Income Planning
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Annuity Analytics: Fidelity & MetLife's Growth and Guaranteed Income VA
By Moshe A. MilevskyPRODUCT REVIEW Late last year, I promised I'd dedicate future installments of Annuity Analytics to providing guidance on specific products by "unraveling their DNA." In this...
February 28, 2010
Time To Fill The Gap In Income Planning SolutionsIn the pre-retirement phase of life, conventional wisdom says that people should be saving to accumulate a nest egg that they can live off for the remainder of their lives.
February 25, 2010
Four ways boomers will (still) reinvent retirementThe latest analysis of how boomers will reinvent retirement comes from U.S. News and World Report. The magazine offers 10 ways boomers' retirements will...
February 25, 2010
Savings look better than expectedA recent study from Fidelity shows that savers fared better over the past 10 years than we may have feared. The average 401(k) account...
February 25, 2010
In praise of 'no'France is into its fifth republic. The Netherlands just dissolved its government over Afghan War tensions. Let's keep this in mind whenever we hear how...
February 25, 2010
SEC eyes target-date fundsTarget-date funds are the newest product in the Securities and Exchange Commission's crosshairs. Chairman Mary Schapiro recently announced the agency will begin examining the way...
February 23, 2010
Breaking news: Boomers smoke potUPI reports the aging of the baby boom generation is resulting in a dramatic increase in levels of illicit drug use among adults 50 and...
February 22, 2010
DOL Issues New 403(b) Form 5500 GuidanceLike 401(k) plans, 403(b)s must now file full Form 5500 electronically