Tag Archives: USA

There’s only two Henry Tappers! (out of 800m active users of Linked in!)

Posted on August 6, 2025 by henry tapper

It is difficult to get out of Microsoft (owners of Linkedin) how many active users there are. John Espirian reckons there are just under 800m “active” but 1.1 billion accounts. A lot (300m)  of dead people, people on more than … Continue reading →

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Canada and Denmark have their own views of how to invest their pensions.

Posted on April 13, 2025 by henry tapper

Free trade causes a virtuous circle in the long run between world trade and world GDP. Trade boosts GDP, which in turn spurs trade; and so on. The new equilibrium of the virtuous circle is captured by the long run … Continue reading →

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Are women winning it for Harris?

Posted on November 4, 2024 by henry tapper

    The spread on the betting exchanges between Trump and Harris continue to tighten but money continues to back Harris as the impact of recent interventions to bolster Trump’s odds dilute According to Robert Armstrong, in this morning’s Unhedged, … Continue reading →

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Would our Government bail out the depositors of a badly run bank?

Posted on March 14, 2023 by henry tapper

Behind the phrase “moral hazard” which is being heavily used in relation to the Fed and SVB, is the question posed by the title of this blog. Full on capitalism allows poorly run banks to fail and tells depositors it … Continue reading →

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Reintroducing pensions to the USA

Posted on August 24, 2020 by henry tapper

The American Department of Labor is demanding that regulated sponsors of their workplace pensions convert participants’ account balances into an estimated monthly income stream at retirement. This follows primary regulation in Congress last year know as the SECURE Act Using … Continue reading →

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Investing can now be “free” – here’s how.

Posted on August 4, 2018 by henry tapper

I was sitting in a room of a leading asset manager yesterday listening to the yada yada. I’d needlessly put myself under a non-disclosure agreement but it was clear that there was no real news, so I thought I’d mention … Continue reading →

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Is the USA the model to recover our DB deficits?

Posted on December 4, 2016 by henry tapper

This article was published on October3.com and reports how American pension finances are recovering through perseverance in growth assets and from an uptick in interest rate projections. Just how relevant it is for the UK- I’ll leave for you to … Continue reading →

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OOPS – We did it again!

Posted on November 9, 2016 by henry tapper

For the second time in a few months I awoke to an election result that shocked and scared me. America has voted for change, just as Britain voted for change (ironically the one election that didn’t bring change was the … Continue reading →

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Someone Is Spending Your Pension Money – (Guest blog from John Matlin)

Posted on October 25, 2015 by henry tapper

I am grateful to my friend Per Andelius for this epic statement of the way things are in the USA. Much of it makes for unhappy reading as the central issue – outlined in the opening paragraphs – seems to … Continue reading →

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The view from the other side of the pond.

Posted on May 27, 2015 by henry tapper

It’s been glorious in New York. Here’s Andy Walker (Pension PlayPen’s genius designer) and me, enjoying a craft beer above the high line (note the Empire State building behind us!) I wouldn’t like anyone to think that drinking beer was all … Continue reading →

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