Spending in Retirement
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Automatic IRAs 'Highly Probable'
By Janet LevauxLou Harvey, president of Boston-based Dalbar Inc., which provides third-party audits and evaluation services to the financial-services industry, says that more change is coming in...
April 29, 2009
Editorial comment: What to do about financial abuse of elders?New report on elder financial abuse is a concern to retirement income planners. what elder financial abuse is, and who does it. It's time to open up discussion about it.
April 28, 2009
Survey: Advisors disappoint high net worthWhile increasing numbers of high net worth investors are seeking professional financial advice, many say they are getting turned off by their advisor's "lack of...
April 24, 2009
529 plans: The best and worst in Morningstar's annual studyA Morningstar analyst says 2008 was "terrible" for 529 plans. "In recent years, the industry made strides by lowering fees, improving investment options, and closing down...
April 23, 2009
Moving to the dark sideWe know how many of you feel about annuities, but stick with us. As cover subject Jeff Karelis notes in our April issue, Financial Planning...
April 23, 2009
Investors see bottom in second half of 2009Eighty-five percent of institutional investors surveyed by TheMarkets.com say they believe the market will bottom out before the end of the first half of 2010,...
April 23, 2009
Credit where credit's due"Well, the last administration did it." I'm consistently amazed by this rationale offered by defenders of the current administration for blatantly wrong-headed moves. Rack up...
April 23, 2009
2008 Sales of Variable Annuities Faltered; Fixed Sales SoaredLIMRA International reported that sales of variable annuities fell 15% in 2008 to $155 billion, compared to 2007's record $184 billion in sales