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Checking the Numbers: How Much are Social Security Benefits?
by meep
No, I’m not addressing the affordability of the program, etc.
I’m looking at: how much are people actually paid in Social Security benefits
Luckily, the Office of the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration has lots of information so we can get a good idea. I went here, clicked through...
Mornings with Meep: Data Visualization
by meep
I review three books on data visualization, and try out a couple visualizations using some of the ideas from the first book, Storytelling with Data.Alternative Assets and Pension Performance: A Dive into Data
by meep
As promised in a prior post, I’m going to be digging into the many dimensions that drive public pension deteriorating status.
I have a news hook for this:
Pennsylvania’s $30 billion state pension fund...
New Project(s): Re-visualizing the Public Pension Database
by meep
I’ve taken the data from the Public Pension Database and put it on kaggle – while I hope this will get a few other people dipping into this data, it’s more that I can put together some notebooks that others can get and look at….using tools a bit cooler...
Happy Halloween! Some Scary Public Pension Projections
by meep
Do you want to see something really scary?
I have updated my public pension cash flow projection spreadsheet. You can get a copy of the latest version here.
I ran the 170 plans with updated data up to (possibly) fiscal year 2016, using data from the Public Plans Database.
The...
Geeking Out (and Illinois Pensions): Fixing a Graph and Assigning Blame for Underfundedness
by meep
I used a graph last week that I knew was wrong (well, part of it was wrong).
It’s my graph of the unfunded liabilities of the 5 Illinois state-funded pension plans, and how it stacks up over time. I know I’ve mentioned this issue before — it doesn’t work well...
Public Pensions: Why Do 100% Required Contribution Payers Have Decreasing Fundedness?
by meep
In yesterday’s post, I looked at the press release from a public pensions advocacy group.
One key point was this quote from the paper the press release pointed to:
Pension funds are resilient and well managed. They have stood the test of time for more than 100 years through...
Rhode Island Pensions: Asset Trends
by meep
As noted in the prior post, there are two state-level pension funds in the Public Plans Database for Rhode Island, the plan for state employees and the plan for municipal plans — it’s the second one that is involved in the proposed legislation.
Now, I can do...
South Carolina Pensions: Recent Rumblings .... or Rumbles
by meep
In the last post on SC pensions I noted:
- South Carolina returns have underperformed similar pension funds, and have way underperformed their target return on assets.
- SC has an awful lot of “alternative assets” in their portfolio.
I will do a followup to look more closely at the liability side, but I...
South Carolina Pensions: Asset Trends
by meep
As mentioned, I’m working my way through Theodore Konshak’s posts on South Carolina pensions, but before I get into his particular findings, I’m going to do a high-level overview of what South Carolina public pension trends have been.
Within the Public Plan Database, there are 2 public pensions represented:...
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- @biggsag jeez, i could have told everybody that. t.co/y8Vi8YJJP6 Oct 17, 06:17 PM
- @gilgalanti @JeffJohnson_5th There is some of that, but for many of the plans in trouble, (such as in Illinois, Ken… t.co/W2SyfPl1Bc Oct 17, 12:40 PM
- @VRoa1001 @JeffJohnson_5th Yup. And it doesn't require -new- active members to pay for the retired members... if t… t.co/W0mrxyeDzf Oct 17, 12:39 PM
- @JeffJohnson_5th Yes, 30 years of each of the members' working lives. If a single person contributed over 30 years… t.co/Fr2U3DL1BI Oct 17, 06:24 AM
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