Economy & Markets
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Rebalancing Gets More Attractive as Stocks-Bonds Correlation Lowers
By Ben WarwickStock and bond price co-movements appeared to decouple a few years ago, which exacerbated an already decades-old trend. Although the two asset classes don't move in perfect lockstep--one falls while the other rises, and vice versa--it seems that correlations are much lower than they have been.
October 20, 2005
Torchmark Unit Pushes To Hire AgentsTorchmark Corp. is hoping new producers will help its earnings.[@@]Torchmark, Birmingham, Ala., is reporting $119 million in net income for the third quarter on ...
October 05, 2005
Feds Complete Foreign Insurer Stock RuleThe Internal Revenue Service has published a final version of a rule that may affect the income taxes of foreign life insurers that do ...
October 02, 2005
Next Annuity Industry Storm: Overselling GLWBsThe annuity industry gets into trouble occasionally by not discouraging the overselling of potential returns; now some in the business are doing the same thing with guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits in annuities.
October 01, 2005
Next Annuity Industry Storm: Overselling GLWBsThe annuity industry gets into trouble occasionally by not discouraging the overselling of potential returns; now some in the business are doing the same thing with guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits in annuities.
October 01, 2005
Behind the Numbers, with Mark BalasaThe Alpha Group has the lowest cash allocation of any of our panelists, simply because, according to Mark Balasa, while cash is safe, there are...
October 01, 2005
Large Cap or Small?When it comes to stocks, size matters. Since 1999, the small-cap Russell 2000 index returned nearly 60%, while its large-cap counterpart--the Russell 1000--has managed only...