Life Planning Strategies
Life planning strategies, with ideas about how to use life insurance and related products to help people and businesses get things done.
The rise of exchange-traded ... notes?
By Staff WriterNow that ETFs are a household word (at least in financial circles), market watchers are looking to structured products for the next big thing. According to...
May 28, 2008
Boomers cut back spending, savingThe Associated Press reports that the economic downturn is hitting roughly one in 10 middle-aged and older Americans especially hard, compelling them to borrow money...
May 28, 2008
Greenspan's irrational apathyLook, I love Alan Greenspan and all he did for the economy under his Fed stewardship. To me, he was the perfect example of what...
May 28, 2008
The finance industry is deadWe knew it would happen. In a rather ridiculous story in the Wall Street Journal, "industry analysts" sound off on the future impact of the...
May 28, 2008
Despite Citi's selloff, SIVs still safeWe've been closely following the structured investment market in the wake of the subprime mess, and word comes this week that Citigroup has slashed the...
May 28, 2008
Use technology to support serviceTo distance yourself from your competitors you need to develop technological strategies that allow you to provide the same quality of service to each of...
May 28, 2008
Here comes the sun?Niche ETFs like the solar fund recently launched by Market Vectors are increasingly popular among investors concerned about which companies their portfolios are invested in,...
May 28, 2008
So much for women and children firstMost married men claim Social Security benefits at age 62 or 63. This is well short of both Social Security's Full Retirement Age and the...