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Mutual funds and GLB annuities address retirement income challenges
By Staff WriterGuaranteed lifetime benefit annuities are under serious challenge as the major product solution for producing a stream of income over a retiree's lifetime. The mutual...
December 01, 2008
Finding a BalanceSince mid-September, market volatility has been hitting all-time highs, with crazy rides up and down (often within the same day); it thus may come as...
December 01, 2008
Vanguard's View on VolatilityResearch magazine has asked Vanguard and other major mutual-fund groups to explain how investors are responding to the current market climate. "Vanguard shareholders have been...
December 01, 2008
As Indexes Plunge, Investors FleeThe major U.S. equity indexes are down about 35 percent or more through October 23, reports Lipper, after declining 11 percent or more in the...
December 01, 2008
Quiet, Please!Focus, discipline, and the ability to "turn everything off and just ignore the noise." These are the qualities that Philip Tasho, chief executive officer and...
December 01, 2008
The Paradox of Deleveraging(Phoenix) Paul McCulley, one of the keynote speakers at Commonwealth Financial Network's recent education conference, is a managing director of Pimco. He speaks frequently to...
December 01, 2008
Barclays Global Declares Estimated Year-End DistributionsETF investors will have something millions of mutual fund investors won't have for 2008: lower tax liabilities. According to early reports, ETF tax gain numbers are...