New Normal: There is no 8 percent for public pension funds

Fix S.C. Retirement System before it's too late By Jeffrey Sewell Warren Buffet, in his 2007 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, wrote of anticipating an 8 percent return for public pensions: “Many [advisors] are apparently direct descendants of the queen in Alice in Wonderland, who said: ‘Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.’ ” William H. Gross, PIMCO founder, wrote last winter that investors are “staring straight into new normal real growth rates of 2 percent or less. There is no 8 percent there for pension funds.” Michael Bloomberg, billionaire investor and mayor of ... SCHotline

Japan's New Normal | Slog Even as the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues to leak radiation, independent scientists claim to have found "hotspots" in Tokyo where radiation ... slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/.../japans-new-normal

The New Normal - The Book Whisperer - Education Week Teacher Donalyn Miller is a 6th grade language arts teacher in Texas who is said to have a. blogs.edweek.org/teachers/book.../09/the_new_normal.html The New Normal: Legacy Fund offers glimmer of hope, lots of room for debate Twin Cities Planet By Susan Hegarty, TC Daily Planet Like deer in headlights, applicants run toward this glimmer of light in a dark economy. Millions of dollars can be released to begin new or ongoing environmental projects in Minnesota, now that legislators passed state ... Report On 'New Normal' Portfolio Seeking Alpha The following report on the "New Normal" portfolio comes from Bob Warasila, the creator of this set of assets. The New Normal test portfolio is now at the 2 year mark and is ahead of the benchmark VTSMX. This portfolio is based on some comments by ... 'Super-Pacs' Become New Normal in 2012 Election Christian Post By Napp Nazworth | Christian Post Reporter A recent Supreme Court decision that allows corporate donations to groups independent of candidate campaigns has led to a boom in new political action committees (PACs) taking advantage of the decision. ... Are College Rankings Out of Step with America's Future? Huffington Post (blog) ... more importantly, of the ways in which the rankings simply don't begin to comprehensively capture the strategic directions that most of higher education must follow to establish secure footholds in what is often referred to as a "new normal" world. ... Newmont Mining: The Apple of Gold Stocks Wall Street Journal (blog) In a case of great minds thinking alike, it turns out that Seeking Alpha has Newmont Mining in a portfolio designed for a “new normal” economy of Japanese-like stagnation forever. Hooray. We're disappointed there's no Apple in that portfolio, ... Taxing Matters Resource Investor Chalk it all up to the by now customary “new normal” in gold. Thank you, hedge funds. Still, MF Global analysts are leaning towards “selling the rallies” in the yellow metal and are projecting a price band for gold of from $1700 to $1750 within a ... Miss. Man Can Relate To What Chaz Bono Is Going Through WAPT Jackson He's more masculine than the gay guy you have," McCullough said. McCullough doesn't keep pictures of himself as Roxanne around his new home. His parents are adjusting to having a son, and he is dating women. He said he's growing into his new normal ... Bye-Bye, 9 to 5: The 'Renaissance Career' is Here! Boston Globe (blog) Since the economy tanked, we're entering a “new normal” workplace, one in which companies are looking to save every penny and employees are looking to save every second. The working world is becoming increasingly unrecognizable to our parents and ... Hammer Time: Dave Ramsey, Bad Math & Statistical Quagmires Truth About Cars Most folks in the auto industry believe that the 'new normal' will remain at a 12 to 13 million clip for a while. But let's be generous. Let's assume an annual rate of new car sales of 14 million over these next six years. That would make 4.67 million ... Detroit _ yes, the Lions _ looking dominant The Associated Press If this is the new normal in Detroit, Schwartz is fine with that. "We have some good players," Schwartz said. "We don't need to just sneak out onto the field and then sneak away. They're good players. We can embrace that. ... When you have good players ... HRPA Media Advisory - Better Under Pressure Leadership Symposium DigitalJournal.com (press release) In business, constant change is the new normal. Better Under Pressure author Justin Menkes and a few of Canada's most respected leaders discuss how great leaders thrive under the pressure. TORONTO, Sept. 20, 2011 /CNW/ - Join Justin Menkes, ... West Is in State of Perpetual Anxiety The Emory Wheel In the modern era, where news travels faster than the speed of sound and more than 60 percent of daily turnover in the markets is due to high-frequency traders, market swings have been described as the new normal. Traders will head into this week with ... The Left Won't Allow Barack Obama to Take Down Liberalism RushLimbaugh.com (subscription) Now, we are told that the new normal is over  9%, forever. That's the new normal. Obama had a housing program. He had a mortgage relief program, did nothing. Neither program did anything. He had a green jobs and alternative energy plan. ... The Euro Endgame Seeking Alpha Seems feasible in a normal environment, although the new normal is nothing like the past. I could use unfunded liabilities for the entire eurozone to make a point that the debt path is unsustainable but I am convinced that these will simply not be ... Sandoval to kick off aggressive re-election fundraising campaign Las Vegas Sun “It is the new normal that campaigns remain organized and have resources well in advance of Election Day,” said Mike Slanker, campaign spokesman and consultant. “We are laying the groundwork for the re-election. We anticipate a significant turnout for... Women's Basketball: To Create Awareness West Virginia University Mountaineers It introduces a new normal into their lives and the lives of their loved ones. After diagnosis, individuals with younger onset do still live meaningful, productive lives. Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and the ... Abolish two-tier wage and restore pay and benefit concessions! World Socialist Web Site For the working class, however, mass unemployment, low wages and permanent insecurity has become the “new normal.” An entire generation is being told they will never attain the living standards achieved by their parents. Workers must be organized as an ... Sept. 26: Restoring God's creation Mennonite Weekly Review Years like 2011 may be the new normal. Climate change does not totally trigger any extreme event, but climate change does increase the odds for extreme weather. “There's really no such thing as 'natural' weather anymore,” climate scientist Donald ... Financial markets worry about new downturn ICIS (subscription) (blog) The blog's view remains that the ageing of the Western Babyboomers (those born between 1946-70) means we are entering a New Normal era. And there are certainly signs that bond market investors are now starting to accept the argument of Chapter 2 in its ... Rock Hill family added to Justin Mychals 'family' Lake Wylie Pilot “It is the new normal,” Trina said last week of dealing with her son's condition, “but when I sit and think about it, it's hard. It's hard to believe it's our kid this has happened to.” The Rock Hill home of three boys, two parents and one set of ... Around Town: EMCers had say - But does utility's board have last trick up its ... Marietta Daily Journal Moon, an architect and father of three young children with Victoria, also is launching a new blog, My828.org on Thursday that he says “will follow our story through the 'new normal' of life with three small kids and a disabled and mentally-challenged ... Nearly $44 million spent on Wisconsin recall elections Chicago Tribune "Let's hope it's not the new normal," McCabe said. "But there seems to be a bottomless well that interest groups can draw money from." We Are Wisconsin, a political action committee composed of national and Wisconsin unions, spent the most on the ... Inflation is social tug of war Economic Times It incentivizes producers, and anyway this is the new normal. This is dangerous, since once higher inflationary expectations set in, they lead to wage price spirals, and have no residual incentive effect. Another suggestion (dogmatic? ... Postpartum Breast Cancer Babble In between my radiation treatments and visits from homecare health professionals, we found our new normal. The day before Christmas and three days shy of my six-week mark, I called my surgeon's office. “Can I PLEASE get clearance to pick up my kids?... 3 Things Advisors Should Do Now to Help Clients Plan for Retirement AdvisorOne Helping clients plan for retirement through a wider lens is vital to an advisors' ability to retain and recruit more clients in today's economy where the 'new normal' (brought on by changes to government and employer-sponsored retirement benefits) ... Not the same country GoDanRiver.com Things that once were looked at unfavorably are now seen as an alternate lifestyle and is now the new normal. We as a nation had best believe that if God will punish his own people, then why will he not punish a nation that was founded on his ... Reid Ups Ante, Says He Won't Back Down on Disaster Relief Funding Firedoglake This is completely unprecedented in the history of the nation and defies common sense; that's why Reid is fighting it, to make sure it doesn't become a new normal. Federal disasters are by definition emergency spending, and if they aren't treated as ... In a cleft stick Frontline ... is akin to a death wish because the neither-here-nor-there attitude has exasperated the world and turned some of the terrorist groups into sworn enemies of the Pakistani state, thereby making terror attacks on a daily basis the “new normal” here. ... Thanks to 'Bizzie Bowl' supporters Dailyrecord.com Though those numbers seem small, it is anything but to the family experiencing that “new normal.” September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Please keep all of our young warriors in your prayers and hug your own children a little tighter today. ... Tahoe RF Announces Industry's First GPS RFIC That Substantially RF Globalnet (press release) The new normal is for GPS systems to operate in presence of high power interferers. Tahoe RF has developed the industry's first GPS RFIC receiver that addresses this critical issue. Tahoe RF is seeking to work with a few selected companies to develop ... Franchise Development: The New Normal | regroup By Carey Jernigan Franchise Development: The New Normal. by Carey Jernigan on September 20, 2011 in Events, Franchise and Retail, Uncategorized. The Franchise Business Network and Women's Franchise Network of S.E. Michigan. invite you join us ... regroup Why Aren't We Sustainable? | David Wann By David Wann To create a clean and green new normal, let's use a collective strategy proven to break addictions at the individual level: Admit we have a problem. Seek support, cooperation and cultural consensus. Create a new national identity, as other ... David Wann I Need My Public Face | BlogHer By Finding My New Normal Who knows? Perhaps it's something I can explore if I ever decide to go back to therapy. How about you? Do you have a public face? Does it work for you or leave you feeling exhausted? *Originally posted at my blog Finding My New Normal. ... Into the Mainstream of Life | Shannon Miller Lifestyle By Shannon Miller Just focus on making progress to find that new normal, whatever that may look like for you. I can remember having that feeling of guilt as I took those baby steps to try and get back into the main stream of life, but those little steps can turn out to ... Shannon Miller Lifestyle