Spending in Retirement
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Vanguard Emerging Market ETF Tops BlackRock in Assets
By John SullivanBlackRock ETF was twice as big this time last year.
January 18, 2011
Baby Boomer Assets Down 12% Since 2006Older baby boomers on average have 12% fewer assets than they did four years ago, according to data released Tuesday by Cogent Research.
January 14, 2011
Retirement Services Division Reports Record-High Sales: MassMutualMassMutual reported Friday that sales for 2010 in the insurer's Retirement Services Division were over $5.3 billion, the "highest in the division's 60-year history."
January 12, 2011
Annuity Industry Poised for Continued Growth, IRI Survey FindsA new survey released Wednesday from the Insured Retirement Institute and Cerulli Associates found there are several key areas for growth within the annuity industry.
January 10, 2011
Genworth Financial to Exit Variable Annuity BusinessThe company will also suspend sales of ‘linked benefit’ product until market develops.
January 03, 2011
Ivy League Professors Flunk Tax StrategyThe AP report of Ivy League professors who started a website urging the rich to give back their tax cuts is flying round the blogosphere, but give credit to the Wall Street Journals Best of the Web column from last Thursday for first pointing to its absurdity.
January 03, 2011
Maximizing the Opportunity the Social Security Administration Has CreatedThe annual Social Security Statement provides a useful client building opportunity to financial advisors by providing an estimate of the level of Social…
January 01, 2011
Total Return Leaders: Balanced PerformanceThe focus on total return tends to vary with equity-market performance. In strong markets, stock price increases outpace dividend yields, so dividends…