that 60% of workers are very confident or somewhat confident in their ability to retire. This figure is down 4% from last...

The WSJ today published an article , titled "Your Pension Check May Soon Be Coming From An Insurance Company". The article highlights the growing trend in the off-loading of pension liabilities to insurance companies. These pension-risk transfer efforts have been...

In May 2013, KCS produced a Fireside Chat on the state of U.S. fixed income. We are re-publishing it today, as it is still very much relevant, especially our thoughts regarding the primary sources of inflation. We were very much...