Facing the hottest cost pressures in 40 years, policymakers have lifted the target for the federal funds rate by 1.5% over the past two months—the steepest increase since the price-fighting era of Paul Volcker in the early 1980s.

The number of Americans ages 55 and over who are working full-time is near the highest ever, in data that goes back to 1986.

"NGS has been forced to file supplemental proxy statements in response to this misleading proxy advice in seven of the past nine annual proxy seasons."

The rather lackluster performance of markets this year could see a negative rate of return for state pensions.